Shoshone County Republican Party - The Precinct, Page 2

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Understanding a Precinct

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How does a Precinct fit within Republican Party structure?

A precinct is the smallest subdivision of a political entity, such as a state, congressional district, or legislative district. Even though it is the smallest, many would call it the most important. It is where the art of electing a candidate is practiced at the most fundamental level. Retail, one-on-one.

Shoshone County, Idaho is comprised of 17 different precincts. They lie wholly or partially within the incorporated cities of Mullan, Wallace, Osburn, Kellogg, Smelterville and Pinehurst, or the unincorporated communities of Silverton, Page, Murray, Prichard, Calder, Avery and Clarkia.

"Divide the country into small districts and ...

appoint in each a subcommittee.

Make a perfect list of all the voters and

ascertain with certainty for whom they will vote.

Keep a current watch on the doubtful voters

and have them talked to by those in whom they have

confidence, and on election day see that

every Whig is brought to the polls."

-- Abraham Lincoln, 1840

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What is a Republican?

The dictionary defines a republic as:

" ... a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote, and in which that power is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to the citizens and governing according to law."

America has a republican form of government. Republicans believe strongly in and support that kind of government. We believe that smaller government is better government. We also believe that you will spend your hard-earned money more wisely than will bureaucrats in Washington, DC or Boise, if given access to it through taxation.

... the more things change ...

"Make no bones of this. Don't try to sweep this under the rug. We are at war ... And yet the president, who is the commander in chief of our forces, refuses to say-refuses to say, mind you-whether or not the objective over there is victory, ..."

That quote is as fresh as today's headlines. There is a timeliness to it; an urgency, even, as it calls for our attention. It sounds like it could have been delivered today about the current "commander in chief."

In fact, it was spoken 45 years ago by Barry Goldwater, in his 1964 acceptance speech for the Republican Party's nomination for president. The object of his remarks was another Democratic president, Lyndon B. Johnson. The war to which he referred was raging in Vietnam.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Republican Party
of
Shoshone County Idaho

- what do we believe in?

- an America that is strong enough economically, socially, culturally and militarily to take care of itself, and to stand beside other nations who share our commitment to freedom and liberty.

- that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights. That without 'life,' 'liberty and the pursuit of happiness' is an empty phrase.

- that a strong America is and will be a peaceful America.

- that Americans of all walks of life can decide better than government how to spend their own income.

- that no arm of government is stronger than the people who elected it.

- that no elected representative is above the law.

- that trust must be the hallmark at all levels of government.

"Find out just what the people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."