How To Become A Delegate - In Person

201 South Main Street,Salt Lake City UT 84111

25 February, 2022

Description

Sometimes only a small number of people in Utah, the delegates, choose the person who will become the elected officials. Come get involved! WORKSHOP DETAILS Utah has two paths for a candidate to get on a ballot. The candidate either gathers signatures or they are voted on at their parties caucus/convention. This March, delegates will be chosen to vett the candidates, learn more about them and vote on who progresses to convention. In this interactive and informative workshop come learn the process of how to be a delegate and how you can get you and your neighbors involved in creating better communities. Sponsored by The Women's Leadership Institute. WORKSHOP PRESENTER Leslie Carpenter is the founder of Become a Delegate, a training program that educates voters on how to run for state and county delegates. Through this program she hopes to help people more easily influence what candidates come out of the party conventions. She's currently serving as the Legislative VP, for the PTA at her daughter's school has been elected to the school community council overseeing the school's LAND Trust Program. She's served as a board member and board president for Cache Valley's Children's Justice System. She lives in Cache Valley with her husband and 2 children.  She is an alumni of WLI's Political Development Program.