OFFICIAL CALL
2024 Mass Meeting of Roanoke City Committee
of the Republican Party of Virginia
As Chairman of the Roanoke City Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia, and pursuant to the Plan of Organization and as recommended and directed by the Committee, I, Charlie Nave, do hereby issue this call for a Mass Meeting to be held at the Holiday Inn Roanoke Airport-Conference Ctr, an IHG Hotel located at 3315 Ordway Dr NW, Roanoke, VA 24017 or its alternate site, starting at 10:00 AM local time (doors will open at 9:00 AM) on March 30th, 2024, for the following purposes:
- Elect Delegates and Alternates to represent Roanoke City at the Republican Party of Virginia’s 2024 Quadrennial Convention which shall be held on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at the Hampton Roads Convention Center on May 31 and June 1, 2024. The Roanoke City Republican Committee shall have a maximum of 111 delegates. At the State Convention, the Delegates will a) select two Electors At-Large to be voted for in the presidential election on November 5, 2024; b) elect a State Chairman, c) nominate a National Committeeman and National Committeewoman and d) to transact such other business as may properly come before the Convention; and
- Elect Delegates and Alternates to represent Roanoke City at the Sixth Congressional District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia Convention which shall be held on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds 4808 S. Valley Pike, Harrisonburg, VA or its alternate site, starting at 10:00 A.M. local time. The Roanoke City Republican Committee shall have a maximum of 555 delegates. At the District Convention, the Delegates will elect a District Chairman, three Regional Vice-Chairmen, and three Representatives to the State Central Committee. Said Delegates will also nominate an elector to vote for the Republican candidate for President and transact such other business that may properly come before the Sixth Congressional District Republican Convention; and
- Elect a Chairman for the Roanoke City Republican Committee; and
- Elect the members of the Roanoke City Republican Committee; and
- To transact such other business that may properly come before the participants in a mass meeting.
Qualifications for Participation
All legal and qualified voters of Roanoke City 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.
Mass Meeting Registration, Proper Identification, and Active Military
Registration will begin at 9:00 A.M. Persons who have not registered or are not in line to register by 10:00 AM will not be allowed to participate or vote in the Mass Meeting. Those who seek to participate in the Mass Meeting shall be required to present valid government photo identification to the Credentials Committee at the time of registration, similar to Virginia elections. Any Military Member who is otherwise qualified under Article I to participate in Republican Party actions and who complies with the procedures to become a committee member, and who produces valid military identification or other proof of active-duty status shall not be required to be present to be elected as a committee member at the Mass Meeting.
Filing Requirements
Convention Delegates and Committee Members:
Candidates for election as Delegates (and Alternates) to the May 11th, 2024 6th District Convention, and/or the May 30-June 1, 2024 State Convention, and/or members of the Roanoke City Republican Committee may notify the Chairman of the Committee of his or her intention by pre-filing pursuant to the requirements stated herein. Such candidates who pre-file do not need to be present at the Mass Meeting to be elected as a delegate or committee member. Candidates for delegate or committee member must prefile by noon on March 8th, 2024. Postmarks do not govern. There will be no nominations from the floor for Delegates or Alternates to the Sixth District Republican Committee Convention or to the State Convention of the Republican Party of Virginia.
Pre-filing forms must be sent to Charles Nave at 316 Mountain Avenue, SW, Roanoke, VA 24016 via mail or dropped off in the mail slot in the door on the right side of the porch.
The pre-file form is available at www.roanokegop.org.
Chairman:
Candidates for election to the position of Chairman of the Roanoke City Republican Committee shall file a written statement of intent either by mail or by hand delivery, and accompanied by a $500 certified check or cashier’s check payable to the Roanoke City Republican Committee for the nonrefundable filing fee, to Melanie Rice, Secretary, whose mailing address is 2821 Wycliffe Ave., SW, Roanoke, VA 24014. The statement of intent and check must be received not later than noon on March 6, 2024. Postmarks will not govern. There will be no nominations from the floor for the office of Chairman.
Committee Members:
All persons eligible to participate in the mass meeting will be eligible to be elected members of the Roanoke City Republican Committee.
Cancellation of Mass Meeting
The mass meeting will be cancelled if each of the following conditions are met at noon on March 8, 2024:
- Fewer than 112 qualified persons timely and properly prefile to be Delegates to the State Convention of the Republican Party of Virginia.
- Fewer than 556 qualified persons timely and properly prefile to be Delegates to the Republican 6th Congressional District Convention.
- Only one qualified person timely and properly files a written statement of intent, accompanied by the filing fee, to run for chairman of the Roanoke City Republican Committee.
If all the above conditions are met then:
a) the mass meeting will be cancelled, and
b) the following will be deemed elected to their respective offices as of March 8:
- the members of the committee, and
- all candidates for delegate who timely and properly pre-filed before the mass meeting and meet the requirements of the call, and
- the sole candidate who timely and properly filed for election as Chairman.
c) A notice that the mass meeting has been cancelled will be posted at www.roanokegop.org.
Publication
This call shall be posted on the websites of:
- the Republican Party of Virginia (virginia.gop),
- Virginia’s Sixth District Republican Committee (sixthdistrictgop.org), and
- the Roanoke City Republican Committee (roanokegop.org).
There is no longer a requirement under the State Party Plan to publish a notice in the local newspaper.
Paid for and authorized by the Roanoke City Republican Committee.