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1. 1. www.wacotrib.com

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   Published on: 3/30/2008   Last Visited: 4/7/2008

   McLennan County Party chairman John Cullar had to leave the podium, mediate the spat and hastily conduct the precinct vote.

2. 2. State slashes funding for primary elections

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   Published on: 11/12/2003   Last Visited: 11/12/2003

   In McLennan County, Democratic Party Chairman John Cullar, Republican Party Chairman M.A.
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   "It is unusual that they have come back and told everyone that you get 83.5 percent of the amount you spent last time, and to the extent that we were - and I am assuming many others were - doing it on a shoestring budget anyway, this is really a problem," Cullar said."Any county that was overspending and really padding it, they are not going to be hurt as badly as those who were trying to work with the state to keep the amount as low as possible."
   
   Cullar said party chairmen send preliminary primary budgets to the secretary of state's office for approval.Once approved by the secretary of state, the comptroller sends out checks equal to 75 percent of what has been approved to county party chairmen, Cullar said.
   
   After the election, chairmen send out final requests for state funds to pay off the remaining expenses from the primaries, he said.
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   Cullar said he worries that voting site consolidation will complicate things for voters, especially when a larger turnout is expected because of the presidential election.The Democrats have nine candidates for president, while President Bush is unopposed in the Republican primary.
   
   "We have got all these voters who are going to have to go across their precinct line to vote in another precinct when we consolidate these boxes," Cullar said."That is where my concern is - for the voters.We don't want to see anything happen where voters say it is easier to just not go vote.That is against all that state government ought to be promoting."
   
   Taylor said many of the financial worries could be alleviated if Cullar and the Democrats would agree to hold a joint primary with Taylor and the Republicans.It could cut the costs of the primaries in half, Taylor said.
   
   "If the county chairs agree, joint primaries can be held," Taylor said."I am in favor of it.John is not.It would require only half as many people to run an election, and it would cut expenses significantly."
   
   Cullar said most Democratic officeholders and party officials he knows are opposed to joint primaries.No major county the size of McLennan County or larger conducts joint primaries, he said.
   
   "We have always thought it was best to have one setup for Republicans and one for Democrats, just to avoid confusion," Cullar said.

3. 3. KCEN-TV - Where Local News Comes First

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   Published on: 1/4/2003   Last Visited: 1/4/2003

   John Cullar, the Democratic Party chairman in McLennan County, agrees.
   
   While speaking to NBC-6's Lisa Heitman during coverage of the forum, Cullar said he's not sure the average problems of Central Texans were addressed.
   
   "I'm not sure, by hearing from people like the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Charles Schwab (Chairman and CEO of Charles Schwab Corporation), and these other folks, and spending so little time having a group discussion, that we're going to get anything substantive out of this," Cullar said.
   
   Cullar said the forum may be an attempt to show the president is in touch with the economy.
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   Cullar said, overall, the summit was good for Baylor and Waco.
   
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