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Tuesday

Tuesday


Activity

Time


9:00 a.m.

City Meeting - daily huddle


9:30 a.m.

House and Senate continue operation

  • Schedule and conduct Committee Hearings

  • Draft legislation

Precinct Conventions

  • Continue platform and policy discussions


House and Senate Committee Meetings with Public Hearings begin

Rules and Platform Committee Meetings

10:00 a.m.


10:30 a.m.

State Party Convention

  1. Report by Rules Committee

  2. Debate and adopt Rules Committee Report

  3. Report by Platform Committee

  4. Debate and adopt Platform Committee Report

Parties will return to Precinct Meetings for caucus before all votes/selections


12:00 p.m.

Lunch break


12:30 p.m.

Filing deadline for all petitions with signatures - must be turned in by Precinct Chairman along with appropriate filing fee 

  1. Precinct Chairman are responsible for collecting all fees and forms and personally delivering them to the Election Headquarters. They will be dismissed closing ceremony at the appropriate time to deliver the information by their counselor or may appoint an assistant to do so if predisposed with other business. 

  2. No filing forms will be accepted after the deadline. 


1:00 p.m.

State Party Convention

  • Speeches for State offices for Primary Election - Comptroller, Ag Commissioner and Commissioner of Land and Railroad Commission


2:30 p.m.

County Convention

  • Discussion of candidates

  • Continued discussion on platform and legislative agenda


3:00 p.m.

State Party Convention

  • Speeches for Attorney General, Lt. Governor and Governor


4:30 p.m.

City Mayors meeting


5:00 p.m.

Visiting Dignitaries Program


5:30 p.m.

Dinner Break


6:30 p.m.

Recreation Period begins - all Statesmen will be involved in 1 or more activity:

  • City Olympiad - online competitions

  • Boys State Band

  • Rules, Campaign and Platform Committee

  • House and Senate


6:30 p.m.

Seminars - Session 1 - Cities will attend Seminars via assigned virtual room, panels will rotate within rooms


Seminars - Session 2

7:00 p.m.


Seminars - Session 3

7:30 p.m.


State Party Convention - Primary Election results announced

8:00 p.m.


8:15 p.m.

Daily closing

General Assembly


8:45 p.m.

City Meeting - daily debrief