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DEL.ICIO.USHouse Republicans set Speaker election for Nov. 10
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The House Republican caucus has scheduled a meeting for Nov. 10. That’s two weeks from today — or six days after its members see what Election Day has brought.
House Speaker Glenn Richardson of Hiram is being challenged by state Rep. David Ralston of Blue Ridge. The caucus fight will be for nomination to the post — the election of speaker by all 180 members of the House will occur when the Legislature convenes in January.
See the schedule and an outline of the GOP rules on the jump.
TO: Republican Caucus Members
FROM: Jay Roberts, Caucus Chairman
RE: House Republican Leadership Elections
DATE: October 21, 2008
We will meet on November 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM in the House Chamber to elect our 2009-2010 House Republican Leadership offices:
(a) Caucus Leader
(b) Caucus Whip
(c) Caucus Chair
(d) Caucus Vice-Chair
(e) Caucus Secretary
(f) Ex Officio:
(i) The Speaker of the House
(ii) The Speaker Pro Tem of the House
RULE Reminders:
**No second of the nomination is required.
**Each Candidate for particular office will have an opportunity to address the caucus (10 min. max), once all nominations for that office have been submitted and all nominations are closed.
**Election to a caucus office shall require a majority vote of the caucus members present and voting.
**No proxy votes from absent caucus members will be counted.
**If two or more candidates are offered for a particular office and no candidate receives an absolute majority of any one ballot, balloting will continue among all candidates except the individual receiving the fewest votes on the proceeding ballot.
Please plan to arrive no later than 9:30 AM to ensure that we are underway with our elections on time. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me or my assistant Evelyn Armour via email (evelyn.armour@house.ga.gov) or by phone at 404-656-5025.
Comments
By Mark Chastain
October 27, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this
Will this vote be by secret ballot or open roll call?
By TK
October 27, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
After losing a few house seats on Nov. 4 on the Republican side this could end up being a completely different caucus.
By RLW
October 27, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this
I have checked around. I understand the vote will be a secret ballot unless there is first a vote to change the rules. TK, you are so very right. Unless House Republicans change leadership, there will not be much of a caucus soon.