HILL COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

A reminder: Hill County Democratic Convention will be in the 66th District Courtroom in the Hill County Courthouse in beautiful downtown Hillsboro; starting at 9:30am, Saturday, April 21, 2012. Use the West door. There will be NO precinct conventions.
The state convention will be in Houston starting on June 7.

Following temporary appointments are made for the County Convention:

• Temporary Secretary - Mrs. Susan Vieregge
• Temporary Chair (Nominations committee) -
  Mrs. Paula Milburn
• Temporary Chair (Credentials committee) -
  Mr. Bruce Vieregge
• Temporary Chair (Resolutions committee) -
  Mr. Greg Bodovsky
• Temporary Chair (Tabulation committee) -
  Mr. John Bean

No individual assignments to committees were made other than the chairs due to the cancelations of the precinct conventions. If you wish to be on a specific committee, please contact me or the committee chair. Otherwise we will fill out the committees at the convention.( 5 to 7 people per committee, except tabulation committee which is 3).

The most frequently asked question people seem to have is regarding eligibility to participate in each level of convention. To clarify:

· To be eligible to participate (i.e. vote) at the COUNTY/SD convention, an individual must be a registered voter as of 30 days prior to the CONVENTION (specifically March 22, 2012), live in the geographic area covered by the convention, and sign an oath of affiliation either on the day of or prior to the convention.

· Only those eligible individuals who are physically present at the county/sd convention who sign-in count toward the results of the presidential preference poll. Anyone who signed an oath of affiliation form prior to the convention but is not physically present is not counted.

· To be eligible to be elected as a delegate or alternate FROM the COUNTY/SD Convention TO the STATE Convention, an individual must be a registered voter AS OF April 21st, live in the geographic area covered by the convention, and sign an oath of affiliation either on the day of, prior to, or within 5 days of adjournment of the convention. NOTE: Anyone who does not meet the eligibility requirement to be a voting participant at the COUNTY/SD convention may still be elected to the next level as long as they meet these requirements. They may attend the COUNTY/SD convention as a guest but may not vote.

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BRISTER NAMED DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CHAIR

PRESS RELEASE
for Thursday, October 22, 2009

BRISTER NAMED DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CHAIR

In a quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hill County Democratic Party on October 13, Hillsboro resident Ernest Brister was named as County Chair, succeeding Will Lowrance who resigned for health reasons. Brister and his wife Patricia live in Hillsboro with their grandson, Willie, and attend Central Baptist Church.

Brister has deep roots in Hill County, including grandparents Harry Gant and Mary Lee Brister. His father, E. L. Brister was born here, along with his uncle Donald Ray Brister, who died while serving in the USAF. Patricia's parents farm just east of Hillsboro.

The new chair has a long history of involvement in the Democratic Party: He is a member of the local PAC, Democrats of Hill County, and a sustaining member of the Texas Democratic Party. Brister also is a life member of the Reserve Officers Association and Delta Sigma Pi, international business fraternity.

Brister was raised in Fort Worth and graduated from Technical High School (now Trimble Tech), Tarrant County College (AAS '75) and the University of Texas at Arlington (BBA '77) He enlisted in the US Army Reserve while in high school, received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant from UTA, served in Viet Nam, and retired as Lieutenant Colonel in 1988.

He was elected Legislative Representative for UTU local 564 and served many years as precinct chair for the Democratic Party. He has served as delegate to county and state conventions, and in 1988 was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Atlanta. Twice he has serve as Senatorial convention chair and served in 2008 as a delegate from Hill County to the Texas State Democratic Convention.

After his unanimous selection, Brister expressed appreciation to outgoing Chair Will Lowrance and Secretary Betty Lowrance for their years of leadership and service to the Democratic Party in Hill County. Brister indicated that he was looking forward to working with the Executive Committee in building the base of the Democratic Party in Hill County and in promoting the historic values and principles of the Democratic Party.