As Chairman of the 47th House Legislative District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia (“the Committee”), and pursuant to the Plan of Organization and as recommended and directed by the Committee, I, Matthew Hurtt, do hereby issue this call for a Legislative District Mass Meeting to be held at Alexandria GOP Headquarters, 221 S Henry St, Alexandria, VA 22314, starting at 12:00pm local time on June 5th, 2021, for the purposes of (a) nominating a Republican candidate for the office of delegate to be voted for in the general election on November 2, 2021, and (b) for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the mass meeting. Any voter who wishes to participate and vote at the mass meeting must be in the meeting registration line no later than 12:00pm local time on June 5th, 2021.

Qualifications for Participation

All legal and qualified voters of the 47th House District under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of race, religion, national origin or sex, who are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and who, if requested, express in open meeting either orally or in writing as may be required, their intent to support all of its nominees for public office in the ensuing election, may participate as members of the Republican Party of Virginia in its mass meetings, party canvasses, conventions or primaries encompassing their respective election districts. 

Filing Requirements

Candidates for the election or nomination at the mass meeting shall file a signed and dated written statement addressed to the Committee by mail or in person, to Matthew Hurtt, 47th House Legislative District Committee Chairman, c/o Arlington County Republican Committee, P.O. Box 3081, Arlington, Virginia 22203, which must be received not later than June 3rd, 2021. Postmarks do not govern. A filing fee in the amount of $500 shall be included with the written statement. The fee shall be a check or money order payable to the Arlington County Republican Committee. The statement shall include the following text: “By my signature below, in accordance with the Qualifications for Participation set forth in the Plan of Organization for the Republican Party of Virginia, I do hereby state my intent to support all of the Republican Party of Virginia’s nominees in the November 2, 202,1 general election.”

Registration Fee

There will be no registration fee for voters to participate in this mass meeting.

Cancellation

The Committee may cancel the mass meeting if one or no candidates file as required by this call. There shall be no candidate nominations from the floor at the mass meeting. The deadline for voters to register for the mass meeting shall be the time established in this call for the meeting to start.

Publication

The Committee decided, pursuant to Article VIII, Section A. 2 of the Plan of Organization, to eliminate the requirement that this call be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Committee’s district.

Paid for and authorized by the 47th House Legislative District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia.