Modification of Bylaws

BYLAWS AMENDMENT #1 PROPOSED APRIL 10, 2025

Current

ARTICLE III

COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Section 1: Qualifications

A. All members of the Committee shall be members of the Party in accordance with the provisions of Article V, VI, VII of the Committee’s Constitution.

B. Each of the members of the Committee shall be:

1) A bona fide resident of Cecil County.

2) A registered voter in Cecil County throughout the term of office.

3)Having declared an affiliation as “Republican” for a minimum of 4 years and maintaining such throughout the term of office.

4) Having voted in at least two consecutive primary elections.

5) Not elected or appointed to an elected local, state or federal office.

6) No member of the Central Committee shall sponsor or endorse any candidate of a political party, including a write-in candidate, other than the Republican Party.

7) No member will run as a write-in candidate in the general election against a Republican candidate.

Proposed

ARTICLE III

COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Section 1: Qualifications

A. All members of the Committee shall be members of the Party in accordance with the provisions of Article V, VI, VII of the Committee’s Constitution.

B. Each of the members of the Committee must meet the following qualifications:

1) Be a bona fide resident of Cecil County.

2) Be a registered voter in Cecil County throughout the term of office.

3) Having declared an affiliation as “Republican” for a minimum of 4 years immediately preceding the election in which they are running and maintaining such throughout the term of office.

4) Having voted in at least the two consecutive Republican primary elections immediately preceding the election in which they are running.

5) Not elected or appointed to an elected local, state or federal office.

6) No member of the Central Committee shall sponsor or endorse any candidate of a political party, including a write-in candidate, other than the Republican Party.

7) No member will run as a write-in candidate in the general election against a Republican candidate.

BYLAWS AMENDMENT #2 PROPOSED APRIL 10, 2025

Current

None

Proposed

ARTICLE XIV

ENDORSEMENTS

A. The Committee shall not endorse one registered Republican candidate over another in a contested partisan Primary election except as noted in section C.

B. The Committee shall have the authority to make endorsements in non-partisan races in Primary and General Elections.

C. If a simple majority of the Committee has a good and substantial belief that a Republican candidate in any race (partisan or non-partisan) during any election may not genuinely adhere to the values and principles of the Republican Party (i.e., the candidate was registered to another political party prior to the current election in which they are a candidate and switched parties to run as a Republican), then a majority of the Committee, either verbally during a Committee meeting or via written petition outside of a Committee meeting, may require the Chair to contact the candidate in question and request that the candidate provide a written statement supporting the Republican Party Platform and may also request that the candidate in question appear before the Committee to address any concerns the members may have. If the candidate in question fails to acknowledge support of the Republican Party Platform and/or appear before the Committee, the Committee is then empowered to do the following based on the situation:

1) If the race is between only two candidates, one of whom is the candidate in question, then the Committee may endorse another Republican in that specific race.

2) If the race has three or more candidates, one of whom is the candidate in question, then the Committee may choose to enact either or both of these actions:

a) Publicly identify the candidate in question and discourage the electorate from voting for that candidate based on the Committee’s belief that the candidate does not genuinely adhere to the platform and principles of the Republican Party. This may be achieved in manners including a public statement and/or a vote of renouncement.

b) Publicly identify the remaining Republican candidates the Committee believes do adhere to the platform and principles of the Republican Party and encourage the electorate to vote for any of those identified Republican candidates.

D. Any vote of endorsement or renouncement by the Committee must pass by a 2/3 majority of the total current sitting members of the Committee. This requirement shall not be construed to lower the required vote total threshold by achieving a 2/3 majority of the members present which constitute a quorum.