[GPSCC-chat] election of county council and officers

[Jim Doyle]

The Green Party of California bylaws include a provision for
electing county councils in the case that applies to us:


STEP I

a) give at least 14 days prior notice and
b) hold an election at a general meeting open to
all registered Greens in the county

The heading of section 4-1.22 of the Green Party of California bylaws
obscures the fact that it can also apply to existing counties as it does for
us in the current cycle.

Here is the corresponding paragraph from the cagreens.org website.
I have split the long sentences into two lines to make it more readable.
(At least for me.)

4‑1.22 New County Organizations

In counties where the Green Party is newly organized,
or in counties which have been organized,
but in which no County Council candidates qualified for the primary ballot,
County Council members may be approved in the following manner:

a) The county organization must hold a General Meeting open to all
registered Greens in the county. The time and location of this meeting must
be publicized as widely as possible at least 14 days before the meeting,
and at least three people registered as Green party voters from the county
must attend the meeting for the decisions of the meeting to be valid.

b) The county must have, or must adopt at this General Meeting,
bylaws which establish rules as specified in section 3-2.2 of these bylaws,
including rules for filling County Council vacancies;

c) The General Meeting must elect at least one member to the County Council;

d) The State Coordinating Committee regional representatives from the 
region
in which the county is located shall make every effort to ascertain that 
the new
County Council has been legally elected and truly represents the County 
organization
of the Green Party in that county;

e) The State Coordinating Committee shall, at the recommendation of the
Coordinating Committee regional representatives from the region in which 
the
county is located, certify the new County Council;

f) The State Coordinating Committee must certify the new County Council
unless there is clear evidence that the Council was illegally elected;

g) Any certification decision by the State Coordinating Committee may be
appealed to the next meeting of the General Assembly of the California 
Green Party
which may reverse the decision of the State Coordinating Committee.
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STEP II

Once the election is concluded the next step is to elect a secretary and 
a treasurer.
This may be done by the county council or by the attendees of the 
general meeting.

Here are the excerpts from the bylaws of the Green Party of Santa Clara 
County:

2.1.2 The Council shall select a secretary and a treasurer from among 
its members,
or may ratify the selection of these officers made at a General County 
Meeting.

2.2.2 The County Council is designated by the State Green Party bylaws 
to consist
of seven members elected at large from the county's Green Party 
constituency.

Additional members may be appointed by the Council.
Vacancies on the Council that reduce the membership to less than seven 
will be filled
by appointment by the remaining County Council member(s) within 30 days 
of the vacancy.

The State Green Party Coordinating Committee and the Santa Clara 
Registrar of Voters shall
be informed of all appointed members within two working days of the 
appointment.
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STEP III

a) We have 30 days to make appointments to fill vacancies.
b) Inform the state Green Party Coordinating committee and the Santa 
Clara County
Registrar of Voters within two working days of the appointments.

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