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Iowa Democrats People with Disabilities Caucus (IDPDC)
to ensure events and Conventions are functionally
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Convention Call
2018 District Convention First Congressional District Democratic Party
Official Convention Call
Pursuant to the provisions, in accordance with the order, resolutions and instructions of the Democratic Central Committee of Iowa, within full compliance of the National Democratic Party requirements, the undersigned as Chair of the Democratic Party of First Congressional District of Iowa, hereby issues the Official Call for the First Congressional District Democrats Convention as follows: The First Congressional District Democrats Convention shall be held at Kirkwood Regional Center of Linn County, 1770 Boyson Road, Hiawatha, Iowa, 52233, convening at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Registration will begin at 9:00 AM, continuing until the Credentials Committee retires to prepare its report to the Convention. Use North Parking Lot and Entrance. The Convention will be held for the purpose of: 1. Electing Members of the State Central Committee
representing the First Congressional District of Iowa. (Four (4) people who identify as Female and four (4) people who identify as Male)
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2. Electing Members of the Convention Committees for the State Convention. (Arrangements, Credentials, Platform, Rules and Nominations)
3. Electing a First District Affirmative Action Chairperson. 4. Approving and adopting the First District Platform. 5. Transacting such other Democratic Party Business as
may come before the Convention.
Jerry Lynch
First Congressional District Democrats Chairman
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CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS
The First Congressional District Democrats proudly
present an ADA Compliant and Functionally
Accessible Convention.
Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center, North
Entrance
1770 Boyson Road - Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Delegate and Alternate Registration begins at 9:00 AM
Convention Called to Order at 10:00 AM
Delegate Registration Fee plus lunch - $35.00*
Delegate Registration Fee without lunch - $25.00**
Alternate, Observer, Youth Delegate, Companion
lunch ONLY - 10.00***
Alternate and Observer On-site Live Stream with
Lunch - $20.00 ****
Upcoming Convention Dates
Primary – Tuesday, June 5, 2018
State Convention – Saturday, June 16, 2018, 9:00 AM
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Accommodations provided: CART (Communication
Access Real-time Translation), Hearing Loops, Lactation
Room, Service Animal Relief Area, Refrigerator/Freezer,
Quiet Room, LP Booklet, Wheelchair Access, Increased
Table Heights, and Preferential Seating. Please fill out a
Request for Accommodations Form for these or other
accommodations.
The Delegate fee is not mandatory and the Iowa
Democratic Party Constitution states: “No Delegate’s right
to fully participate or vote in any convention shall be
dependent on the payment of a Delegate Fee.” (The cost
of lunch is not part of the Delegate Fee.)
* ActBlue - $36.00 to cover incurred fees
** ActBlue - $26.00 to cover incurred fees
*** ActBlue - $11.00 to cover incurred fees
**** ActBlue - $21.00 to cover incurred fees
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MEMBERS OF THE 2018 FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION COMMITTEES
2018 ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
Bret Nilles – Chair Rosemary Schwartz – Co-chair Susan Atwater Karen Black Sean Carey Sara Carter • Matthew Clay Erin Cornelius Kathleen Dabney Gregory Decker Lindsey Ellickson Lisa Feldhaus Tom Fuller Sandy Galer E.J. Gallagher – Treasurer Jerry Hageman Kay Hale
Carol Hennessy • Sue Johanningmeier Jill Jones Elizabeth Karsten • Sherry Kiskunas Jerry Kivett Andrew Leonard April Mead Arthur Moellering • Jana Nelson Joshua O’Connell • Evangeline Ramsey • Suzanne Renner Roberta Rosheim Peggy Sherrets
• Nominated to go on to State Arrangements
Committee
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2018 CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Sunny Story – Co-Chair George Tompkins – Co-Chair Sarah Hinds – Secretary Laura Bell Vikki Brown Marcia Buttgen Daniel Callahan Paula Denison • Eric Donat Laura Fischer-Walter Victoria Halstead Gary Hart George Holland Jerard Keene Carrie Knipfer Jerry Lynch
Peter Lyon Karen Merrick Barbara Morrison Brent Olson • Janet Patterson • Carol Power • Daniel Power Frances Renfer Mary Ridgeway Jon Ryk Curtis Salow Robert Shields • Brian Shoenjahn Robin Stone • Sarah Stutler Rodney Watson Robert Watson
• Nominated to go on to State Credentials Committee
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2018 PLATFORM COMMITTEE
• Mike Robinson – Chair • Kennan Seda – 1st Vice Chair Corey Jones – 2nd Vice Chair • Mary Burke – Co-secretary •• Kristin Keast – Co-secretary J “Enzo” Madden – Co-secretary Yeshi Abebe – Alt. Eloise Dillavou •• Bob Eckles Garry Gansen Kathy Geronzin • Benjamin Hanisch • William Harwood Lee Hood Cody Leistikow
• William Lester • Jason Loutsch Wyatt Manship • Kelly McMahon Devin Mehaffey • Mike Olson Shelley Parbs Vicki Pilcher William Reedy • Marcos Rubinstein Glen Salisbury •• James Sanford Terry Stewart Joe Stutler Matthew Tapscott • James Tripp • Ruth Walker • Donna Winburn •• Laura Wright
• Nominated as a Member to go on to State Platform
Committee
•• Nominated as an Alternate Member to go on to State Platform Committee
2018 RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
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• Catherine Crist – Chair Peter Olafsen – Vice Chair • Mary Muehl – Co-Secretary •• Breanna Oxley – Co-Secretary •• Mike McGree – Co-Parliamentarian •• Buzz Pounds – Co-Parliamentarian • Myrt Bowers Sally Browne Barbara Cliff • Randy Crist Joshua Dausener • Allison Drahozal • Steven Drahozal Donna Duvall Sarah Eastman •• Eric Gjerde • Thomas Haugen • Laura Hubka •• Jerry Huffman
Bernard Michels • Steve Moshier • Timothy O’Brien • Brendan Paul • Nick Petersen •• Judith Schmidt Scott Schultz Valerie Smith Philip Specht Andrew Stensland • RRS Stewart •• Connor Wooff Mark Wyss Ruth Zanoni
• Nominated as a Member to go on to State Rules and
Nominations Committee
•• Nominated as an Alternate Member to go on to State
Rules and Nominations Committee
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2018 FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Name Badge Color Codes
Convention Officers – Blue
Convention Delegates – Light Blue
Convention Alternates – White
Companions – White
Observers – White
Candidates/Surrogates – White
Youth Caucus - Lavender
Secondary Name Badge Color Codes
Platform Committee Chair – Purple
Platform Committee Members – Lavender
Rules Committee Chair – Red
Rules Committee Members – Light Red (pink)
Arrangements Committee Chair – Yellow
Arrangements Committee members – Light Yellow
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Credentials Committee Chair – Green
Credentials Committee Members – Light Green
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INDEX AND RULES FINDER
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
APRIL 28TH, 2018
PAGE SECTION ITEM
13 ORDER OF BUSINESS
15 I. RULES FOR FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
15 I. A-B. PREAMBLE: Call to Order, Temporary Rules of the First District Convention
15 I.C. Presence on the Convention Floor
16 I. D. 1-7. Seating of Delegates: Accessibility
19 I. E-F. Speakers Time Limit, Facility Use
19 II. CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORTS
20 III. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
21 IV. A-E. ELECTION AND DUTIES OF THE CONVENTION CHAIR Appoint, Maintain Order, Delays
22 IV. F-G. Rules and Nominations Committee, Platform Committee
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22 V. Special Orders of Business: Initiated by Rules Committee
23 VI. A.1-4. KINDS OF VOTING: Accessibility, Division of the Assembly
24 VI. B-D. KINDS OF VOTING: Collection of paper ballots, tally, questions, counting
24 V.E-G. KINDS OF VOTING: Motions on the floor, proxy voting, leaving the Convention
24 VII. APPEALS TO THE RULING OF THE CHAIR
25 VIII. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES:
26 IX. MAIN MOTIONS:
26 X. AMENDMENTS: Germane, Time to Consider, Minority Reports, Debate
28 XI. A-C. PLATFORM CONSIDERATION PROCEDURES: Presented for consideration, Controversial, New
29 XI. D-G PLATFORM CONSIDERATION
PROCEDURES:
Debate, Tabled, Clarification,
Adoption
29 XII. YOUTH DELEGATES
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29 XIII. QUORUM
30 XIV. ROBERT’S RULES
30 XV. AMENDMENT TO RULES:
30 XVI. A. RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT: Business during Preference Groups, Nominations
30 XVI. B. RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT: General Rules
32 XVI. C.1-2 RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT: State Central Committee, Affirmative Action Chair
33 XVI.C.3.a-c.
RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT: State Convention Committee Members, Preference Group Division Procedures
38 ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER MOTION CHART
If you have questions about the rules consult with a member of the Rules Committee listed on page 10 or the Parliamentarian.
