Bowie County Republicans looking for new precinct chairs

Gary Singleton, Bowie County Chair for the Republican Party, addressed Bowie County Patriots at their weekly meeting. He was there to educate them on what precinct chairs do. He also emphasized the need for volunteers. (Staff photo by Junius Stone)
Gary Singleton, Bowie County Chair for the Republican Party, addressed Bowie County Patriots at their weekly meeting. He was there to educate them on what precinct chairs do. He also emphasized the need for volunteers. (Staff photo by Junius Stone)

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Gary Singleton, Bowie County GOP chairman, addressed Bowie County Patriots at their weekly meeting. He came primarily to educate the attendees on the coming precinct reorganization and the need for new chairs and volunteers, especially to get a jump on the coming election seasons.

Republicans and Democrats have separate organizations.

"We have nine new precincts as a result of redistricting," said Singleton. "That gives us a total of about 48 districts, though some of those may be consolidated in the coming weeks and months. Reason being, some of them have almost no people living in them. Also, to do so would save taxpayer money and would more efficiently use manpower in the coming election seasons."

New precinct chairs are being selected and the second filing period for those interested in being chairs is coming up Jan. 15.

"A precinct chair organizes electoral efforts for their party in each precinct," Singleton said. "Their primary purpose is to be the one on the ground in each precinct, beating the streets for voters. They work their precinct and get out the vote. Also, along with their party HQs, get out information to the voters."

Singleton emphasized the importance of the volunteers for election efforts.

"We need volunteers, bottom line," he said. "We need people to help out their precincts. We need poll watchers, dearly. We need to have people we can count on."

Singleton encourages those interested in volunteering to contact him at [email protected].

For those seeking more information on precincts, counties and their functions, he recommended texasgop.org.

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