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6th AD DEMOCRATSBYLAWS(Revised March 2008) ARTICLE I: NAMESECTION 1. NAME:

The name of this Committee is the 6th AD Democrats(hereinafter, This Organization), a California Democratic Party Chartered Organization.

ARTICLE II: PURPOSEThe purpose of This Organization is to:

A. To encourage, develop, and actively engage in political organization at the precinctlevel or in clusters of precincts designated in areas within the Assembly District andperform other electoral political activity for the purpose of electing Democratic Partycandidates endorsed by This Organization, andB. Ensure, as far as possible, the election of candidates endorsed by ThisOrganization, andC. Perform such other activities as may be permitted pursuant to law and the Charterof This Organization.

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ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIPSECTION 1. MEMBERS:

This Organization shall consist of any registered Democrat in the AssemblyDistrict who are current on their dues or have received an Economic Hardshipwaiver.B. Members are encouraged and expected to take organizational responsibility in theform of being a Precinct Organizer.

SECTION 2: EXPIRATION OF MEMBERSHIP

Membership shall expire on the date of the November general election held in eacheven numbered year. Requalification of membership shall begin immediately.

SECTION 3. CERTIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP AND RIGHT TO VOTE

Membership shall be certified by the Treasurer of This Organization and a roster beprovided to This Organization upon request; and a roster of membership shall bemaintained by the Secretary of This Organization and shall be provided to the Chair,and other officers, upon request. In order to vote at any meeting, an individual’smembership must have been certified as indicated herein and the member must havepaid their biennial dues, or submitted a signed statement of Economic Hardship to theTreasurer.

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ARTICLE IV: MEETINGSSECTION 1. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

: The regular biennial organization meetingof This Organization shall be held on the second Saturday or Sunday in January ofevery odd-numbered year at an hour and place designated by This Organization’sChair. This Organization’s Ofﬁcers and designated assembly district representatives tothe State Central Committee shall be elected at this meeting.

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SECTION 2. CALL TO MEETING:

This Organization’s Chair, a majority of its ExecutiveBoard, or one-third of the current members may call other meetings as desired upon10 days written notice to each member.

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SECTION 3. VOTING

: Every member shall have one vote at any meeting. No proxyvoting shall be permitted at the organizational meeting.

SECTION 4. QUORUM:

A quorum at any general membership meeting shall consist of50% or 10 voting members, whichever is less.

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SECTION 5. MEETINGS:

This Organization shall meet no less than 3 times peryear.

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ARTICLE V: DESIGNATED ASSEMBLY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES

SECTION 1. GENDER AND NUMBER: The number of This Organization’s designatedassembly district representatives to the California State Democratic Party isdetermined by the State party. This Organization’s designated assembly districtrepresentatives to the California Democratic Party shall be 50% female and 50% maleand shall be chosen from among the members at This Organization’s regular biennialorganizational meeting. In the event that less than 50% of one sex should becandidates for election, they shall be deemed automatically elected with the balance ofthe designated assembly district representatives being of the other sex.SECTION 2. RUN-OFF ELECTION: A run-off election shall be held in the event a tie forthe last position for the designated assembly district representative, male or female. Inthe event a second run-off is necessary between two individuals as a result of asecond tie between the (a divided house), the election shall be determined by lot.

ARTICLE VI: ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICERSSECTION 1. OFFICERS:

The ofﬁcers of the This Organization are Chair, 1

Vice Chairfrom the county other than the Chair, and 2

Vice Chair from the same county as theChair, The Representative to the State Executive Board, Secretary, and Treasurer.

SECTION 2. ELECTIONS

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The ofﬁcers of This Organization, shall be elected at its regular biennialorganizational meeting.

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B. Election will be by written ballot. When there is only one candidate nominated,election shall be by acclamation. Ofﬁcers must receive a majority vote to be elected.In the event a vote does not yield a majority, additional ballots shall be conducted untila majority is obtained.C. This Organization’s Representative to the State Executive Board, together with analternate of the opposite sex, shall be chosen at the regular biennial meeting fromamong those persons who will be delegates to the convention of the CaliforniaDemocratic Party by virtue of being a) a Party nominee; b) an appointment by a Partynominee; or c) having been elected to membership to the California Democratic PartyState Central Committee by This Organization.D. In the event of This Organization has not been present at two successive meetingsof the State Executive Board, both the representative and the alternate shall beautomatically removed unless good cause to the contrary is shown to the ExecutiveBoard of This Organization at its next meeting.

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SECTION 3. DUTIES

A. Chair. The Chair shall serve as the chief executive officer and the officialspokesperson of the This Organization and carry out the policies of the ThisOrganization and its Executive Board. Within 5 days following the This Organization’sorganizational meeting, the chair shall forward to the Secretary of the CDP and Chairsof the Organizational Development Committee of the CDP a list of names, addresses,phone numbers, and if available, email addresses of the officers, the State ExecutiveBoard representativeand alternate and a current list of the members of This Organization’s and a copy ofThis Organization’s bylaws. The list will note whether a particular member hasorganizational responsibility for a particular activity along with a copy of ThisOrganization’s current bylaws and a written report on This Organization’s activitiestowards fulfillment of its purposes, as evidenced through objective measures orstandards. This Organization shall appoint Chairs of the Standing Committees. Allsuch appointments, must be ratified by the Executive Committee.

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B. Vice Chairs. The 1

Vice Chair shall assume all duties of the Chair in the absenceof the Chair or until any vacancy in that ofﬁce is ﬁlled: and perform all other dutiesdirected by This Organization. The 2

Vice Chair shall assume all duties of the Chair inany absence of the Chair and the 1

Vice Chair or until any vacancy in that ofﬁce isﬁlled; and perform all other duties directed by the This Organization.C. This Organization’s Representative to the State Executive Board. ThisOrganization’s Representative to the State Executive Board shall attend State PartyExecutive Board meetings throughout the State of California and represent the views of