2.01 COMPOSITION OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Members. There shall be a county executive committee in each county composed of:

1. The chair and vice chair of the several precinct committees in the county;

2. The elected officers of the county executive committee;

3. The presidents of the duly organized and chartered county chapters of state auxiliary organizations. The respective presidents of the state auxiliary organizations shall determine those duly organized auxiliary organizations within a county and certify the name of the county auxiliary organization president to the state chair.

State Party Headquarters shall provide the county chair with the name of the presidents of duly organized county chapters of state auxiliary organizations within their county. Should a precinct chair or vice chair be elected as president of an auxiliary organization, some other member of said organization shall be certified as the representative of that organization on the county executive committee.

In addition, the county Teen Dem advisor shall be a member of the county executive committee and equally share the vote of that organization with the county Teen Dem president unless the county executive committee authorizes an additional vote.

4. Any elected or appointed member of the state executive committee from that county, not a member of the county executive committee by virtue of holding some other office, shall be an ex-officio, voting member of the county executive committee.

5. All Democratic state, county, and city elected officials (whether elected in a partisan or non-partisan election) and Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly residing in the county shall be ex-officio, voting members of the county executive committee. Said exofficio members shall not be considered in computing the presence of a quorum. Any NC Democratic Party Plan of Organization Page 6 elected or appointed judge shall not be a member of the committee.

6. The county chair shall determine what shall constitute a duly organized Democratic Men’s Club within a county and the president, or some other person designated by the Club shall be a member of the county executive committee.

7. Any elected or appointed officer of a district executive committee or the state executive committee residing in the county.

8. A county party Attorney, appointed by the county Chair and serving at the Chair’s pleasure.

Term of Office. The term of office of the members of the county executive committee shall be for two (2) years and shall expire on the date set for the next succeeding precinct meeting held in an oddnumbered year, or when their successors shall be elected, whichever shall occur first. Newly elected members shall take office immediately upon their election.

2.02 VOTING ON THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

No individual members can vote in more than one capacity, nor shall any individual member be entitled to cast more than one (1) vote even though the individual may be serving in multiple capacities under the county executive committee structure. County Executive Committee Officers, Presidents of County Chapters of State Auxiliary Organizations, and Ex-Officio Members. Members not provided for below shall be entitled to one vote each.

Precinct Officers. The several precinct chairs and vice chairs shall be entitled, as members of the county executive committee, to cast for their precinct one vote for each one hundred (100) votes, or major fraction thereof, cast by their precinct for the Democratic nominee for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, provided that each precinct chair and vice chair together shall be entitled to cast for their precinct a minimum of one vote. In the event that the chair and vice chair should disagree on how their precinct's vote shall be cast, then each member shall cast exactly one-half (½) of the votes which their precinct is entitled to cast. Under no circumstances shall either the chair or vice chair be able to cast more than one-half (½) of the votes to which a precinct is entitled, even though the other is absent.

3.11 COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS

When North Carolina General Statutes require a political party to recommend or nominate a person to fill a vacancy created in the office of county commissioner, sheriff, register of deeds, coroner, or member of the school board, then the following process shall be used:

Office Elected By Countywide Vote. The members of the county executive committee shall, by majority vote, designate a person as either a recommendation or nominee to fill the vacancy. Each member of the committee in attendance shall vote in accordance with Section 2.02 of this Plan.

Information From N.C. Democratic Party Plan Of Organization