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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

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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

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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

22

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

32

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

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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

355

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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

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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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2018 First Congressional District

Democratic Convention

Special thanks to Karen Black, Catherine Crist,

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