Political Process Youth and Government participants have the opportunity to form and join political parties. The purpose of the parties is to develop political platforms and to nominate candidates to run for state-wide offices of governor, lt. Delegates are nominated by at party caucuses held Friday evening of the YAG convention. Once nominated, candidates have an opportunity campaign by participating in a press conference, making a formal speech in front of the convention and by the use of the YAG media including the use posters and flyers as a well as press corp and WYAG video interviews.
Students fill out a voter registration cards.
In order to vote on Sunday, each delegate must be registered with a recognized party or as an independent by Friday night. The decision for party affilation at this time determines the majority and minority privileges in the two legislative sessions. The Secretary of the State oversees the political process. You can send e-mail to the political parties listed. Send note to the address at the bottom of the page with the party you are trying to reach in the Subject area.