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1. NO CONFLICT
Nothing in these standing rules shall be in
conflict with Article II, Section 15 of the
Washington State Constitution, RCW 29.42, RCW
29.45, the bylaws of the Republican Central
Committee of Pierce County or the bylaws and
rules of the Republican State Committee of
Washington and the Republican National
Committee.
2. DUES - REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PIERCE COUNTY
There shall be annual dues for membership in the
Republican Party of Pierce County of $20 for an
individual and $30 for a joint husband/wife
membership. Beyond the payment of the basic
membership fee, categories are as follows with
additional monetary contributions to the
Operating Account and in-kind donations to the
Republican Party of Pierce County being
cumulative in a calendar year: Century Club $100
or more, Benefactor $250 or more: Winners'
Circle $500 or more..
3. RESOLUTIONS
Any resolution for action by the Central
Committee, Executive Board or at district
caucuses must be submitted in writing to the
members no less than ten days prior to the
meeting at which it is to be considered. Copies
of a proposed resolution may be included in the
meeting notice. However, if inclusion of a
proposed resolution increases the cost of
postage, that additional cost must be paid by
the sponsors of the resolution. All resolutions
shall bear the signature of a minimum of three
sponsors from two or more legislative districts
who are members of the body to which the
resolution will be presented.
4. PCO/MEMBERSHIP LISTS
The names, addresses and telephone numbers of
Pierce County Republican Precinct Committee
Officers and members of the Republican Party of
Pierce County shall be available only to persons
who have paid their current dues in the
Republican Party of Pierce County and only for
purposes of Republican party-building activities
or the election of Republicans to partisan
office. There shall be no charge. Other party
information is subject to charge.
5. ELECTION BOARD WORKERS
By May 1st of each calendar year, the Central
Committee Chairman shall cause to be mailed to
all Republican Precinct Committee Officers and
District Leaders in Pierce County a call for
election board workers. By June 1st of each
calendar year, the Central Committee Chairman
shall cause to be submitted to the Pierce County
Auditor the names of those Precinct Committee
Officers and other Republicans willing to serve
as election board workers.
6. LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES
6.1 Single-County Districts. No later than ten days
after a vacancy occurs, the Central Committee
Candidate Director and Funding Director, and the
incumbent Republican legislators, District
Leader and Executive Board members for the
district where the vacancy exists shall
establish the procedures for identifying and
nominating candidates to fill the vacancy
including the location, time and date of a
district caucus. No later than thirty days after
a vacancy occurs, the Republican Precinct
Committee Officers in a district where the
vacancy exists shall meet to compile a list of
three names, in order or preference, to be
recommended to the Central Committee for
submission to the Pierce County Council to fill
the vacancy. The actions by the District Caucus
and the Central Committee may be concluded prior
to the effective date of an already announced or
reasonably anticipated vacancy. Ref. Washington
State Constitution Art. 2, Sec 15 and Pierce
County Code 1.28.180, B.
6.2 Multiple-County Districts. The Republican Central
Committee of Pierce County shall follow the
procedures established in the Bylaws of the
Republican State Committee of Washington.
7. COUNTY ELECTIVE OFFICE VACANCIES
Within thirty days after a previously
unannounced vacation of a Pierce County elective
office, or, if practical, prior to the effective
date of a voluntary or required vacancy, the
Central Committee elected officers and the
District Leaders shall nominate and, subject to
further nominations, the Central Committee shall
approve a list of three persons, in order of
preference, to submit to the County Council. The
County Council will select one of the three to
fill the vacancy in accordance with County
Charter, Section 4.70.
8. CAUCUSES AND CONVENTIONS
8.1 Committee Chairs -
Not less than thirty days prior to the precinct
caucuses, the Central Committee Chairman shall
appoint chairmen for the committees of
Credentials, Rules/Order of Business and
Platform and shall call a meeting of the Central
Committee for the purpose of organizing for
caucuses and convention. At the Central
Committee meeting district caucuses shall be
held for the purpose of electing the following:
8.2 Rules/Order of Business Committee -
One member from each legislative district.
8.3 Credentials Committee -
Two members from each legislative district with
a registered voter population of 50% or more in
Pierce County and one member from those
legislative districts with a registered voter
population of less than 50% in Pierce County.
8.4 Platform Committee -
Two members from each legislative district with
a registered voter population of 50% or more in
Pierce County and one member from those
legislative districts with a registered voter
population of less than 50% in Pierce County.
8.5 Duties - Rules Committee
8.5.1
These Rules may be amended or modified only by a
Pierce County Convention and not by a District
Caucus. The adopted rules from the previous
Caucuses and Conventions do apply to the new
years events until they are replaced. That is,
precinct and district caucuses and conventions
subsequent to the adopting convention, except as
modified by National or State rules and dates
applicable to those subsequent events, do apply
until they are replaced by the rules adopted at
a later Pierce County Convention.