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Order of Business First District Convention
April 28th, 2018 1. Temporary Chair shall convene the Convention within 15
(fifteen) minutes of the scheduled time of 10:00 am. 2. Temporary Chair shall appoint Temporary Secretaries,
Temporary Parliamentarians, and Temporary Sergeants-at-Arms.
3. Temporary Chair shall recognize the Chair of the Rules and Nominations Committee who will ask for a motion on the Temporary Rules (See Article I. Sections A-G).
4. The Temporary Chair shall ask for a motion to make Delegates, as certified by the County Chairs, the Temporary Delegates to the Convention.
5. The Temporary Chair shall announce the Chairs of all Committees (Arrangements, Credentials, Platform, Rules and Nominations).
6. Report of the Chair of the District Democratic Central Committee.
7. Announcements, introduction of special guests, Candidates, and Elected Officials.
8. It will be in order at any time for the Temporary Convention Chair to recognize a Chair of the Credentials Committee to deliver the Report of their Committee; and will ask for a motion to adopt the Report.
9. The Rules and Nominations Committee Chair will make nominations of the Permanent Chair(s) of the Convention. Nominations from the floor may be received and proceed with the election.
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10. The Chair shall appoint Permanent Secretaries, Parliamentarians, Time-Keepers and Sergeants-at-Arms.
11. The Chair of the Rules Committee moves for the adoption of the Rules and Nominations Committee Report and announces that Nomination Cards for State Central Committee (SCC) Members must be submitted to the Rules Table no later than 15 (fifteen) minutes after the adoption of this Report.
12. The Platform Chair or Designee announces the deadline for submission of additional Platform resolution forms 30 (thirty) minutes after adoption of the Credentials Committee report.
13. Youth Delegate Attendees will Caucus separately for the purpose of preparing their Platform Report. The Chair of this Caucus shall move the adoption of their Report when appropriate.
14. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall explain the process for receiving nominations and electing the District Affirmative Action Chair.
15. Report of the Platform Committee; Platform Committee Chair moves adoption of the Platform.
16. The Chair of the Rules and Nominations Committee shall explain the procedure for the election of State Central Committee Members. The election process shall be interspersed with considering the Platform Committee Report.
17. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall announce the numbers apportioned to First District for the State Convention Committee Persons for Arrangements, Credentials, Rules, and Platform.
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18. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall explain the details of the process for receiving nominations and electing Members/Alternates to serve on the State Convention Committees.
19. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall ask for ratification of all work done during the Convention.
20. The Convention Chair will inquire as to further business to come before the Convention.
21. Adjournment.
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RULES FOR FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION April 28th, 2018
I. RULES GOVERNING THE ORGANIZATIONAL PHASE OF THE CONVENTION
Note: Throughout this document the position title “Chair” is referred to in the singular and it is possible that there may be Co-Chairs for any of the Convention Officers or Convention Committees. However, only one person (Chair) can hold the floor at any given time, and therefore, we will use Chair to mean, the Chair, or one of the Co-Chairs.
A. Call to Order
If the Temporary Convention Chair does not call the Convention to order by 10:15 a.m., any Delegate may call the Convention to order and the order of Business shall commence.
B. Temporary Rules of the First District Convention
The Temporary Rules of this Convention up to the adoption of the Permanent Rules (a motion to that effect will be offered at the proper time) shall be Article I, Sections A through G of these Rules as modified by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Iowa, the Constitution and Bylaws of the
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Democratic Party of Iowa, the Constitution and Bylaws of the First Congressional District, and Robert's Rules of Order, 11th Edition), in that order.
C. Presence on the Convention Floor
1. Only Delegates and personnel authorized by
the Rules and Nominations Committee (hereafter often referred to as Rules Committee) shall be allowed on the Convention Floor. Alternate Delegates are authorized to be seated in the designated Alternate Delegate Seating Area.
D. Seating of Delegates
1. Registration shall open at 9:00 am, one hour prior to the 10:00 am announced start time of the Convention. Registration for late-arriving Delegates shall continue until 11:00 am, however, the seating of Alternates may begin as early as 10:00 am. Duly elected Delegates to the Convention shall have the first right to be seated at the beginning of the Convention. Any Alternate with a signed Alternate Assignment Form shall also be seated immediately after appropriate credentialing.
2. A Delegate who cannot attend all or part of the
Convention may designate a duly elected
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Alternate in writing, using the Alternate Assignment Form provided with each Delegate's Official Convention Call. If an Alternate has been designated by a duly elected Delegate, the Alternate shall serve only until the originally elected Delegate appears/re-appears at the Convention and asserts to the Credentials Committee Chair their right to be seated. At such time, the Alternate shall turn over their credentials and balloting materials to the duly elected Delegate. In the event of a dispute, the Credentials Committee shall determine to whom the seat belongs.
3. If a Delegate fails to use the Alternate
Assignment Form to designate an Alternate to serve in their place, an Alternate may be seated by the Credentials Committee according to the Rules below. A Delegate who does not designate an Alternate to be seated in his or her place shall not have the right to unseat anyone seated by the Credentials Committee because of the Delegate's absence.
4. If a Delegate fails to use the Alternate
Assignment Form to designate an Alternate to serve in their place, a duly elected Alternate may be seated by the Credentials Committee according to the Rules below. A Delegate who does not designate an Alternate to be seated
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in their place shall not have the right to unseat anyone seated by the Credentials Committee because of the Delegate's absence. A late arriving Delegate may fill an open Delegate seat.
5. When no Alternate is designated by a duly elected Delegate, the Credentials Committee shall seat a duly elected Alternate based on the following priority order:
a. If Delegates/Alternates were not elected
by Preference Group at their County
Convention
1) Alternates of the same gender and
County as the Delegate, on a first
come, first served basis.
2) Alternates of a differing gender and
same County as the Delegate on a first
come, first served basis.
3) Alternates of the same gender and a
geographically similar County as the
Delegate, on a first come, first served
basis.
4) Alternates of a differing gender and
same geographically similar County as
the Delegate on a first come, first
served basis.
5) Alternates of the same gender within
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the District as the Delegate, on a first
come, first served basis.
6) Alternates of a differing gender within
the District as the Delegate on a first
come, first served basis.
b. If Delegates/Alternates were elected by
Preference Group at their County
Convention
1) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, gender and County as the
Delegate, on a first come, first served
basis.
2) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, a differing gender and same
County as the Delegate on a first
come, first served basis.
3) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, gender and geographically
similar County as the Delegate, on a
first come, first served basis.
4) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, a differing gender and
geographically similar County as the
Delegate on a first come, first served
basis.
5) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, gender and within the District
as the Delegate, on a first come, first
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served basis.
6) Alternates of the same Preference
Group, a differing gender and within
the District as the Delegate on a first
come, first served basis.
7) If there are no more Alternates from a
Preference Group and there are
vacant seats from that Preference
Group, the identified Preference Group
Representative will have the
opportunity to accept an Alternate from
a list of Unspecified/Non-Designated
Alternates. If the Preference Group
Representative declines to seat
anyone, that Delegate Seat will remain
unfilled.
c. If, after a good faith effort of 3 (three) calls to the Alternate Seating Area, the Credentials Committee cannot locate the specific Alternate selected to fill a specific absent Delegate’s seat, the Credentials Committee shall proceed to select a different Alternate to fill that seat.
6. If a Delegate requires a Companion (as
defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA), a Companion Badge shall be issued to the Companion and they shall be permitted access to the Floor and be seated
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next to the Delegate. The Companion will not be allowed the same voting privileges as the Delegate unless they, too, are a Credentialed Delegate. It will be permissible for the Companion to act on the behalf of the Delegate including assisting in all aspects of the Convention, such as voting (see VI A-2).
7. It shall be permissible for Service Animals,
as defined by the ADA, to be present on the Floor.
8. An Accessibility Paddle shall be issued to
anyone who needs it to fully participate in the Convention; instructions will also be given on its use at the time of issue.
E. Speakers Time Limit and Introduction of
Democratic Candidates and Office Holders
1. Gubernatorial Candidates, U.S. House Candidates, and all state-wide Candidates who attend in person will be allowed 5 (five) minutes each for speeches, their designees will be allowed 3 (three) minutes. Convention Chair will accommodate the person’s travel schedule.
2. Any other Candidates for, and Office Holders of,
the State Legislative and the First District or their designee will be allowed 3 (three) minutes each for speeches.
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F. Facility Use
Smoking, vaping, or use of tobacco products of any kind are not permitted on Linn County Regional Center Property. Other policies imposed by Kirkwood Community College shall also be in force during this convention held on its Linn County Regional Center property. Visit www.kirkwood.edu/security for additional details, including weapons policy.
G. No further Official Business shall occur until the Report of the Committee on Credentials has been acted upon.
II. CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE REPORT
A. Credentials Committee
1. The Temporary Chair shall recognize the Chair of
the Committee on Credentials to present the Committee Report. The Chair of the Committee may present Committee amendments, may yield to others, and may yield for the presentation and disposition of Minority Reports without losing the right to the floor.
