Rochester Caucus for Cannabis Training

WHAT: Join the Minnesota Campaign for Full Legalization for a Caucus for Cannabis training. WHEN: Saturday, February 3, 2018, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM WHERE: Rochester Public Library WHY: If you want to help end ‘marijuana’ prohibition, one of the most impactful things you can do this year is to attend your Precinct Caucus meeting on Tuesday, February 6. We need Minnesotans in all 134 State House Districts to bring a RESOLUTION to your Precinct Caucus urging either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party (whichever party you choose to Caucus with) to prioritize the issue of fully legalizing cannabis on their legislative agenda. We also need as many people as possible to become a DELEGATE at both your House District convention (to be scheduled some time in the spring) where you’ll have a vote to endorse candidates for State Representive, and also at the State Convention on June 1, 2018, where you’ll vote to endorse candidates for Governor of Minnesota. HOW: SHOW UP and bring as many people with you as possible who are passionately interested in cannabis, work well with others, and are likely to actively support our campaign. ABOUT CAUCUS FOR CANNABIS: We need everyone in Minnesota who supports the full legalization of cannabis to become a DELEGATE in the candidate endorsement process of the political party of their / your choice. You do this by attending either the Republican (GOP) or Democratic (DFL) CAUCUS MEETING in your local House District precinct on February 6, 2018 at 6:30 PM. DELEGATES are the voters who get the most attention from candidates because they / you get to vote to ENDORSE candidates on behalf of the party. We want to help candidates who support full legalization to win their party endorsement, and to try to prevent Prohibitionists from winning their party endorsement, because the candidates endorsed by their respective party typically end up getting elected months later on Election Day in November. The Caucus for Cannabis campaign is a three event process: PRECINCT CAUCUS NIGHT -- Tuesday, February 6, 2018: (1) You will show up at your party Caucus meeting on February 6, 2018 at 6:30 PM to SIGN-UP to become a DELEGATE for your House District convention, which will be scheduled at a later date TBD. You will also bring a RESOLUTION, which is a document urging the party you caucus with to adopt the issue of fully legalizing cannabis on their official party platform, with you to your caucus meeting. HOUSE DISTRICT CONVENTION -- Varying dates & Locations TBD (2) If you become a DELEGATE or an ALTERNATE (people who can substitute for delegates if they cannot attend the endorsement convention) for your HOUSE DISTRICT CONVENTION, you will vote there to either endorse OR block the endorsement of candidates running for Minnesota State Representative in your House District, AND you will lobby other delegates there to vote in favor of advancing your full legalization RESOLUTION to the State Convention on June 1, 2018. It is critically important that you ALSO compete at the House District Convention to become a DELEGATE for the State Convention of your chosen party. STATE CONVENTION -- Friday, June 1, 2018 in Rochester (DFL) and Duluth (GOP), Minnesota: (3) If you become a DELEGATE or an ALTERNATE (people who can substitute for delegates if they cannot attend the endorsement convention) at the State Convention, you will VOTE there to either ENDORSE or BLOCK the endorsement of candidates running for Governor of Minnesota. If the full legalization RESOLUTION advances to the State Convention, you will lobby other delegates there to vote to have the party adopt it as part of their official party platform. CONTACT US TO VOLUNTEER: If you're willing to Caucus for Cannabis, please email your cell phone number and mailing address (to identify supporters in every state legislative district) to [email protected].