The qualifying period for those interested in being elected to a Delegate position is April 16 through June 18, 2007. Delegate positions are available for Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) members and non-DEC members.

All Democratic statewide elected officials, members of Congress, state legislators, and municipal officials are automatic Delegates to the State Convention and need not run in the local DEC elections. All other interested Democrats must qualify and run in their local DEC-managed elections through the following process:

1. Download and complete the Delegate Qualification Form and Loyalty Oath
2. Submit the Delegate Qualification Form and Loyalty Oath to your County DEC Chair, Vice Chair, State Committeeman or State Committeewoman by June 18, 2007. The county officers are responsible for certifying that candidates possess the necessary qualifications. If you are unsure of who your county officers are, please contact your county Democratic Executive Committee.
3. County officers must submit a list of certified candidates including names, addresses and telephone numbers to Party Headquarters in Tallahassee via e-mail to StateConvention@fladems.com by midnight, June 25, 2007. County officers should notify the State Party with the date and time of when Delegate elections will be held via email to StateConvention@fladems.com by June 25, 2007 as well.
4. Individual County Democratic Executive Committees will hold elections for these Delegate positions between July 10 and August 1, 2007.

For more information on this process, please read the 2007 State Convention Delegate Selection Rules.

The State Party will be releasing hotel room and other Convention information in the coming weeks. We hope you will make plans to attend what we know will be an exciting weekend! If you have any questions, please feel free to call Party Headquarters (850-222-3411) and someone will be happy to assist you.