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2. In the case of a challenge, the Committee on Credentials shall include in its Report the name of the Delegate or Alternate whom it believes is entitled to participate in the Convention. A minority of the Committee on Credentials may present a Minority Report on any challenge to the Convention. When a number of challenges are to be resolved, the Committee on Credentials shall report on each in alphabetical/numerical order by precinct which the Delegates or Alternates will represent.
3. The convention shall vote on the report of the
Committee on Credentials on each challenge that is made. The report of the Committee on each challenge must be approved by a majority vote of the convention before a Delegate or Alternate being challenged may vote or participate in the convention. No challenged Delegate or Alternate may vote on the Report of the Committee on Credentials which involves his or her respective challenge.
4. After all challenges have been resolved, the
Chair shall put the question on the adoption of the report of the Committee on Credentials with amendments previously adopted, if any, to a vote without intervening motion.
5. In the event that the Credentials Committee’s
Report shall fail to pass when voted upon, the
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Committee shall immediately reconvene to reconsider its Report, and shall present a new Report to the Convention as soon as possible. The Convention shall be in temporary recess until the Credentials Committee adopts a new report.
III. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION Prior to the first election, the following statement shall be read and Delegates will be reminded of it before any subsequent election.
“All caucuses, conventions, committees, and Democratic Party Officials shall take such practical steps as may be within their legitimate power to assure that all caucuses, conventions, and committees shall include: men, women, various age groups, racial minority groups, economic groups, and representatives of identifiable geographically defined populations - all in reasonable relationship to the proportions in which the groups are found in the populations of the respective constituencies. In the spirit of the above, all caucuses, conventions, and committees will also endeavor to include citizens of all national origins, ethnic identities, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, and disabilities.” (from Article VIII IDP Constitution) This statement does not impose a quota.
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IV. ELECTION AND DUTIES OF THE CONVENTION CHAIR
A. Convention Chair
Upon the adoption of the Credentials Committee Report the Convention shall proceed to elect the Convention Chair(s), in the following manner:
1. The Chair of the Committee on Rules shall be
recognized to offer nominations for Permanent Chair(s) of the Convention, and then nominations from the floor will be received.
2. When there are no further nominations, or upon
adoption of a motion to close nominations, the Rules Chair shall, after giving any nominee the opportunity to decline nomination, conduct a vote for the Permanent Convention Chair(s).
3. A majority vote of the Delegates present and voting
shall be required to elect the Convention Chair(s).
B.It shall be the responsibility of the Convention Chair(s) to conduct and expedite the business of the Convention and to preserve order and decorum in its proceedings. The Convention Chair(s) is/are authorized to:
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C.Appoint Secretaries, Parliamentarians, Sergeants-at-
Arms, and such other Officers as may be required to assist in the conduct of the business of the Convention.
D.Appoint any person temporarily to perform the duties
of the Convention Chair in the absence of the Chair. E. Take such lawful actions as may be appropriate and
necessary to preserve order throughout the Convention Venue.
F. In the instance of excessive numbers of appeals,
motions, Minority Reports, points of order, or other dilatory actions, the Convention Chair may rule initiators of these actions out of order, subject to appeal and majority vote. Such appeals shall be decided without debate.
G. Rules and Nominations Committee
The Convention Chair shall then recognize the Rules Chair to present the Committee’s Report, the Permanent Rules of the Convention and Minority Reports, if any, in the same manner as provided in these Rules.
H. Platform Committee
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The consideration of the Platform Committee’s Report shall be taken up at the discretion of the Convention Chair at appropriate times during the Delegate election process in order to save time. Rules found herein on debate and voting shall apply to consideration of the Platform Committee’s Report.
V. SPECIAL ORDERS OF BUSINESS
It shall be in order at any time for the Rules Committee to report to the Convention a resolution providing a special order of business for debate of any resolution, motion, committee report or Minority Report or amendment to a committee report, or for the consideration of any matter for which provision is not made in these Rules.
VI. VOTING
A.Kinds of Voting and when required:
1. When an Accessibility Paddle is raised it shall be recognized in the same manner and for the same type of vote (voice, standing, division) being conducted and shall be counted and recorded as any other vote.
2. It shall be in order at any point, if a Delegate, who
is present and voting, and needs assistance to participate in a vote to ask for such by raising their Accessibility Paddle or requesting assistance from
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a Rules Committee Member. If a Delegate raises their Accessibility Paddle for assistance they shall be immediately recognized. A Rules Committee Member will be permitted to assist any Delegate who so requests in all activities of voting including writing, raising a hand or Accessibility Paddle, standing for the Delegate and handling the Ballot. It will also be permissible for a Companion, as defined by the ADA to perform such duties. The Companion will not be allowed to vote of his or her accord unless they too are also a credentialed Delegate.
3. Except as otherwise required, voting shall be by
voice vote, with the Convention Chair ruling which side prevails.
4. Division of the Assembly, which is a count of votes
for and against with sufficient accuracy as to reflect the will of the convention, shall be required:
a. Upon the call of the Convention Chair.
b. After the results of a voice vote are announced by the Convention Chair, if any Delegate, without recognition, calls for “division”, and is supported in the call by 20 (twenty) Delegates who are present and voting.
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c. A paper ballot may be ordered only after the results of a counted vote, upon a motion, which is seconded and supported by a counted vote of 40 (forty) of the Delegates present and voting. The manner of voting shall be determined by the Rules Committee Report as adopted, or, if necessary, by the Convention Chair. Paper ballots are “non-secret”.
d. All vote-counts shall be announced by the
Convention Chair and recorded in the official minutes of the Convention by the Convention Secretary.
B. In the case of paper ballot voting, the collection of
ballots and the tally of the votes shall be under the supervision of the Rules Committee.
C. All questions, except as otherwise specified in these
Rules, shall be determined by a majority vote of the authorized Delegates present and voting.
D. When a question has been put to the vote, the vote
may not be interrupted for any purpose other than for clarification of the question as put by the Convention Chair, or to move for a division or paper ballot vote. The Convention Chair shall interpret a motion for a paper ballot vote as a motion for a vote by Division of the Assembly if the issue has not yet been put to a counted vote.
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E. During the counting of the vote on a paper ballot
vote on any issue, the Chair of the Convention may entertain a new main motion on the floor and then return to the previous motion after the counting is completed (see B above).
F. No proxy or absentee voting is permitted. G. Those people leaving the convention
permanently, and not designating an alternate, must turn all credentials and ballots over to a member of the Rules Committee.
VII. APPEALS TO THE RULING OF THE CONVENTION CHAIR
A. Appeals B. The Convention Chair shall decide all questions of
order, subject to an appeal by any Delegate.
1. An appeal shall not be in order from decisions on recognition, from decisions on dilatoriness of motions, during a roll call vote, on a question on which an appeal has just been decided, or when, in the opinion of the Convention Chair, such an appeal is clearly dilatory.
2. Before the question is put on any appeal, the
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person making the appeal shall be entitled to 3 (three) minutes to express their reasons for the appeal.
3. The appeal may be debated for not more than
10 (ten) minutes. The 10 (ten) minutes will be equally divided between Delegates appealing and Delegates in favor of sustaining the ruling of the Convention Chair.
4. The Convention Chair shall be allowed 3 (three)
minutes for explanation of the ruling (see Section IV. D). Without further debate, the Convention Chair shall then put the appeal to a vote. A simple majority vote of the Delegates present and voting is required to overrule the Convention Chair.
VIII. MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES
A. The Convention Chair may entertain a motion to suspend the Rules only for a stated purpose. If seconded, the person making the motion to suspend the rules shall be allowed 3 (three) minutes to explain the need to suspend.
B. No motion to suspend the Rules shall be in order if
the effect of the motion is to deny a minority rights to which they are entitled under the Rules of the convention.
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C. The chair shall immediately recognize the Chair of
the Rules Committee or their designee whose remarks shall be limited to 3 (three) minutes. The motion shall then be decided without debate. A vote of 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Delegates present and voting is required to pass the motion for suspension.
D. A motion to suspend the Rules or to reconsider
shall be out of order after the process of electing State Central Committee Members and Convention Committee Members to State Conventions is completed.
IX. MAIN MOTIONS
A. Motions to recess shall be in order at any time except when the question has been called, or a vote is in progress; and shall be decided without debate. A motion to recess shall be for a time of no more than 30 (thirty) minutes, except for lunch. The Convention Chair shall not entertain motions to recess when such motions closely follow another motion to recess and in the opinion of the Convention Chair are dilatory.
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B. A motion to adjourn shall not be in order until all statutory and State Democratic Party Constitutional duties have been completed.
X. AMENDMENTS
A. No amendment shall be entertained unless it is germane to the subject of the motion or resolution to which it is applied, and is not, in the opinion of the Convention Chair, dilatory.
B. No amendments to resolutions or motions before
the convention shall be permitted except written amendments to Committee Reports signed by 10% (10 percent) of the Convention Delegates or in a Minority Report of a Committee, provided that no motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. The maker of an amendment shall provide the Chair with a legibly written copy of the amendment, with signatures, before it is introduced.
C. Minority Reports
1. Minority reports of Committees shall not be considered by the convention unless adopted by at least 10% (ten percent) of the members of the Committee.
