Delegates to the State Convention will join WisDems staff, grassroots leaders, volunteers, elected officials, candidates, and more. During the Convention, delegates will vote for Wisconsin’s elected DNC members, will help shape our party’s policy priorities by voting on constitutional amendments, our party platform, and resolutions, will have the opportunity to join skills trainings and caucus & party unit meetings throughout the weekend, and will hear live from grassroots leaders, WisDems officers, elected officials, primary candidates, and much, much more.
According to the WisDems Bylaws, delegates are apportioned to each county based off of vote totals in the last statewide senatorial election, and in proportion to the registered number of members in that county for the previous year.
There are also “auto delegates,” which – as outlined in the Bylaws in Article IV, Section 2 (c) – are members of the US Congress, the Wisconsin State Legislature, state constitutional officers, current chairs of county parties, and members of DPW’s Administrative Committee. These delegates do not count toward the delegate allotment of each county.
These delegate numbers are the same for both Congressional District Conventions and State Convention.
Click here to see this year’s delegate allotments for Congressional District & State Conventions.
Wisconsinites may register their interest in becoming delegates by either 1) completing the Delegate Request Form linked on the WisDems website and included below before May 7th. or 2) communicating directly with their County Party.
State Party staff will collect the information of prospective State Convention Delegates submitted through the delegate request form, and will regularly share that information with County Party chairs until May 7th. County Party chairs have until May 18th to submit their final delegate & alternate lists to the State Party. Anyone wishing to register their desire to be a delegate between May 7th and May 18th must communicate directly with their County Party.
Delegate Request Form: CLICK HERE
(This form will close on May 7th)
County Party Chairs will receive and review the updated delegate request lists sent their way throughout the next few months, they may add names of interested delegates by either 1) submitting them through the Delegate Request Form, or 2) filling out this spreadsheet with the names of the delegates you wish to add and sending it to delegates@wisdems.org.
Relevant dates and deadlines for the delegate selection process are listed below:
February: Full Call to Convention sent by WisDems Staff
March 10 – May 18 CD Conventions Held (Click here for schedule of CD Conventions)
May 7 Delegate Request Form Closes
May 18 Deadline for County Parties to submit final list of Delegates & Alternates
May 25 Membership Deadline for Delegates & Alternates
June 8 & 9 State Convention at the Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee
February Full Call to Convention sent by WisDems Staff
March 10 Proposals for Constitutional amendments must be submitted to HQ
March 10 – May 18 CD Conventions Held (Click here for schedule of CD Conventions)
May 7 State Party Run Delegate Request Form Closes
May 18, 5 PM Deadline for County Parties to Submit Delegate & Alternate Names
May 18, 5 PM DNC Member Candidate Declaration of Candidacy Form Due
May 18 Deadline for Accommodations Requests, Cost Assistance Requests,
Exhibitor Submissions, and last day of Early Bird Registration
May 22 Convention & Election rules due to HQ
May 25 Membership Deadline for Delegates & Alternates
June 8 & 9: State Convention at the Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee
Alternate delegates, or “alternates” for short, serve in the place of a voting delegate in the event that the voting delegate is unable to attend the Convention. If every delegate is able to attend, alternates have no responsibilities or voting rights.
Each county is able to select as many alternates as they can regular delegates, and alternates are bound by the same membership and registration deadlines as regular delegates. If you would like to be listed as an alternate to the 2024 State Convention, please reach out to your County Party Chair.
If your question wasn’t answered by this FAQ section, you can send an email to stateconvention@wisdems.org and WisDems Party Affairs staff will respond as soon as possible.
