from Alaska Republican Party [http://alaskarepublicans.com/convention-process/]

1. State Convention Call:

The Alaska Republican Party State Convention Call governs the Alaska Republican Party process that selects the Alaskan National Convention Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL August 27-30.

2. Party Preference Poll Introduction:

The Alaska Republican Party Presidential Preference Poll (PPP) will be conducted from 4 – 8 pm March 6 at locations throughout Alaska. These locations are listed below. Find your new district on the June 13, 2011 proclamation map. Additional locations will be added as locations are confirmed.

Alaska’s Republican Presidential Preference Poll (PPP) has four candidates who were certified in the following order:

• Mitt Romney
• Newt Gingrich
• Ron Paul
• Rick Santorum

These candidates and unpledged will appear on the March 6 Alaska Republican Party Presidential Preference Poll Ballot.

All registered Alaska Republicans are invited to cast their vote for their preferred candidate.  The Presidential Preference Poll vote binds the 24 Alaskan National Convention Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL from August 27-30.

The primary goal of the PPP is to develop and run an open, reasonably accessible, fair, valid, logistically pragmatic and secure process which will direct the Alaska Republican Party (ARP) delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote for their Republican candidate(s) of choice for the Presidency of the United States.

Fourteen thousand Alaska Republicans voted in the 2008 Presidential Preference Poll.  Bring your Republican friends and family members to the March 6 poll to set a new record.

3. District Convention Activities:

All Alaska Legislative Districts (using the June 13, 2011 official Proclamation Map) shall conduct District Conventions between March 6 and March 26, 2012.   These District Conventions are the first step in determining the platform, rules and resolutions for the 2012 General Election Campaign.   The District Conventions elect State Convention Delegates and District Officers.  Locate your district on the proclamation map. Find your authorized District Delegate count on the Alaska Republican Party State Convention Call.  Find your District Convention on the ARP events calendar.

Article III of the ARP Rules provide your District Convention process.

4. State Convention Activities:

Elected State Convention Delegates will gather at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel from April 26-28 for the 2012 Republican State Convention.  The State Convention will adopt the 2012 Alaska Republican Platform & Resolutions and the ARP Rules.  The State Officers & National Convention Delegates bound by the March 6 PPP vote will be elected. Article V of the ARP Rules provide the process for the State Convention.