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2. The minority shall provide the Committee Chair as
well as the Chair of the Convention with a legibly written copy of the minority report before it is introduced. The Minority Report shall be signed by members of the minority.
3. A Minority Report shall have been
considered at a meeting of the full Committee.
D. Debate
1. All Delegates, once recognized, shall state their name and county.
2. Each side shall be limited to 6 (six) minutes.
Initial debate on any question shall be limited to 12 (twelve) minutes alternating between proponents and opponents in speeches which shall not exceed 2 (two) minutes each. No more than 2 (two) consecutive speakers on the same side of an issue shall be permitted.
3. No speaker may yield the floor to another
speaker.
4. At the end of the initial debate time, the convention, by a simple majority vote, may extend the debate for a specified period not to exceed 12 (twelve) minutes, subject in all other
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respects to rule 2 (two) above.
5. Debate may be closed sooner by unanimous consent or by a 2/3 (two-thirds) counted vote in support of closing debate. A motion for the previous question shall not be in order from a speaker during the course of their debate.
6. A motion to move the previous question shall be
made from a microphone.
7. Debate may be extended beyond the initial extension only by a 2/3 (two-thirds) counted vote in support of extension for a specified additional amount of time, subject in all other respects to rule 2 (two) above.
E. Amendments to Platform Planks shall be
considered at the time the plank to which they apply are considered and in the following order:
1. Written and signed Minority Reports from the
Platform Committee; 2. Amendments offered by written petition of 15%
(fifteen percent) of the seated and voting Convention Delegates. If more than one amendment to the same plank is offered they shall be considered in the order received by the Chair.
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XI. PLATFORM CONSIDERATION PROCEDURES
A. Planks, including Minority Plank(s), shall be presented for Convention action (debate and vote, table for amendment and/or debate, adoption, or rejection) in the order they appear in the Platform Committee Report, to be considered one plank at a time, or by section. Planks from Delegates likewise shall be considered before consideration of tabled planks. No further planks may be submitted beyond the 30 (thirty) minute deadline after the final Credentials Report is adopted.
B. Planks reported by the Platform Committee as
controversial shall be open for debate on the Convention Floor before they are voted on. With the support of 25 (twenty-five) Delegates, a plank may be tabled for later amendment and/or debate (a motion to table is not debatable). If a plank which was tabled for the purpose of amendment comes up for consideration and there is no viable petition for amendment, then it shall not be debated unless there is support by at least 30 (thirty) Delegates to debate the original plank.
C. New planks and amendments to planks may be
offered by written petition only. If supported by 25 (twenty-five) Delegates, these may be submitted to the Platform Committee 30 (thirty) minutes after the adoption of the Credential Committee report. The
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time will be announced by the Convention Chair. These planks will be considered for inclusion, substitution or amendments to existing Platform Proposals by the Platform Committee and/or may be omitted if redundant or contradictory to Existing Platform Committee reported planks.
D. Debate of planks and amendments shall be
limited to not more than 10 (ten) minutes each, said time divided equally between the two sides, and may be extended to a maximum of 20 (twenty) minutes upon majority vote of the convention.
E. If a plank is not tabled for amendment and/or
debate, the Chair of the Convention will immediately put to the vote the question of whether or not the Convention will adopt the plank. Voting on a tabled and controversial plank shall proceed immediately upon completion of debate, if any, of that plank.
F. Delegates may put to the Platform Committee
requests for clarification of the plank it presents. Up to 2 (two) minutes may be spent per plank upon such clarification.
G. All planks which receive majority support for
adoption by the Convention shall be taken by First District Members of the District Platform Committee for consideration by the District Platform Committee.
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XII. Youth Delegates
Beginning with the 1988 precinct caucuses, the Iowa Democratic Party implemented a youth Delegate program At the District Convention, Youth Delegates, who are between 13 (thirteen) and 18 (eighteen) by Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, 2018, should be permitted to Caucus separately and encouraged to participate in many of the organizational aspects of the district convention. Youth Delegates may not vote on official Convention matters and are not to be assessed Delegate fees at any level.
XIII. QUORUM
40% (forty percent) of the accredited Delegates shall constitute a quorum. No motion questioning a quorum shall be in order after the Credentials Committee Report has been accepted.
XIV. ROBERT’S RULES
The Rules of this Convention shall be these Rules as modified by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Iowa, the Constitution and Bylaws of the First Congressional District, and the Constitution and
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Bylaws of the Democratic Party of Iowa, and Robert's Rules of Order,11th Edition, in that order.
XV. AMENDMENTS TO RULES
After adoption, these Rules may be amended only upon a written petition signed by 35 (thirty-five) Delegates present and voting and the vote of at least half the number of the Delegates initially accredited at the Convention. Such a petition shall be considered by the Convention as soon as practical after it is received by the Chair of the Convention.
XVI. RULES AND NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
A.Nominations. An announcement before the
beginning of each election shall be made by the Rules Chair for the procedure to accept Nomination Cards at the Rules Table.
B.General Rules for all Election Types.
1. Each seated Delegate shall receive an official series of sequentially numbered ballots containing an assigned number for that Delegate.
2. All paper ballot votes shall be counted and tabulated under the supervision and authority of
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the Rules Committee. The Chair of the Rules Committee or their designee shall report the results.
3. Spoiled Ballots. If a Delegate thinks they have spoiled their ballot they must contact a Representative of the Rules Committee who shall assist the Delegate in determining whether the ballot is indeed spoiled or obtaining a new one. A ballot will be considered spoiled and not counted if a Delegate votes for fewer candidates than positions to be filled on any given round of balloting.
4. The ballots shall be collected and counted under the authority of the Rules Committee. At the time of collection each ballot shall be checked against the Delegate’s badge number. These procedures shall be followed for all marked ballots.
5. No more than a simple majority of the open positions may be determined by the results of one balloting. All Candidates receiving the same number of votes must without violation of any other rule either be defeated as a group or else elected as a group.
6. When all votes have been counted, the names of the elected Members and Alternates will be announced.
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7. The Delegates shall ballot again to fill the remaining positions. Further instructions will be given by the Rules Committee Representative.
8. The entire Convention shall ratify all elections conducted at this District Convention.
9. The Rules Committee Chair shall take possession of all ballots, Affirmative Action, SCC and State Central Committee Nomination Cards. These cards shall be preserved for one year.
10. It will be in order at any time to continue debate on the Platform and such other business as the Convention Chair deems necessary after collecting ballots and during counting and results tabulation of elections unless the Convention Divides into Preference Groups. If that is the case then all Official Business and Platform debate shall cease until all business of the Preference Groups is concluded.
C.Election Types.
1. State Central Committee. Any Delegate, Alternate, or any eligible registered Democrat present at the Convention who wishes to be nominated as a State Central Committee
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Member shall complete a SCC Nomination Card at the Rules Committee table no later than 15 (fifteen) minutes after the adoption of the Rules Committee Report. If a seated Delegate knows a person who is not at the Convention, but who wants to serve on the State Central Committee, they should complete a Nomination Card on that person’s behalf.
a. Delegates will elect four (4) people who identify as Female and four (4) people who identify as Male to represent the First Congressional District on the State Central Committee. Balloting shall be separate by gender. Any qualified candidate may be nominated and may run on the ballot to elect the gender they most closely identify with.
b. Nominations, but not nominating speeches,
will be accepted by the Convention Chair from the floor. The Rules Committee shall provide forms for this purpose.
c. Each nominee shall be given an opportunity to decline.
d. Elections shall proceed as outlined in Article XVI C. of these Rules.
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2. Affirmative Action Chair.
a. Delegates shall elect one (1) Affirmative Action Chair. b. Nominations, but not nominating
speeches, will be accepted by the Rules Committee from the floor. The Rules and Committee shall provide forms for this purpose. Each nominee will be given an opportunity to decline.
c. Elections shall proceed as outlined in in Article XVI C. of these Rules.
3. State Convention Committee Members.
This is the only election which may be conducted within and by Preference Groups.
a. Nomination and Election of State
Convention Committee Members/Alternates -
No Division
1) Each of the District Convention Committees
(Arrangements, Credentials, Platform, and
Rules) shall nominate individuals to serve
on the corresponding Committee for the
State Convention. The Chair of the Rules
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Committee will announce these
nominations to the District Convention.
2) An Alphabetized list of names of those
nominated shall be displayed. The names shall be numbered.
3) Additional names may be submitted for nomination from the floor. They shall be placed at the end of the list and each will be given a sequence number.
4) The number to be elected at each District Convention was allocated according to a system of proportional representation based on the results of the two most recent general elections (2014 and 2016).
5) The number of State Convention
Committee Members to be elected shall be announced; it is 13 (thirteen).
6) Any Delegate may move to close
nominations and cast a unanimous ballot for those nominated by the respective Committees.
7) Election of the Arrangements, Credentials,
Platform, and Rules Convention
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Committees for the State Convention. A
majority of the Delegates present, and
voting shall be required to elect Committee
Members.
b. Preference Group Division Procedures.
