How the ShieldWall Network works to become persons of influence in their communities through local political organizations. As written by The Faustian Spirit.
I am writing this to be distributed amongst interested parties. Due to the nature of political structures there is some variation across the States, but the general principles are sound and I am more than happy to follow up on any questions or concerns.
PCO > PDO > County > State > National
This is the basic structure of the Republican (and Democratic) Party.
PCO = Precinct Committee Officer
PDO = Precinct District Officer
County = County chair seats, treasurer, secretary, etc.
State = Same as County
National = Same as State and County
In order to grasp the magnitude and complexity of this deceptively simple system, the very first step to understanding this is to get a Precinct Map and District Map of your County. Some Counties combine them both on one map, others do not. Sometimes you can find them online, but typically to obtain them you have to go to the relevant local government office which has oversight over elections. A good shortcut to this is to call “City Hall” and ask where you to register to get on the ballot.
For example, when I acquired my maps, I bought them from the “Elections Department” of my city government, it cost $50 – I paid extra to have them laminated. This was the same office where I registered to get on the ballot.
When I did register, I registered as a Republican for the PCO seat in my Precinct. I had to be registered to vote and have current ID with the address in the Precinct I registered in. I did not need a membership card or approval from the Republican party to do so.
Some Counties have rules which requires you to provide proof of registration with the relevant party you are running for, as well as a wide variety of rules which change all over the country such as; minimum age, duration of residency requirements and a wide variety of restrictions on certain types of criminal backgrounds. I would also like to point out that I did not have to have a background check to register for the ballot, and I am quite certain this hasn’t changed much if at all.
What I discovered by doing this is anyone could “check” to see if someone has registered to run for any seat, as it is public information. Upon further investigation, I discovered that over half of the Precincts in my County had unoccupied seats, which means that if no one is running for the position, it simply does not show up on the ballot for the people who live there. I found PCO seats that were unoccupied for 10 election cycles. I have heard of others that haven’t had one since the 60’s and 70’s.
After the election, we held our County Convention. At the County Convention, the PCO’s voted for Precinct District Officers. Once the PDO’s were elected, the PDO’s nominated and voted on County Chairs, County Treasurer, County Secretary, etc. After that the County Chairs voted on who the Chairman is. It’s important to note that every County sets up their party Structure a bit different, typically depending on geography, population, demographics, gerrymandering, corruption – you name it. If we had won 3 more PDO positions, we could have had a full scale takeover the County Republican Party.
Once the County Positions are sorted out, depending again on the Rules and Regs, this is when the selection process for delegates to the State Convention begins. Again this will vary depending on State and County, but typically the County Chairs will negotiate nominees amongst themselves and then local traditions have a variety of ways to formalize them. Sometimes it’s a Convention vote, sometimes the Chairs vote on who the Chairman nominates, sometimes the PDO’s choose a number of nominees, sometimes is a mix of all the above.
The State Convention functions similarly to a County Conventions, which again vary State to State, but the stakes are higher and the State Party has much more power when it comes to choosing Senatorial, Gubernatorial, Congressional and often Mayoral Candidates. Electoral College Delegates are typically chosen at the State level as well, and usually these are not elected positions of power, but rather appointments from the State Party apparatus.
Using this information and this process, we obtained 49% of the PCO seats in my County. As it was, we had 2 out of 5 chairs and were able to influence outcomes in /ourdirection/.
Why is this significant you ask? Well, we were able to obtain political power without the permission of the establishment and used that power to put the ( R ) next to the name of some of our guys on the ballot. We had as many of our guys run for as many positions as possible. We were able to get the on the debate Stage for a wide range of positions, from Mayoral primaries to County Assessor to School Board. It wasn’t all honey and milk, but we did win a good number of elections and expanded our logistical capabilities when it came to campaigning, which lead to a small snowball effect resulting in more local election wins over time.
In my view, we do not need high profile victories to manifest change. We need proactive people willing to engage in civic service. I do not see a 3 term Senator as more noble than a 2 term County Secretary. In many ways, that Secretary is more important, as they are serving in the community they live, work and play in.
Some important side notes; PCO and PDO seats are not typically paid, although some Counties lean more on PDO’s and sometimes throw some money at them, but it’s not a lot. Typically County Positions are paid, but again depending on the County it’s can range from beer money to 6 figure salaries with budgets for staff. PCO and PDO seats have a very low amount of time investment. Get on the ballot, speak to your neighbors for a few weeks before the election. Show up to the County Convention and State Convention (ideally as a delegate but you can still go if not). There’s typically monthly County meetings, sometimes quartly (again depending).
For the self starters, if you have any questions about navigating the ZoG bureaucracy, call your County or State party. They are always in need of fresh blood and when someone expresses interest in getting involved they will typically help you. Often times they have their Rules and Regs available to the public, so you can read it for yourself if you are unwilling to contact them.
I want to emphasize on final set of ideas – this is far less complicated than it seems. It’s getting a few ducks in a row sure, but once you have the key pieces of info you can literally walk in to an office and register to get on the ballot. I recommend the PCO seats due to the overwhelming amount of unoccupied seats or seats with one candidate who doesn’t even campaign (aka talks to their neighbors). However, if you want to aim for higher levels of office, I say do what you think is best. But make no mistake – the entire Party structure, all the way up to the National Level, is based upon a foundation of PCO’s.
Why run for Mayor when you can take over the party from the ground up and not even permit a Puppet on the debate stage in the next election cycle and strip them of their ( R ) on the ballot? Same thing for Senators, Governors and Congressmen too. Even though we didn’t win the majority of power in our Country, we were able to force our corrupt Congressman to debate one of our candidates or lose party support. We’ve caused Chairman to resign. We made changes to the County Party Platform. We changed narratives and frames. We’ve prevented transexual pedophiles from reading gay sex propaganda to children. We’ve built momentum, networks, social groups, allies, fundraising channels, job opportunities – you name it.
Think of what you could do with a majority.
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