Time

Activity

Location

6:30 a.m.
 

Breakfast with your City

Dorm Area Cafeteria

8:00 a.m.

Deadline for Corrections to the Runoff Election Ballot

Election Headquarters

8:30 a.m.

House & Senate in Session

House & Senate Committee Meetings

You will be taken to the House and Senate Chambers by Counselors

8:30 a.m.

State Party Convention - Runoff Speeches

1. Speeches by Runoff Candidates

2. Continue State Party Platform discussion and finalize and approve it for General Election usage

3. Precinct/County Caucus on Platform

You will be taken to the State Party Convention Meeting by your City Counselors

10:30 a.m.

County / District Grassroots Campaign Events

Identify and select General Election candidate to fill holes in Ballot

You will taken to the Quad by your City Counselors

11:30 a.m.

Precinct Chairmen report to Election location

1. Precinct Chairmen sign up for shift for overseeing runoff election and will preside at Election and explain procedures

Lunch with your City — 10 Cities eat — 10 Cities vote follow schedule

Election Location TBA

Dorm Area Cafeteria

Election Location

11:30 p.m.

Lunch with your City — 10 Cities eat — 10 Cities vote follow schedule

Cafeteria

1:00 p.m.

Runoff Election Polls Close

Election Location

1:15 p.m.

Assemble for trip to the Capitol

You will be taken to the Meeting location by your City Counselors

1:30 p.m.

Depart for Capitol via Parade route

2:00 p.m.

Boys State on grounds of Capitol

• Statesmen will visit various offices of elected officials and tour the facility

• House and Senate members report to their respective chambers

Texas State Capitol Building

3:30 p.m.

Keynote in House Chambers

Texas State Capitol Building

4:00 p.m.

Keynote in Senate Chambers

Texas State Capitol Building

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Return from Capitol with City

5:00 p.m.

Dinner

Cafeteria

6:30 p.m.

Deadline for Corrections to the General Election Ballot (corrections must be made by the Precinct, County, or State Party Chairman, depending on office sought by a Statesmen)

1. Additions or corrections must be submitted in writing by the State/County Chairmen.

   • State Chairman fills any vacancies on State Ballot.

   • County Chairman fills any vacancies on County Ballot.

   • County Chairmen within a District jointly fill vacancies on the District Ballot.

2. Additions may not be already on ballot for another position.

3. No additions may be made after the deadline.

Change into recreation clothes (including Boys State t-shirt) that are appropriate for the Olympiad and associate evening activities

Dorm Area

7:00 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

Recreation Period Begins: All Statesmen will be involved in 1 or more of 5 different activity categories:

1. City Olympiad - these are tournament games in Basketball, Dodgeball, and 7-on-7 football

2. Boys State Band

3. Seminars

4. Rules, Campaign and Platform Committees

5. Talent Show tryouts

Same are prior day Rec Period

Talent Show tryouts location TBA

9:45 p.m.

Recreation period ends

Daily Closing

All Statesmen will return to Dorm Area with City Counselors

10:15 p.m.

Daily Debrief with City

City Dorm Area

10:15 p.m.

Precinct/County Chairmen conduct Ballot Draw and prepare Ballots for General Election

Boys State Election Headquarters

11:00 p.m.

Lights out