what do you mean by category (as in, you were in the gender-neutral category)? What I mean is, I thought it was done by political party or something? Can people create categories?
So this was all taking place under the auspices of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. I assume the numbers are different for different wards of different cities, but Ward 4 of Somerville sends eight delegates to the state convention. One is automatically the ward chair; of the remaining seven delegates, three are male, three female, and there is one designated gender-neutral slot. I suspect it is a combination of open-to-all-genders and available for candidates who do not identify as either male or female—one of the other people in my election was femme-presenting genderqueer, for example. (They did not win either and I was sorry. On the other hand, neither of us was running for alderman.) Each of these gender divisions had a separate round of nominations and then an election; after all delegates had been elected, there was an identical process for the alternates. That's what I meant by categories; I apologize if it was confusing. The delegates have the ability to vote on any issues at the state level of the party, which in election years means things like the nomination of the party's candidate for governor—which is why I plan to try for delegate again next year, though I expect so will everyone else—and this year means things like the party platform, which should be interesting to watch. Did that help?
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what do you mean by category (as in, you were in the gender-neutral category)? What I mean is, I thought it was done by political party or something? Can people create categories?
So this was all taking place under the auspices of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. I assume the numbers are different for different wards of different cities, but Ward 4 of Somerville sends eight delegates to the state convention. One is automatically the ward chair; of the remaining seven delegates, three are male, three female, and there is one designated gender-neutral slot. I suspect it is a combination of open-to-all-genders and available for candidates who do not identify as either male or female—one of the other people in my election was femme-presenting genderqueer, for example. (They did not win either and I was sorry. On the other hand, neither of us was running for alderman.) Each of these gender divisions had a separate round of nominations and then an election; after all delegates had been elected, there was an identical process for the alternates. That's what I meant by categories; I apologize if it was confusing. The delegates have the ability to vote on any issues at the state level of the party, which in election years means things like the nomination of the party's candidate for governor—which is why I plan to try for delegate again next year, though I expect so will everyone else—and this year means things like the party platform, which should be interesting to watch. Did that help?