NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release

Sunday, February 20, 1994

Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats
Post Office Box 11311
Salt Lake City, Utah 84147-0311
(801)461-5058 metropolitan Salt Lake City telephone number
(800)864-0310 national toll-free telephone number

Tear sheet requested

GLUD announces 1994 delegate-selection plan

SALT LAKE CITY - Bisexual, gay and lesbian Utahns and their families a
nd friends were encouraged this month by Gay and Lesbian Utah Democrats to
"Join Our Most Successful Year '94" when the group's leaders announced the 
March 1 kick-off of the month-long GLUD 1994 Delegate Selection Plan.

The plan encourages GLUD supporters to attend their neighborhood
voting-precinct Democratic caucuses at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 28 and be
elected as a convention delegate or precinct officer. Caucus locations can be 
found by calling each county's
Democratic Party. GLUD plans to host a Mock Caucus at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday,
March 13 at the Utah Stonewall Center at 770 South 300 West in Salt Lake City
where people interested in becoming a delegate or officer for their first
time can learn from political veterans.

"During our first year in 1990, GLUD encouraged 27 Utahns to become delegates, 
and two years later, we helped 53 to be elected,"
GLUD Executive Director Dale Sorenson said. "This year, we hope to help a lot 
more people become
delegates and officers and to be the largest and most powerful group at the
1994 Utah Democratic Primary Convention. The precinct-caucus process is the 
easiest way for bisexual, gay and lesbian people to get involved."

Delegates choose Democratic nominees for public offices throughout the state
and Congress. Officers meet four
 times a year as members of the party's county or state central committees
and decide party policy. GLUD may be contacted for more information by
calling (801)461-5058 or (800)864-0310.

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