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			    RKBA-ALERT Digest 546
Topics covered in this issue include:
  1) ALERT: CO - Be Ready for April 7 by NRA Alerts 
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Topic No. 1
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:23:05 -0500 (EST)
From: NRA Alerts 
To: rkba-alert-real.nra
Subject: ALERT: CO - Be Ready for April 7
Message-ID: 
           Your Continued Right to Keep And Bear Arms 
                         Will Depend on 
      Your Ability to Get Politically Active on the Night of
                             April 7
 
     Attacks on our Second Amendment rights by the media, special
interest groups and anti-gun politicians are a constant threat. 
Every law-abiding gun owner in Colorado faces the very real
prospect of losing some or all of his or her right to purchase,
possess, store, transport and use firearms.  Now is the time for
gun owners to stand up and fight or risk losing our freedoms
forever.  
     This year we will see 25 pro-gun legislators leave due to
term limits and relatively unknown candidates will be vying to
take their places.  It is even more imperative this year that we
get involved and make sure that pro-gun candidates get nominated
and elected!
      How do we turn the political process back in our favor?  We
start at the ballot box, by electing pro-gun candidates to public
office at the local, state and federal levels.  
      The first step in this process is to attend the Caucus for
the party of your choice. That will be held the evening of 
Tuesday, April 7.  At these meetings, you can get elected as a
delegate to the county conventions.  These conventions are where
candidates for elected office are chosen.  As a delegate, you can
help ensure that pro-gun candidates appear on the election ballot
and vie for a chance to represent YOU and YOUR interests.
              How do you get elected as a delegate? 
                Just follow these simple steps:
               What To Do Before Your Party Caucus
Decide which party meeting to attend.  You must be a registered
voter and a member of that party.  Anyone 18 or older on November
3, 1998, who is a resident of the voting district is eligible to
be a delegate.
* Call your county clerk's office to find your voting district
number, boundaries and the time and place of your party caucus. 
You may also call your county or state party headquarters for
assistance.  A list of county clerks' and state party headquarter
telephone numbers is enclosed.
* List the names of family, friends and fellow gun owners in your
district that might attend the party meeting or caucus and vote
for you.  Call, visit and firmly ask them for their support. 
Tell those willing to support you the time and location of the
meeting.  You often only need about 6-10 votes to win a delegate
position.  
* Call all your supporters before the meeting and remind them to
attend.  Plan to have one person nominate you and another to
second the motion.  Have yet another ready to call your
supporters that don't show up. 
              What To Do When You Get To The Caucus
1)  Count your supporters who are present.  If you do not have
more than enough supporters to get elected, ask your trusted
standby caller to quickly telephone anyone absent and get them to
attend.
2)  Insist on the full amount of time for balloting.  Do not bow
out to speed things along or to be polite.  Election laws say
balloting must continue for at least one full hour from the time
the meeting opens.  Often someone will suggest that, in the
interest of time, the previous election-year's delegate be
chosen.  Your sole purpose of being there is to get yourself
elected.  Hang in there and fight to get that delegate seat!
3)  Many districts elect more than one delegate.  If your
district is one of these, make sure your supporters are there to
get elected as well.  However, if only one is chosen, make sure
other pro-gunners decline the nomination so that your vote is not
split, thereby allowing for an anti-gun delegate to be elected. 
You are there to win!!
4)  Do Not commit your vote to any candidate until the NRA and
Colorado State Shooting Association review his or her position on
our issue.  If elected as a delegate, you can expect pressure
from candidates who want you to commit your vote to them.
5)  List the names of delegates elected on the enclosed form and
indicate whether they are pro-gun or anti-gun.  It is important
to mail this form the very next day to the NRA-ILA Grassroots
Division.  Be sure and thank your supporters, and we'll see you
at the conventions!
      Register to Vote In the Primary and General Elections
Any U.S. Citizen turning 18 on or before Election Day who
has lived in Colorado for 30 days prior to the election is
eligible to vote.  The primary election is August 11.  The voter
registration deadline for the primary is July 13.  The general
election is November 3.  The general election voter registration
deadline is October 7.  You may register in person at any county
clerk's office or through the DMV.  You should receive a voter
card in the mail stating your district number and other
information within two weeks of registering.  If you do not, call
your county clerk to verify that you are in fact registered.  You
must register or re-register to vote if you fit into one of the
following categories:
* you have changed addresses or moved (Colorado law prohibits
  voting in your old district if you have moved)
* you have changed your legal name since the last election
* you have turned 18 since the last election
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