The LCDP will be hosting our County Convention on Saturday, March 9 at 10:00 am.
There are several rule changes from the SCDP for this County Convention.
The rule changes are listed below. We will have several information sessions to review these changes on Feb. 18, Feb. 25, and Mar. 3 from 2-4pm.
Please sign up here to attend one of the information sessions:
https://www.mobilize.us/
Here is a summary of the rule changes:
Precincts: Precinct meetings are not required.
County Conventions: Any Democrat who is a registered voter may participate in their county convention.
County Convention business: If your county does not already elect officers in odd-numbered years, you must elect a chair and 3 vice chairs (1st is a different gender from the chair, 2 nd is a different race, and 3 rd is under 36.) These officers will serve for one year, and in 2025 you will elect officers for a regular two-year term.
You may have a nominating committee for your county party officers, if your county bylaws call for one, but you must also allow nominations from the floor.
In counties electing officers this year, the secretary and treasurer are to be elected by the county executive committee within 30 days from the county convention. They will also serve for one year.
Do not elect members of the state executive committee. The members and alternates who were elected in 2022 will serve until 2025.
You must elect delegates and alternates to the state convention. The numbers that you must elect will be given to you by the state party. These delegates and alternates will serve for 2 years.
Electing a County Executive Committee: SC state law and SCDP rules require that every county party have an executive committee as its governing body. As always, this county committee must be made up of the county party officers and a representative from each precinct.
Our new rules require that the county convention elect the members of the executive committee, as well as alternates. For two weeks prior to your convention, you must let people file who want to represent their precincts as members or alternates on the county executive committee.
At the beginning of the convention, give everyone who registers a copy of the list of precincts with the names of those who have filed to be elected to the executive committee. Allow anyone who wishes to file to represent their precinct to do so. At the time listed on the agenda for the election of members of the county executive committee, allow any participant in the convention to submit their name for the list. The convention should vote once to confirm all of the unopposed names as county executive committee members. A separate election must be held for each of the precincts with more than one candidate. The entire convention must vote on these. You may decide to let the runner-up be the alternate, unless someone else has filed specifically to be the alternate.
The new county executive committee must meet within 30 days to elect a county party secretary and treasurer, and must meet at least 4 times a year.
If you have not done so already, please sign up to attend the County Convention here:
https://www.mobilize.us/
Please reach out if you have any questions:
Sincerely,
The Leadership Team
Lexington County Democratic Party
PO Box 1806
Lexington, SC 29071
