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: PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENTSBelow please find the proposed bylaw amendments that were submitted by delegates andreceived in a timely manner and will be considered by the CRP’s Committee on Rules.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
1.Concerning voters in primary elections (Fleischman)2.Concerning CRP elections (Lenning)3.Concerning the COO (Fleischman)4.Concerning the County Chairmen’s Association (Pruner)5.Concerning discipline of delegates (Joy)6.Concerning endorsements (Joy)
Proposal 1: Concerning voters in primary elections
Under Section 1.04(A) (2) delete the following: any person who is registered as decline-to-stateor non-partisan, who is otherwise qualified to vote at the election.Under Section 1.04(B) delete the following words: and decline-to-state and non-partisan voters.
 Submitted by Jon Fleischman
Proposal 2: Concerning CRP Elections
1)P. 17 Modification/amendment by addition.Paragraph two under (A)
60/30 Day “Window” Rule:Submissions of candidacy for the Officers of the Committee in Sect. 2.03.01, as well as County Chairs, shall be submitted no earlier than 60 days before, and nolater than 30 days before scheduled elections. Candidacy forms are to besubmitted to the State CRP Rules & Elections Committee, and to the State CRPoffice for state positions, and to the County headquarters for county chairs andofficers by these specified deadlines.90 Day Forms “Post” Rule:Submission requirements and forms for state positions shall be posted on theCAGOP and/or County GOP websites as applicable, no later than 90 days before elections. Candidacy forms must be faxed, mailed, or emailed, and must be postmarked by midnight no later than 30 days before elections. Pertinentfiling information will be included on submission forms.5 Day “Notification” Rule:The Rules & Elections Committee shall notify the County Chairs of eligible statecommittee candidates within 5 days after the submission deadline. The County 
 
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Chairs shall notify the Rules & Elections Committee of eligible candidates forCounty Chairs and officers within 5 days after the submission deadline.3 Year “Membership/Qualification” Rule: All candidates must be registered Republicans in good standing at least three years before “declaring” candidacy for state and county party positions.Candidates for State Committee and County Chair must have held a priorposition in the Republican party structure, such as but not exclusively; centralcommittee member, prior candidate for office, local office holder, appointed/elected committee member or office, local unit officer or member, activist/ volunteer, or anyone given a signed recommendation from a recognizedRepublican party leader in good standing. Appeals “Hearing” Rule:The Rules and Election Committee will determine if candidates are “qualified”candidates as soon as possible, and notify candidates in a timely manner inorder to allow reasonable time for appeal. Appeals must be considered by theRules and Elections Committee if legitimate grounds are given. Appealdecisions must be given within a reasonable time-frame, in order to allow thecandidate declared by the Rules and Election Committee to be “unqualified” tohave a fair and reasonable opportunity to re-enter the election.Floor Nominations “Exception” Rule:In the event there are no “qualified” candidates for an office at the time of theelection, nominations may be taken from the floor at the time scheduled for theelection; however, nominations may “only” be taken if there are no previously declared “qualified” candidates for the specified office, and the individual canshow proof of being a registered Republican for at least three years.If there are one or more declared candidates who have “qualified” for an office,no nominations will be considered on the floor for those offices. If declaredcandidates are determined not to “qualify” for an office, and there are no otherprocedural declared “qualified” candidates, nominations may be taken on thefloor for applicable offices only.
P 36Sec 2.06.06(B) Rules
and Elections
CommitteeParagraph 2:
The Rules & Elections Committee shall provide oversight of elections of CRP State Officers (i.e., Sect. 2.03.01 {a} ).The Rules & Elections Committee shall have exclusive jurisdiction and monitorelections, including determining eligibility of candidates, timely filing,maintaining oversight of elections as advertised, and resolving electiondisputes in consultation with CRP counsel or the Bi-laws Chair, as necessary.
P 55Section 5.03
 
Proposed Amendments reported favorably by the Rules
and Elections
Committee may,……(and wherever “and Elections” may be deemed necessary to follow this Addition to “Rules….Committee” as required).
 Submitted by Dianne Lenning
Proposal 3. Concerning the COO
In the following sections, change “Chief Operating Officer” or "COO" to read "ExecutiveDirector”Table of Contents: 2.03.09 Duties of Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
Section 2.03.01In addition, the following shall be an appointive officer of the Committee:a Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
, appointed by the Board of Directors. Thefollowing shall be elected honorary officers of the Committee: the currentRepublican National Committee members for California. The followingshall be an honorary officer of the Committee: the President of the Association of the Republican County Central Committee Chairmen of California. The Committee may appoint such additional subordinateofficers as it may deem necessary from time to time.Section 2.03.03 (C)The Chairman shall be the Chairman of the Operations Committee of theBoard of Directors, and shall perform general oversight and supervision of the operations of the Committee and the Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
, on aday-to-day basis, and shall review and make recommendations to theBoard concerning the programs and projects of the Committee.Section 2.03.09Duties of Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
(A) The Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
shall be the Chief Operating Officer
 Executive Director
of the Committee and shall, under the direction and control of theChairman,conduct the business and operations of the Committee.(B) The Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
shall be employed on a full-time basis by theCommittee.(C) The Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
shall recommend to the Chairman plans,strategies, policies, and projects that will further the goals andresponsibilities of the Committee. The Chairman may then recommendthose plans, strategies, policies and projects to be approved by the Boardof Directors.(D) The Chief Operating Officer
Executive Director
shall establish a management andoperations structure, and shall hire, employ, manage and remove such personnel, asnecessary to discharge his responsibilities and the goals and
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