1) If at least 15% of the Convention Delegates vote to do so based on a single category of preference.
2) A motion to divide into Preference Groups
is only in order after the Credentials Report has been adopted.
3) A motion to divide into Preference Groups must contain a single category of preference.
4) Multiple separate motions, each with their own single category of preference, are allowed.
5) If more than one motion to divide by a single category of preference achieves 15% support, the convention shall vote on which category the convention will divide into. The category with the greatest number of votes will prevail.
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6) A Preference Group must have at least 15% support of Convention Delegates in order to be allocated any Committee positions.
7) No new Delegate may be seated during the period of time following the Credentials Report until the election of Committee Members by preference group is completed.
8) The Credentials Committee Chair will report the number of seated Delegates immediately before the first alignment occurs. This report will determine the viability threshold, which shall be 15% of that number.
9) If division in Preference Groups occurs, the seated Delegates shall have 15 (fifteen) minutes to turn in their Preference Card to the Rules Committee. The Rules Committee shall add up the total number of seated Delegates present and voting for all groups, and then determine and announce the viability percentages of each group.
10) Viable and non-viable Preference Groups will be assigned places to gather for realignment. Delegates will be free to
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realign as they see fit, but any Delegate who remains in a group that doesn’t have sufficient members to meet the viability threshold 15% (fifteen percent) at the end of realignment will not be able to participate in any vote to be held within a viable preference group. Delegates shall be given 30 (thirty) minutes to realign. A 5 (five) minute warning will be announced before the end of the realignment period. After the realignment period ends any Delegate who changed preference groups will need to complete the Change of Preference Group Card. Delegates will have 15 (fifteen) minutes to turn in the Card at the Rules Table.
11) The Chair of the Rules Committee shall announce the names of any group, which has less than 15% (fifteen percent) of the Delegate votes and the percentage of Delegate votes for each viable group.
12) The Rules Committee shall determine, and announce to the Convention, the number of Members/Alternates each Preference Group is entitled to elect to the State Convention Committees, under party prorating rules. Members and Alternates to State Convention Committees must be elected Delegates or Alternates to the
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State Convention. A list of all Nominees shall be alphabetized and clearly displayed.
13) To determine allocation, the number of Members in a viable Preference Group will be multiplied by the number of Committee persons the Convention is electing. That product will be divided by the number of Delegates who were reported according to Article XVI D. 3. b. 8).
14) The Convention may divide into its respective groups, each seated Delegate going to the group with which they are aligned. A Representative of the Rules Committee shall conduct the election.
15) No other Convention business can continue until the Convention joins back together.
c. Nomination and Election of State
Convention Committee
Members/Alternates – if divided into
Preference Groups
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1) All elections will be conducted under the supervision of a Representative of the Rules Committee and the first formal action of the Preference Group Chair/Rules Chair shall be to read the following statement:
“All caucuses, conventions, committees,
and Democratic Party Officials shall take
such practical steps as may be within
their legitimate power to assure that all
caucuses, conventions, and committees
shall include: men, women, various age
groups, racial minority groups, economic
groups, and representatives of
identifiable geographically defined
populations - all in reasonable
relationship to the proportions in which
the groups are found in the populations
of the respective constituencies. In the
spirit of the above, all caucuses,
conventions, and committees will also
endeavor to include citizens of all
national origins, ethnic identities,
religions, sexual orientations, gender
identities, and disabilities.”
(from Article VIII IDP Constitution) This
statement does not impose a quota.
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2) The elections will be ratified by the
Preference Group.
3) The Convention now joins together and
Official Business will continue.
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Robert’s Rules of Order Summary
Robert's Rules of Order Motions Chart
Based on Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (11th Edition)
Part 1, Main Motions. These motions are listed in order of
precedence. A motion can be introduced if it is higher on the chart
than the pending motion. § indicates the section from Robert's
Rules.
§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-
RUPT?
2ND
?
DE-
BATE?
A-
MEND
?
VOTE
?
§21 Close
meeting
I move to
adjourn No Yes No No Major-
ity
§20 Take
break
I move to
recess for
... No Yes No Yes
Major-ity
§19 Register
complaint
I rise to
a ques-
tion of
privilege
Yes No No No None
§18
Make
follow
agenda
I call for
the orders
of the day Yes No No No None
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§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-RUPT?
2ND?
DE-BATE?
A-MEND
?
VOTE?
§17
Lay aside
tempo-
rarily
I move to
lay the
question
on the
table
No Yes No No Major-
ity
§16 Close
debate
I move
the
previous
question
No Yes No No 2/3
§15
Limit or
extend
debate
I move
that de-
bate be
limited to
...
No Yes No Yes 2/3
§14
Postpone
to a
certain
time
I move to
postpone
the
motion to
...
No Yes Yes Yes Major-
ity
§13
Refer to
com-
mittee
I move to
refer the
motion to
...
No Yes Yes Yes Major-
ity
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§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-RUPT?
2ND?
DE-BATE?
A-MEND
?
VOTE
?
§12
Modify
wording
of motion
I move to
amend
the
motion by
...
No Yes Yes Yes Major-
ity
§11
Kill
main mot
ion
I move
that the
motion be
post-
poned
indef-
initely
No Yes Yes No Major-
ity
§10
Bring
business
before
assembly
(a main
motion)
I move
that [or
"to"] ... No Yes Yes Yes
Major-
ity
§23
Enforce
rules
Point of
Order Yes No No No None
§24 Submit
matter to
assembly
I appeal
from the
decision
Yes Yes Varies No Major-
ity
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of the
chair
§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-RUPT?
2ND?
DE-BATE?
A-MEND
?
VOTE
?
§25 Suspend
rules
I move to
suspend
the rules No Yes No No 2/3
§26
Avoid
main
motion
alto-
gether
I object to
the con-
sideration
of the
question
Yes No No No 2/3
§27 Divide
motion
I move to
divide the
question No Yes No Yes
Major-
ity
§29
Demand
a rising
vote
I move for
a rising
vote Yes No No No None
§33
Parlia-
mentary
law ques-
tion
Parlia-
mentary
inquiry Yes No No No None
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Part 2, Motions That Bring a Question Again Before the
Assembly.
No order of precedence. Introduce only when nothing else is
pending.
§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-
RUPT?
2ND
?
DE-
BATE?
A-
MEND
?
VOTE
?
§3
4
Take matter from table
I move to
take from
the table
...
No Yes No No Major-
ity
§3
5
Cancel
previous
action
I move to
rescind ... No Yes Yes Yes
2/3 or Major-ity with notice
§3
7
Recon-
sider
motion
I move to
recon-
sider ... No Yes Varies No
Major-ity
§ PUR-
POSE:
YOU
SAY:
INTER-RUPT?
2ND?
DE-BATE?
A-MEND
?
VOTE
?
