Details on mass meeting to select 10th District republican candidate for the Virginia Senate

 Please read the official "call" about the nominating process for the  republican candidate for the 10th District senate seat in the Virginia General Assembly

10th Senate District Republican Mass Meeting

As Chairman of the 10th Senate District Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia, pursuant

to the Republican Party of Virginia Plan of Organization, and as directed by the District

Committee, I, R. T. “Torrey” Williams, III, do hereby issue this call for a Mass Meeting to be

held at the Goochland Sports Complex located at 1800 Sandy Hook Road, Goochland, Virginia

23060, or an alternative site, starting at 6:30 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, 2024.

Registration begins at 4:30 p.m.

The sole purpose of the Mass Meeting is nominating a Republican Candidate for the 10th Senate

District of Virginia Special Election that is anticipated to be called upon the resignation of the

incumbent.

Qualifications for Participation

All legal and qualified voters of the 10th Senate District 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 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. All

qualified voters in this mass meeting must present a government issued photographic

identification in order to participate.

In addition to the foregoing, to be in accord with the principles of the Republican Party, a person

otherwise qualified hereunder shall not have participated in Virginia in the nominating process of

a party other than the Republican Party in the last five years from September 1, 2019. A single

exception to this restriction shall be approved for a voter that renounces affiliation with any other

party in writing, and who expresses in writing that they are in accord with the principles of the

Republican Party and intends to support the nominees of the Republican Party in the future.

Candidate Filing Requirements

Candidates seeking nomination at said mass meeting shall file the following:

1) Candidate Filing Form

2) Filing fee of $720.00, via a check made payable to the “Fifth Congressional District

Republican Committee” fiscal agent for the 10th Senate District Republican Committee

All required documentation must be hand delivered to R. T. “Torrey” Williams, III, or subsequent

designee, no later than 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. It is the responsibility of the

candidate to confirm receipt of their declaration. Available contact information to confirm receipt

of the declaration is R. T. “Torrey” Williams, III at 540-894-3504. Nominations will not be

permitted from the floor at the mass meeting. The Candidate Filing Form is attached to this call.

Registration Fee

There will be NO registration fee to participate in this Mass Meeting.

Resolutions

Resolutions shall not be considered at the 10th Senate District Republican Mass Meeting.

Call Revisions

The 10th Senate District Committee is authorized to revise the issued Call to make any such

technical or conforming changes in the event such changes are necessary and shall promptly

notify the Republican Party of Virginia.

Cancellation Notification

Should only one candidate properly file for the Republican nomination for the Senate of

Virginia, then such candidate shall be deemed elected, and the mass meeting shall be cancelled.

Paid for by the Fifth Congressional District Republican Committee Authorized

by the 10th Senate District Republican Committee