CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
LEE COUNTY, IOWA
The name of the organization shall be “The Republican Party of Lee County.”
The purpose of the organization shall be to conduct, under one central organization, the activities of the Republican Party of Lee County and to aid in every way the establishment of fundamentals of Republican principles and policies on a voluntary basis and to cooperate and assist in the conduct of national, state and local elections in support of the Republican ticket.
The membership of the Party shall be composed of all eligible voters of Lee County who desire to support the objectives of the Republican Party. Membership shall be available to all said eligible voters of Lee County without regard to race, creed, religion or sex.
Nothing in the within constitution shall be construed to abridge or deny the right of any voter to participate in any caucus, primary election or convention wherein he/she is entitled by law to participate.
It shall be the duty of the County Central Committee to enroll all members of the Party within Lee County insofar as it is practicable to do so. Opportunity for enrollment shall be open at all times to all citizens of voting age who are eligible for membership.
The County Central Committee shall be composed of two persons from each voting precinct, as specified in the Code of Iowa, elected at precinct caucuses or otherwise provided by law.
The general management of the affairs of the Party in Lee County is vested in the Lee County Central Committee, subject to direction from time to time by the County Convention of the Party.
The Lee County Central Committee shall have such officers and administrative personnel as it may determine and shall organize its operations to attain the objectives of the Republican Party, and shall have power to adopt by-laws to carry out its duties and the purposes of the Constitution, provided such by-laws are not in conflict with the provisions of this Constitution or the Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa or the laws of the State of Iowa.
The term of office of a member of the County Central Committee shall begin immediately following the adjournment of the County Convention and shall continue for two years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless the member is sooner removed by the County Central Committee for inattention to duty, incompetence or failure to support the ticket nominated by the Party.
Vacancies on the County Central Committee shall be filled by the County Central Committee.
The officers of this Central Committee shall be a chairman, co-chairman, secretary, and treasurer and such other members as the County Central Committee in its by-laws may provide. The Central Committee shall organize immediately following the biennial county convention.
The chairman or co-Chairman or thirty percent (30%) of the duly elected and serving members of the County Central Committee may call a meeting of said Committee and there shall be no less than two (2) meetings per year.
VII – DEFINITION OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
OF AUXILLARY ORGANIZATIONS
The Lee County Central Committee may recognize official auxiliaries authorized by the Republican Party of Iowa. The activities of such organizations shall be coordinated with authorized party activities and shall be subject to the direction of the regularly constituted party authorities.
Each auxiliary shall elect its own officers.
The chairman of each recognized Party auxiliary shall be an advisory member of the County Central Committee, but shall have no vote in official business transacted by the Committee.
The members of the Executive Committee are the chairman, co-chairman, secretary, and treasurer and such other persons as provided by the by-laws.
The Executive Committee shall transact the routine business of the Central Committee and may act in the name of the Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Central Committee.
The Republican Party of Lee County shall conduct regular precinct caucuses and county conventions, as provided by the Code of Iowa and called by the Republican State Central Committee. The number of delegates elected from each precinct at the precinct caucus shall be designated in the call of the county convention. Said number shall be based on the Republican vote for Governor or President in the previous election as provided by state law.
Notice of the date, time and place of the precinct caucuses shall be given twice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation with the precinct. Notice shall be published not more than 30 days nor less than 5 days before the date of the precinct caucus.
Any persons voting in a precinct caucus must be a Republican, an eligible voter, and a resident of the precinct. The eligibility of any person to participate in the caucus shall be determined by a majority of those in attendance.
X – VOTING AT PRECINCT CAUCUSES
Voting by proxy will not be permitted at any precinct caucus and county convention provided for in this constitution.
At county conventions the delegates from each precinct shall vote the full strength of the precinct delegation in proportion to the vote of the delegates present.
No provision hereof shall supersede or abrogate any of the provisions of the statutes of the state of Iowa, the Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa and the rules of the Republican National Convention which are in conflict herewith.
This constitution was adopted at a meeting of the Lee County Central Committee on December 3, 1973, at Fort Madison, Iowa, and was filed with the county and state commissioners of election of the 30th day of December, 1973.