§33
Request
for infor-
mation
Point of
infor-
mation Yes No No No None
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Proposed Platform for 1
Iowa’s First District 2018 Convention 2
3
Special Resolution: 4
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We Are the First Congressional District Democrats. 6
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We support the Democratic Party's, Democratic 8
Candidates and Democratic Elected Officials efforts 9
and dedication, at all levels, in ensuring all aspects of 10
events including but not limited to: the Venue itself; 11
Candidate or Party Fundraisers; Dinners or other large 12
gatherings, such as, Hall of Fame and Galas; Central 13
Committee, Convention Planning Meetings, business 14
Meetings (of all kinds at all levels); Caucus, polling, 15
and Convention locations and processes; and, Party 16
and Campaign Offices are Accessible for 17
All. Furthermore, we encourage and support all 18
efforts to make this Party more inclusive by ensuring 19
our Democratic Principles are upheld and the Civil 20
Rights of all are respected. 21
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This is our platform: 23
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Statement of Principles 25
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“Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will 27
maintain.” We believe in upholding the constitution 28
and the rights of all people, in addition to fully funding 29
all things we support. 30
31
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33
Statement of Issues 34
35
Agriculture, Environment and Energy 36
37
We support responsible stewardship of the earth’s 38
resources, including local wildlife, clean air, clean water, 39
and renewable energy. We believe in preserving our 40
cultural heritage sites and enhancement of outdoor 41
recreation opportunities for future generations. We support 42
the local and independent ownership of livestock and grain 43
farms. 44
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Agriculture 46
We Support: 47
A moratorium on CAFOs over 300 units 48
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Elimination of the property tax exemption for manure pits 49
Assessing corporate owners, a per-head fee per animal 50
and funding the Natural Resources and Outdoor 51
Recreation Trust with the proceeds 52
Taxing CAFOs at commercial rates 53
Prohibition of corporate ownership of livestock 54
Prohibition of Corporate ownership of our food system 55
Labeling of food content and country of origin 56
Community and urban gardens 57
Legalizing hemp 58
No acreage limits on land eligible for buffer strips under 59
the CRP 60
Locally owned, mid- sized diversified family farms, organic 61
and direct to consumer marketers 62
Financial incentives for new local and mobile meat 63
processing plants 64
Updating all base acres and yields to reflect current data 65
Limiting tax-free exchanges under Section 1031 to 66
residences 67
Rescinding the Ag Gag Bill 68
Rescinding the legislation limiting nuisance lawsuits 69
70
Acronyms: 71
63
CAFO Confined animal feeding operations 72
CRP Conservation Reserve Program 73
IWILL Iowa’s Water and Land Legacy 74
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Environment 76
We Support: 77
Reinstating the Iowa water Testing Program 78
Funding the Leopold Center 79
Widespread education about pollution sources and their 80
health effects 81
CSP, CRP and EQIP funding for soil conservation and 82
non-confined animal operations 83
Mandating cover crops and buffer strips on HEL 84
No tilling or application of fertilizers on soybean fields after 85
harvest unless seeded to a cover crop and having a buffer 86
strip next to moving waters 87
Banning neonicotinoids 88
Production and processing of hemp 89
Improving the bottle bill 90
Subsidies for renewable energy 91
Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) to below 350 ppm 92
Renewable Energy Standards of 50% by 2025 93
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Targeting watersheds and establishing numerical 94
standards for the NRS 95
Internalizing the cost of environmental protection 96
Expansion of passenger and freight train services with 97
subsidies matching those for highways and airports 98
Banning lead shot and lead tackle 99
100
Acronyms: 101
HEL Highly Erodible Land 102
REAP Resource Enhancement and Protection 103
NRS Nutrient Reduction Strategy 104
105
Energy 106
We Support: 107
Geothermal energy in new construction 108
Increasing CAFE standards for all vehicles 109
Energy efficiency 110
Renewable energy resources 111
Bio-based fuels 112
Consistent Net-metering and feed-in-tariffs for all utility 113
companies 114
Development of bio-fuels beyond corn and soybeans 115
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US leadership in combating climate change 116
Increased mass transit 117
118
We Oppose: 119
New nuclear plants 120
Subsidies for fossil fuels 121
Pipelines for fossil fuels 122
Secret waivers from EPA to large refineries to avoid the 123
RFS requirements 124
Fracking 125
126
Acronyms: 127
CAFE Corporate average fuel economy 128
CRP Conservation Reserve Program 129
CSP Conservation Stewardship Program 130
EQIP Environmental quality incentives program 131
EPA Environmental Protection Agency 132
NRS Nutrient reduction strategy 133
PPM Parts Per Million 134
RFS Renewable fuel standard 135
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137
Education 138
139
We believe that our public schools are the heart of every 140
community in Iowa. We strive 141
to achieve the goal that every child will have access to a 142
strong public school regardless 143
of their zip code. We are committed to creating free and 144
fully funded public schools with 145
safe, effective learning environments that instill a lifelong 146
love of learning. We value and 147
respect our educators and school staff. We support the 148
balanced integration of 149
technology in all learning environments. 150
151
Educators 152
We support: 153
Iowa K-14 teacher salaries ranking in top 10 states 154
nationally 155
Living-wage salaries/benefits/unemployment for 156
substitutes/para-professionals/adjuncts 157
State-funded reimbursements for special education 158
teachers attaining certification required by IDEA 159
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Increasing tax credits for K-14 instructors’ classroom 160
materials purchased out-of-pocket 161
162
We oppose: 163
Signing bonuses/merit pay 164
“Fast-Track” teacher certification 165
166
Higher Education 167
We support: 168
Expanding eligibility, increasing state/federal funding of 169
student financial aid for post-secondary education 170
Federal/State initiatives providing tuition free education for 171
students attending Iowa public universities/colleges 172
Timely disbursing student loan payments 173
Public service for student loan repayment 174
Increase work study/tax incentives for businesses 175
providing paid internships 176
Pell grants/state financial assistance for summer courses 177
Bankruptcy protections for borrowers 178
Continuing ITGP for Not-for-profit Colleges 179
180
We oppose: 181
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College loan punitive fees/interest 182
For-profit colleges, universities 183
Denying financial aid for prior convictions 184
185
Early Childhood and K-12 Student Development 186
We support: 187
ECE, public preschool/Head-Start meeting Head Start or 188
NAEYC performance standards 189
Each special education student being weighted by degree 190
of educational need when determining special and general 191
education classroom size and staffing 192
Creating rich learning experiences for all students, 193
especially marginalized sub-groups 194
Apply proven, empirical research to improve 195
teaching/learning with Iowa Core/Common Core 196
curriculums 197
BASP 198
State/Federal funding for Citizen Diplomacy programs 199
promoting understanding diverse ethnic, cultural, religious 200
groups 201
Mandatory Kindergarten 202
Non-sexist curricula 203
K-12 Foreign language 204
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Increasing state-wide minimum drop-out age to 18 205
Expanding access to public school alternative programs 206
Requiring all local school districts offer free 4-year-old 207
preschool 208
Increased oversight of homeschools by local district 209
210
We oppose: 211
Standardized assessment as primary measures of 212
learning/evaluation/salary/merit pay 213
ESSA penalties 214
215
Education Funding 216
We support: 217
Immediately increasing allowable growth rate of state aid 218
K-12 allowable growth set yearly by legislature 219
Vocational education/apprenticeships/internship programs 220
Districts improving energy efficiency 221
Maintaining local control of school districts regardless of 222
increased state participation in school aid formula 223
224
We oppose: 225
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Cutting art, music, PE, media specialists, counseling 226
programs, nurses 227
Vouchers, tuition tax credits supporting private/for-profit 228
private/home schooling 229
Mid-year reductions of state/federal financial aid 230
231
Pre-K-12 & Higher 232
We support: 233
Reinstating fully-funded technology 234
Best-in-the-nation student/teacher ratio 235
Public-private partnerships enhancing community/parent 236
involvement 237
Developing state-wide PSEO academy system 238
Timely-delivered school-aid payments 239
Controlling instructional material costs 240
Career development programs 241
No-cost food programs for all public schools 242
243
We oppose: 244
State mandates taking away local control regarding 245
student promotion 246
Firearms on grounds with exception of law enforcement 247
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ICE raids on school grounds 248
249
Students with Disabilities 250
We support: 251
Federally funding IDEA at 40% level as legislated 252
Equal Access to all educational services, including 253
physically-impaired accessibility for schools still without 254
adequate facilities 255
Restoring funds to AEAs 256
Illiteracy campaigns 257
Increased funding for at-risk, TAG, ESL, disabled 258
Vocational Rehabilitation, eliminating waiting lists 259
State-run institutions 260
Arts outreach programs 261
ECE IEPs implemented by a separate SPED teacher 262
Trauma-informed care to guide school interventions 263
making restraint/seclusion a last resort/ensuring safety 264
265
Library/Media 266
We support: 267
The State Library of Iowa, Iowa Library Service Areas, 268
Enrich Iowa, Open 269
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Access, Access Plus 270
Free, open access to knowledge 271
Patron privacy 272
MMM, NEA, NEH, NSF, CPB 273
274
Acronyms: 275
AEA Area Education Agency 276
BASP Before and After School Program 277
CPB Corporation for Public Broadcasting 278
ECE Early Childhood Education 279
ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act 280
ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement 281
IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 282
IEP Individual Education Plan 283
ITGP Innovative Technology Grant Program 284
NAEYC National Association for the Education of Young 285
People 286
NEA National Endowment for the Arts 287
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities 288
NSF National Science Foundation 289
PE Physical Education 290
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PSEO Post-Secondary Education 291
SPED Special Education 292
293
