WHAT IS A PRECINCT COMMITTEE?
Composition and Election: There shall be a Precinct Committee in each election
precinct of the state. The Precinct Committee shall consist of a Precinct Chairman and a
Precinct Vice Chairman, a Precinct Secretary, and a Precinct Treasurer, who may be the
same person, and who shall have equal right to vote at Precinct Meetings. They shall be
elected at the regular biennial Precinct Meeting of the qualified Republican voters of
each precinct called by the County Chairman, or as provided in these rules. The same
procedure shall be followed at a regular or special meeting, in the event new precincts
are created anywhere in any county of the state.
WHAT DOES THE PRECINCT COMMITTEE DO?
Authority and Duties: The Precinct Committee is the supreme Republican Party
authority of each precinct, subject to these rules, and the direction and control of official
precinct meetings. The Precinct Committee of each precinct is charged with the duty of
promoting the welfare and directing the affairs of the Republican Party in its precinct.
The Precinct Chairman shall be the executive officer of the precinct delegates to any
county convention. The Precinct Chairman is not disqualified to be elected or appointed
as a delegate pursuant to these rules. Only the Precinct Committee has the authority to
remove any duly elected qualified delegate to the county convention.
HOW DO YOU HOLD A PRECINCT MEETING?
The Precinct Committee shall meet at any time upon the call of the Precinct
Chairman, or if said officer is not available, fails, or refuses to issue such call, any two
members of the Precinct Committee may call such a meeting. Such call shall be made
by written or electronic notice to all members of the Precinct Committee not less than
five (5) days prior to the meeting. In like manner, a general precinct meeting may at any
time be called of the qualified registered Republican voters in the precinct. The Precinct
Chairman, or in the chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman, or in the absence of both, any person who is a registered Republican selected by a majority of those in attendance, shall preside at the meeting.