8.5.2 No rules shall be added or
deleted that will jeopardize the credentials of
Pierce County delegates and alternates. Prior
to the precinct caucuses, the Rules Committee
shall review the Rules & Order of Business for
precinct caucuses as prescribed by the
Washington State Republican Party and the
Republican National Committee. After the
caucuses, the committee shall meet to prepare
the Rules & Order of Business to be adopted by
the convention. The committee chair shall submit
a copy of the proposed caucus and convention
rules and order of business to the Central
Committee, the Platform and the Credentials
Committee Chairs prior to a copy of them shall
be enclosed in caucus and convention packets.
The Rules & Order of Business will be referred
to the Convention by its Chair for final
adoption.
8.6 Duties - Platform Committee -
Prior to the precinct caucuses, the committee
shall prepare a questionnaire to be enclosed in
the caucus packets. The questions may be on any
issue of local, state or national importance.
The committee may adopt the questionnaire
prepared by the Washington State Republican
Party. After the caucuses, the committee shall
prepare a platform for consideration at the
county convention. The committee shall consider
the results of the caucus questionnaire in
preparing the platform. Procedures for
submitting resolutions to the Platform Committee
for consideration at the county convention shall
be included in the caucus packets. Resolutions
may not be altered by the Platform Committee.
The Platform Committee shall review each
resolution submitted and prepare a "do pass" or
"do not pass" recommendation. If the intent and
substance of a resolution is incorporated into
the platform, the author of the resolution shall
be notified prior to the convention and given
the opportunity to withdraw the resolution from
consideration. The Platform Committee Chairman
shall be responsible for meeting the deadline
for having materials ready to be included in the
caucus and convention packets.
8.7 Duties - Credentials Committee -
Prior to the precinct caucuses and county
convention, the credentials committee shall
review the rules and order business and all
materials to be included in the caucus and
convention packets. The Credentials Committee
Chairman or his/her designee shall be
responsible for opening and removing materials
from caucus packets returned to Republican
headquarters, shall ensure caucus reports are
kept in a secure place accessible only to
members of the Credentials Committee, and shall
act as swiftly as possible to get questionnaire
reports to the Platform Committee and any money
enclosed to the Central Committee Treasurer.
Precinct reports shall be released by district,
by the Credentials Committee Chairman only after
the credentials work has been completed on the
entire district. If a district caucus is held
prior to the county convention, the Credentials
Committee Chairman and the Credentials Committee
member(s) from that district shall ensure that
proper procedures for electing state convention
delegates are followed.
8.8 Call to Caucus and Convention -
Pursuant to notice from the Washington State
Republican Party, the Central Committee Chairman
shall be responsible for calling caucuses and
county conventions and making all necessary
arrangements including location, date and time.
8.9 Convention Rules of Order -
The Central Committee Chairman shall preside
over the opening of the convention. The
following shall be the order of business:
Order and Call Opening Ceremonies
Appointment of temporary chairman
Appointment of temporary parliamentarian,
secretaries, and sergeant-at-arms
Credentials Committee Report
Rules Committee Report
Election of permanent chairman
Election of permanent parliamentarian,
secretaries and sergeant-at-arms
Platform Committee Report
Miscellaneous Business
Adjournment
8.10 Parliamentary Authority -
The rules contained in the current edition of
Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised shall
govern county conventions in all cases to which
they are applicable and in which they are not
inconsistent with any rules of order the
convention delegates may adopt.
9. NONPARTISAN CANDIDATES AND BALLOT MEASURES
The Chairman of the Central Committee may
appoint a committee to recommend support of or
opposition to ballot measures and nonpartisan
candidates. It will consist of at least four
people, one of whom may be an appointed or
elected Republican official from Pierce County.
The Committee or its representative shall
perform or review some practical degree of
research on which measures and candidates
support or do not support the fundamental
political philosophy of the majority of
Republicans. Nonpartisan candidates may not be
identified as "endorsed" or "preferred" unless
they have so requested or agreed in writing. The
written recommendations of the committee shall
be for endorsement, preference, or opposition to
the nonpartisan candidates and ballot issues on
which it chooses to take a position. They shall
be mailed with the notice for the Central
Committee meeting at which they are to be
considered for adoption. The recommendations may
be amended or rejected. A simple majority vote
is required for amendment and for approval to
become the official position of the Pierce
County Republican Party.
10. SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF STANDING RULES
These standing Rules may be suspended or amended
at any meeting of the Central Committee or
Executive Board by a simple majority vote
provided a quorum is present.
11. MEETINGS
11.1 Meeting notices shall be
post-marked or electronically dated so that
time-sufficiency of the notice can be
determined.
11.2
Meeting notices shall include any minutes sought
to be approved at the meeting so that members
have time to consider these matters.
11.3 Meeting sign-in sheets
shall be organized by Legislative District and
Precinct so that District Leaders know if they
have a quorum for legislative district caucuses
and who is present.
11.4 A sign-in sheet for guests
shall be provided at Central Committee and
Executive Board meetings to segregate non-voting
members and for potential membership purposes.
As Amended 22 November 2004
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