294
Government and Law 295
296
The public’s business shall be conducted in a manner that 297
is responsible, accessible, and open to all. All people in 298
the U.S. deserve equal rights under the law regardless of 299
age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion 300
or immigration status. 301
302
Immigration: 303
We Support: 304
Comprehensive immigration reform 305
Protecting refugees from conflict zones 306
State/federal DREAM Act and DAPA/DACA/TVDL/UAFA 307
Resolving visa applicant backlogs 308
Judicial review for visa denial/removal 309
Classifying unaccompanied minors as refugees 310
Expedited legal entry process 311
Due process regardless of citizenship status 312
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Immigration courts to be part of judiciary system 313
314
We Oppose: 315
Detaining undocumented minors 316
Immigrant detention/deportation quotas 317
Locally enforcing federal immigration laws 318
319
Campaign and Election Reform: 320
We support: 321
Expanded Voter access 322
Automatic voter registration 323
National elections/caucus holidays 324
Paper Ballots 325
Election audits 326
Publicly-funded campaigns 327
Lobbying reform 328
Requiring tax returns for candidate’s ballot access 329
Congressional voting representation for DC/US territories 330
Equal financial opportunity from Democratic Party for all 331
primary candidates 332
Timely Supreme Court nomination hearings 333
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Clean bills/amendments 334
Fact-checking before airing political ads 335
Preventing election interference 336
337
We Oppose: 338
Voter suppression 339
Voter ID laws 340
Super-delegates 341
Gerrymandering 342
Citizens United 343
Corporate personhood 344
Electoral College 345
346
Consumer Protections: 347
We support: 348
Corporate penalties that exceed benefits from 349
malfeasance 350
Foreclosure safety nets 351
Personal financial liability when elected officials break the 352
law 353
Insider trading laws covering government employees 354
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We Oppose: 356
Collection of personal data without express consent 357
Automated sales/advertising calls without permission 358
Corporate sovereignty above governments/citizens 359
Trade wars 360
361
Criminal Justice: 362
We support: 363
Legalizing Cannabis 364
Ending war-on-drugs by treating drug addictions as public 365
health issues 366
Reforming prison systems prioritizing rehabilitation over 367
punishment 368
Increasing rehabilitation programs for recently released 369
individuals 370
Voting rights for felons 371
Diverting mentally ill/addicted offenders into treatment 372
programs 373
Prohibiting shackles/restraints on pregnant women during 374
childbirth 375
Legalizing, regulating non-prescription drugs 376
377
We oppose: 378
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For-profit jails/prisons 379
Capital punishment 380
Mandatory minimum sentencing 381
382
Firearms Rights & Responsibilities: 383
We support: 384
Responsible firearm ownership 385
Universal background checks/waiting periods 386
Comprehensive training/proficiency requirements 387
Mental health screenings 388
“Red Flag” laws 389
Including those on “no-fly” lists, domestic abusers as 390
Prohibited Persons 391
Registering all gun sales 392
Purchase registry log for ammunition 393
Ownership liability insurance 394
Public/private property gun-free zones 395
Expanding National Firearms Act to include assault-style 396
weapons, rate-of-fire enhancers, higher capacity 397
magazines, and frangible munitions 398
399
We oppose: 400
Stand-Your-Ground 401
Open Carry 402
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Government Services 404
We Support: 405
Increasing funding/availability of rural public transit 406
Well-maintained bridges/roadways 407
Local community rights enacting laws 408
protecting/expanding health/safety/citizens/environment 409
Proper enforcement/funding environmental/public health 410
regulations 411
USPS Banking 412
Replenishing SLTF 413
Collecting adequate taxes to support essential services 414
Removing FICA income cap 415
Applying FICA to all earned, unearned income 416
417
We Oppose: 418
Eminent domain use for private companies 419
Privatizing government services 420
Nepotism 421
Fast-track congressional voting without public debate 422
Raising retirement age 423
Tax cuts to defund public programs 424
425
Military & Veteran Affairs: 426
We support: 427
Raising Iowa’s veterans’ benefits to first nationally 428
Iowa Veterans Home 429
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Expanding MHOA/IVG/USERRA programs 430
Independent/non-military judicial process for military 431
sexual assault 432
Expedited citizenship for those who have served 433
Full Rights/privileges of adulthood for all persons 434
serving/having served 435
Increasing military/veterans’ compensation/benefits 436
Equitable benefits for reserve military members 437
State income tax exemption for military 438
retirement/disability compensation 439
Bonus programs for veterans of 440
Lebanon/Grenada/Panama/Persian Gulf/other undeclared 441
conflicts 442
GI Bill support for veteran business start-ups 443
Active recruitment, priority preference for veterans in 444
civilian employment 445
Job protection for veterans with service-connected 446
disabilities 447
Physical/mental health treatment for veterans 448
Coverage for multigenerational victims of Agent Orange 449
health issues 450
Expedited records processing 451
Gender equity 452
Transgender servicemembers 453
Transparency in recruitment 454
Reducing the federal military budget 455
Reduced use of reserve forces for active duty missions 456
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We oppose: 458
Outsourcing to civilian contractors 459
Mercenaries 460
Privatizing VA 461
Military action against any country without Congressional 462
approval 463
464
Internet and Technology: 465
We support: 466
Restoring/enforcing Pre-2017 Net neutrality 467
Increased broadband internet access for rural America 468
Classifying internet as a utility, and right 469
Laws that encourage growth/innovation in blockchain 470
technology 471
Regulations governing data collection 472
473
We Oppose: 474
Censoring the internet 475
Paid Prioritization on internet content 476
Bulk-data collection by NSA 477
478
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: 479
We Support: 480
1965 VRA as Constitutional Amendment 481
Repealing 2001 USAPA and 2008 FISAAA 482
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Releasing all Audio/Video police footage for all 483
shootings/instances of excessive force 484
Iowa DOC, legal aid, Public Defenders offices, reentry 485
programs, providing tax credits/employment bonding 486
programs 487
Removing oppressive bail requirements 488
Barring law enforcement officials from sexual activities 489
with suspects/detainees 490
Limiting “cavity searches” 491
Training law enforcement in diversity, mental health and 492
de-escalation 493
All gender identities rights against 494
discrimination/harassment 495
Habeas Corpus 496
Privacy rights 497
Reparations for African-American/Native Americans 498
Reintroducing ERA 499
Expanding Affirmative Action 500
Equitable employment/housing treatment 501
Classifying attacks on abortion clinics/employees as 502
terrorism 503
Establishing US Commission on Human Rights 504
Creating Department of Peace/Conflict Resolution 505
506
We Oppose: 507
Racial profiling/discriminatory policing 508
Forced local compliance with non-judicial request from 509
ICE 510
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Eroding Miranda Rights 511
RFRA 512
Militarizing law enforcement 513
Assigning “personhood” status /declarations that “life 514
begins at conception” 515
Rolling back Marriage Equality 516
517
Acronyms: 518
DREAM Development, Relief, and Education for Alien 519
Minors 520
DACA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 521
DAPA Deferred Action of Parents of Americans 522
DOC Department of Corrections 523
ERA Equal Rights Amendment 524
TVDL Temporary Visitors Driver’s License 525
UAFA Uniting American Families Act 526
USPS United States Postal Service 527
SLTF Senior Living Trust Fund 528
SS Social Security 529
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act 530
MHOA Military Home Ownership Assistance 531
IVG Injured Veterans Grant 532
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USERRA Uniformed services Employment and 533
Redeployment Rights Act 534
VA Veterans Administration 535
NSA National Security Agency 536
USAPA United State of America Patriot Act 537
VRA Voting Rights Act 538
FISAAA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 539
Amendments Act 540
ICE Immigrations and Customs Enforcement 541
RFRA Religious Freedom Restoration Act 542
543
544
Health and Human Services 545
546
We believe that every human being has the right to the 547
pursuit of health and well-being and the right to autonomy 548
over their own body. 549
550
We Support: 551
Accessible/affordable treatment options for mental health 552
care, (including SA) with treatment options including, but 553
not limited to, community-based services, crisis 554
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intervention, inpatient beds (short/long term), recovery 555
services: parity statewide 556
Developing community-involved ER-to-facility support and 557
placement with mental health, ODs, DV 558
Revert to state-managed Medicaid 559
Increasing mental health-care funding 560
Regular frequent on-site inspections for all Iowa in-561
patient/long-term care facilities, using staffing 562
standards/limiting staff work hours for patient safety 563
Single-Payer Universal Healthcare: Mental 564
health/substance abuse care, vision, dental/hearing 565
prenatal to grave 566
Maintenance/strengthening SS, MC/MD, Public 567
Transportation, disaster relief, safety-net programs 568
DHS providing child/dependent adult protective services 569
meeting all standards with minimal overtime 570
Planned Parenthood/access to reproductive health care 571
Legislation/funding to regulate/provide transparency of 572
Crisis Pregnancy Centers 573
No legislative limits on medical malpractice/negligence 574
claims 575
Adults having rights to make medical decisions about their 576
bodies in consultation with their doctor, including passing 577
the DDA, privacy decisions, abortion decisions 578
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Children having rights to life-saving/disease-preventing 579
care, only medical reason exceptions 580
Fully legalizing medicinal cannabis and derivatives 581
Funding/organizing IEMS for standardized statewide 582
coverage 583
Smoking ban extended to casinos 584
Continued full funding for the GHS activities overseen by 585
CDC 586
Maximize funding /availability for all research to find cures 587
for illnesses, diseases, disabilities (including stem cell 588
research, gun violence epidemic) 589
Funding CHIP/HAWK-I 590
Funding/implementing programs to prevent/treat childhood 591
obesity 592
Negotiating lower prices, purchasing internationally by 593
pharmacies/hospitals 594
Research/prevention/treatment addressing opioid 595
epidemic including Naloxone 596
Funding IDA 597
Insurance covering provider-ordered prescriptions, 598
holistic/alternate pain management therapies 599
Equal health insurance premiums regardless of 600
race/gender 601
Nurse safe-staffing ratios 602
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Acronyms: 604
CDC Center for Disease Control 605
