By-Laws of the Sagadahoc County Republican Committee

Article I: NAME The name of this organization shall be the Sagadahoc County Republican Committee, herein referred to as the Committee.

Article II: MISSION

The Committee shall further the principles and ideals of the Republican Party through cooperation with and support of local, state and national Republican committees, members of the Maine State legislature, and all other applicable Party organizations.

Furthermore, it shall strengthen the Party in the county by encouraging all persons to register and enroll in the Party, encouraging voter turnout in all elections, and the recruiting, training, electing and supporting of Republican public office holders. To this end, they shall issue such publicity and arrange such events as may be deemed necessary in the furtherance of its purposes.

Article III: MEMBERSHIP

The membership of the Committee shall be as follows:

Section I: Two delegates from each municipality (town/city), plus one additional delegate for every 1,000 Republican enrolled voters, or portion thereof, in excess of the first 1,000 according to the most recent official figures available from the office of the Maine Secretary of State. Delegates shall be chosen as prescribed by each municipality in Sagadahoc County. These members shall serve a two-year term. If any municipality fails to so choose, then the County Caucus at the Republican state convention may elect any registered Republican resident of that municipality to the Committee. Municipal delegates shall be required to attend, on an annual basis, at least 60% of the Committee meetings. The municipal chairperson will be asked to replace delegates absent from more than 40% of the meetings.

In the case of vacancies for any reason, the municipal committee shall propose a new member in accordance with their own by-laws. In the event such municipal committee fails to act within a reasonable period of time (sixty days), the Committee shall accept any registered Republican resident of that municipality to fill the unexpired term.

Each municipal delegate to the Committee shall be entitled to one vote on all questions at any meeting. In the event that a duly chosen delegate shall not be able to attend a particular meeting his/her voting rights may be transferred to another registered Republican resident of that municipality chosen by all of the registered Republican residents of thatmunicipality presentatthatmeeting.

By-Laws of the Sagadahoc County Republican Committee

Section II: All Republican elected state and county officials, municipal chairpersons, and county residents who are members of the Republican State Committee shall be ex-officiomembers.

Ex-officio members shall be entitled to one vote on all questions at any meeting, IF PRESENT. No Ex-officio member shall be entitled to vote by proxy.

SectionIII: Theofficers,assetout inArticleIV,shallbefull members of the Committee. They shall be upheld to the same attendance standards as municipal delegates and shall be entitled to one vote on all questions at any meeting. In the event that an officer shall not be able to attend a particular meeting he/she may proxy his/her vote in writing on any specific issue through another officer.

Article IV: OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS

The officers of the Committee shall be a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Finance Director, each having the powers and duties customarily applying to the respective office.

The officers shall be elected biennially by the delegates at the County Caucus during the State Convention. Nominees may be from outside the Committee membership. This meeting of the Committee shall be called to order by the senior State Committee person for this county, in attendance.

In the event of a vacancy in any of the officer positions for any reason, at any other time, it shall be the duty of the ranking officer to call for and convene a meeting of the County Committee for the election of a replacement. Said county meeting shall be held only after the due notice requirements set forth in Article VI are met, except that the pending election must be prominently highlighted in the call to meeting notice. The meeting shall be presided over by the ranking officer. As in the biennial election, nominees for replacement need not be Committee members. Election of such a replacement shall be by a majority of those Committee members present at the meeting, provided that such meeting shall consist of a quorum as set forth in Article VII.

Article V: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The membership of the Executive Committee shall be as follows:

Section I: The officers of the County Committee as set out in Article IV. Section II: The current State Committeeman and State Committeewoman for Sagadahoc County.