DDA Death with Dignity Act 606
DHS Department of Human Services 607
GHS Global Health Services 608
HAWK-I Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa 609
IDA Iowa Department of Aging 610
IEMS Iowa Emergency Medical System 611
MC/MD Medicare, Medicaid 612
SA Substance Abuse 613
SS Social Security 614
615
616
International Affairs 617
618
We are committed to worldwide peace and sustainable 619
prosperity, and the elimination of poverty. We will reach 620
across and respect diverse cultures, borders, and socio-621
economic systems to achieve fair trade and peaceful 622
resolution of hostilities and poverty. 623
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We Support: 625
Continued improvement in relations with Iran 626
Ending the embargo against Cuba 627
Pursuing a more equitable relation with Cuba regarding 628
Guantanamo 629
The US taking an equitable and active role with its conflict 630
partners in MENA conflict, to reduce/relieve the stresses 631
on life across the region in meaningful and urgent fashion 632
The elimination of extra-territorial and extra-legal prisons 633
and renditions, both open and secret and afford 634
imprisoned captives the rights given by the Geneva 635
Convention 636
Peaceful efforts to achieve separate, secure Israeli and 637
Palestinian states, respecting the rights of all persons 638
Right of return or just compensation for displaced 639
Palestinians 640
Admission to Palestine to full UN membership 641
Escrowing aid to Israel until further settlements outside 642
1966 borders are stopped 643
Rights of BDS 644
Full, open Congressional knowledge/approval of any long-645
term security agreements with Iraq or Afghanistan 646
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Criminal investigation and prosecution of war crimes and 647
treasonous offenses by all persons involved in Iraq, 648
Afghanistan, related conflicts 649
Ratification of/adherence to: 650
• Geneva Convention on treatment of POWs 651
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 652
• Biological Weapons Convention Protocol 653
• Ottawa Land Mine Treaty 654
• Convention on the Destruction of Chemical Weapons 655
• Convention on Cluster Munitions 656
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on Torture 657
• International Convention for the Protection of All 658
Persons from Enforced Disappearance 659
• Paris Climate Agreement 660
• Convention on Law of the Sea 661
• Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming 662
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 663
• Convention on Rights of the Child 664
• Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities 665
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and 666
Cultural Rights 667
• Arms Trade Treaty 668
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights 669
• UN Sustainable Development Goals – expanding 670
Millennium Development Goals to address root 671
causes of poverty, universal need for development 672
that works for all 673
• Full implementation of the US Action Plan on UN 674
Security Council Resolution 675
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• 1325 on Women, Peace and Security 676
Prosecuting via ICC those who traffic in human 677
beings/protection of said trafficking victims 678
Resuming support for UNESCO 679
Reducing our international military footprint 680
Debt cancellation for highly indebted/impoverished 681
countries 682
Greater use of regional security partnerships, UN to solve 683
international problems and crises 684
Closing of WHINSEC 685
Re-evaluation or repeal of NAFTA, WTO 686
687
Acronyms: 688
BDS Boycott, Divest, Sanction 689
ICC International Criminal Court UNESCO United 690
Nations Organization for Education Science and 691
Culture 692
MENA Middle East and North Africa 693
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement 694
POW Prisoner of War 695
TPP Trans-Pacific Partnership 696
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and 697
Cultural Organization 698
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WHINSEC Western Hemisphere Institute for Security 699
Cooperation, formerly known as ‘School of the 700
Americas’ 701
WTO World Trade Organization 702
703
704
Labor, Economy, and Commerce 705
706
The American Dream has arisen on the arms and backs of 707
our workers, and they have been slighted in the 708
workplace, resulting in wealth inequality. We support the 709
rights of workers to form unions and bargain collectively, 710
widen the scope of bargaining and share in the cost of 711
representation. We support protecting social safety nets 712
and retirement benefits. 713
714
Consumer Protection 715
We Support: 716
ICFA 717
Protection against predatory lending 718
Requiring businesses and organizations receiving 719
taxpayer funds to support full constitutional/civil rights 720
Increased funding for public radio, television 721
Eliminating media consolidation 722
Expanded Do-Not-Call lists 723
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Controlling price gouging 724
725
Jobs, Safety, and Labor 726
We support: 727
The workers’ right to choose doctor/health care setting for 728
on-the-job injuries 729
Repealing Right-to-work law, other union-busting laws, 730
PLAs/LPAs 731
NLRB, PERB 732
“Fair-Share” clauses in labor agreements 733
Equal wages/proportionate benefits for part time workers 734
Right to unionize without penalty 735
Public sector workers having same bargaining rights as 736
private sector employees 737
Unemployment benefits for employees including 738
temporary employees, public and private, during 739
lockouts/layoffs 740
Equal pay for equal work including women, minorities 741
Employer and government entities abiding by labor 742
contracts, and arbitrators’ decisions 743
Considering bidders’ safety records for government 744
contracts 745
Law discouraging “temps” replacing permanent employees 746
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Eliminating employee/independent contractor 747
misclassification 748
Laws protecting Prevailing wages (Davis Bacon Act) 749
Staffing and funding OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH 750
Rights of workers refusing unsafe work 751
Covering all agricultural workers by health and safety 752
statutes 753
Adequate staffing levels for workplace safety 754
Allowing employees/unions greater participation with 755
OSHA 756
Whistleblower protections for employees 757
EFCA 758
Fully funding Job training, Educational Grants including 759
child care services / assistance 760
Maintaining 2012 USPS standards; eliminating 75-year 761
prefunding health benefits 762
Labor protection for Home-Care/residential workers 763
Penalizing corporations moving outside the USA 764
Paid maternity, paternity, and family leave 765
Restoring collective bargaining rights to Iowa Code 766
Chapter 20 767
Union apprenticeship programs 768
Strengthening child labor laws 769
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Ban the Box legislation 770
Collective bargaining rights for IDP staff 771
772
We Oppose: 773
Wage theft 774
Employment-at-will doctrine 775
Privatization of public jobs and services 776
Use of credit scores as a basis of employment decisions 777
Employment related polygraph tests 778
Prison labor that displaces non-incarcerated workers 779
Mandatory overtime 780
Efforts limiting/ending overtime pay 781
Out-sourcing jobs or sending them overseas 782
Replacement workers for strikers 783
Temporary immigration status that perpetuates 784
exploitation of workers 785
“Right-to-work” laws 786
Public employers removing permissive subjects in CBA’s 787
788
Wages, Pensions, and Benefits 789
We support: 790
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Fully honored, secure, portable retirement 791
Non-discriminatory parental leave benefits 792
The railroad retirement system and FELA 793
Elected officials receiving the same retirement benefits as 794
other state, county and federal employees 795
Fully funding and protecting IPERS, FED, MFPRSI 796
Removing exemptions from minimum-wage laws 797
Minimum wage increase: $15/hr, subsequently annualized 798
to cost-of-living 799
UE improvements 800
Repayment of funds borrowed from the SS 801
Removing SS Cap income 802
Honoring full pension benefits in the case of bankruptcy 803
804
We oppose: 805
Waiting for WC/UE benefits 806
Privatization of IPERS, Social Security, Medicare, 807
Medicaid 808
809
Economic Development 810
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We support: 811
Strengthening laws protecting employees during plant 812
closing or bankruptcy 813
Listing employees as first-in-line creditors 814
US/Union-Made Products 815
Development of small local enterprises 816
Federal jobs program (WPA) 817
Encouraging local entrepreneurs through small business 818
loans 819
Legislation comparable to Restore the American Dream 820
for the 99% Act. 821
822
Curbing Business Abuses 823
We support: 824
Enforcing strengthening antitrust legislation 825
Applying corporate tax penalties for excessive officer 826
compensation 827
Separating CEO and Chair of publicly traded companies 828
Reinstating Glass-Steagall Act 829
Restoring and enforcing Dodd-Frank Act 830
A progressive tax structure including things like the Buffet 831
Rule, taxing capital gains, less deductions and exemptions 832
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for the wealthy, closing loopholes, and taxing foreign 833
corporate income 834
835
We oppose: 836
Private Non-banking entities establishing banks 837
Insurance credit scoring 838
Increasing taxes on credit unions 839
840
Commerce and Transportation 841
We support: 842
Minimum 90% US-manufactured content required for 843
“Made in USA” products 844
COO labeling 845
Transparent/Fair Trade that protects workers’ 846
rights/environment 847
Amtrak, FRA, High Speed Rail, commuter light rail 848
Quality inspections of all imports, financed by importer 849
Regulating private equity firms similar to publicly traded 850
companies 851
Small businesses 852
853
We oppose: 854
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Deregulating industry 855
Corporate welfare 856
Fast-tracking trade agreements, Trade Promotional 857
Authority 858
“Trickle-down” economics 859
Privatized infrastructure and utilities 860
861
Acronyms: 862
CBA Collective Bargaining Agreement 863
CEO Chief Executive Officer 864
COO Country of Origin 865
EFCA Employee Free Choice Act 866
FED Favorable Experience Dividend 867
FELA Federal Employers Liability Act 868
FRA Federal Railroad Administration 869
ICFA Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act 870
IDP Iowa Democratic Party 871
IPERS Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System 872
LPA Leased Purchase Agreement 873
MFPRS Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System 874
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration 875
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NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and 876
Health 877
NLRB National Labor Relations Board 878
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration 879
PERB Public Employees Relations Board 880
PLA Project Labor Agreement 881
UE Unemployment 882
USA United States of America 883
USPS United States Postal Service 884
WC Workers Compensation 885
WPA Works Progress Administration 886
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FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTION
PLATFORM AMENDMENT
28 APRIL 2018
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