COUNTY PARTY OFFICERS
Any registered Democrat in Otero County may run for election as a county officer, but only members of the Central Committee may vote in the biennial reorganization meeting held to elect county officers in February of odd numbered years. County officers serve for two years. Following is quick view of our officers listed in order of leadership succession.
• The Chair is the Chief Executive Officer of the party. This person carries out the mandates of the Central Committee, announces meetings, presides at meetings and acts as a public spokesperson for the party.
• The Vice-Chair performs tasked assigned by the Chair and presides at meetings if the chair cannot attend; plans/organizes/oversees social events of and for the county party and its members.
• The Secretary keeps minutes of meetings, maintains files and records, and provides information requested by the County Clerk or Secretary of State.
• The Treasurer has custody of party funds. Consequently, the treasurer makes all payments, prepares financial reports and provides reports to the Secretary of State.
STATE PARTY OFFICERS
• The Chair is the chief executive officer of the state party and a member of the Democratic National Committee. The Chair administers the budget and may appoint personnel to manage business and financial affairs of the state party. In addition, the Chair, with the advice of the Executive Committee, oversees all state campaigns.
• The First-Vice Chair, who must be of the opposite gender of the Chair, assists with the running of the state party and serves as a member of the Democratic National Committee. In the absence of the Chair, the First-Vice Chair presides at meetings and exercises the authority of the Chair.
• The Second-Vice Chair assists the Chair and, in the absence of the Chair and First-Vice Chair, presides at meetings and exercises the authority of the Chair.
• The Secretary will keep the minutes of all meetings, keep all records sent to the State Central Committee and maintain membership lists of the committees of the party.
• The Treasurer has custody of the party funds and provides a written account at each meeting of the State Central and Executive Committees. The Treasurer also prepares financial reports as required by law.
Assemblies: Meetings that are held in even numbered years to designate candidates for public office. House Districts, Senate Districts, County Parties, Congressional Districts, Judicial Districts and the State Party have Assemblies.
Caucus: A meeting of eligible registered voters in a precinct, held the third Tuesday in March in even numbered years to elect precinct committee people and delegates to the County Assembly.
Committee Person, Committee People: A person elected at the precinct caucus or appointed to represent his or her precinct at the county level and organize his/her precinct for political action.
Conventions: A meeting held to select delegates to other political conventions – including the national convention – and to nominate presidential electors. Conventions are held in counties, congressional districts and the state during each presidential election year. At the state convention, delegates elect Colorado’s representatives to the Democratic National Committee.
County Assembly: A meeting of party delegates, held 10-40 days after the caucus, to designate candidates for nomination at a subsequent assembly or primary election. Delegates are elected at precinct caucuses.
County Central Committee: An organization consisting of the following: • Precinct Committee People • County Officers • Elected Democratic officials in the county
County Convention: A meeting of party delegates, held to designate delegates to other political conventions and for other political purposes (e.g., to create resolutions for the party platform). Convention and Assembly delegates are often the same people. County conventions are held in presidential election years only.
County Executive Committee: A group made up of county officers.
County Officers: The County Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer. These officers are elected to two-year terms in odd numbered years.
GOTV: An acronym for Get Out The Vote. GOTV is usually a concentrated effort to get people who support the Democrats to vote by absentee ballot, early voting or voting at the polls on Election Day. Election day GOTV efforts typically center on poll watching and telephoning.
House District: A set of precincts within designated boundaries, represented in the state legislature by a single State Representative. The purpose is to build a strong organization to help elect the Democratic candidate for State Representative, who is nominated at their Assembly in even numbered years.
Judicial District: The judicial organization of the state. Judicial Districts in Colorado may contain one or more counties. Each Judicial District has at least one District Court Judge, at least one judge for each county in the district and a District Attorney who oversees the prosecution of any criminal offenses in the district. District Attorneys are elected officials, while judges are appointed but stand for retention in elections every several years. The Democratic Party's Judicial District Central Committee is organized to nominate and help elect the Democratic candidate for District Attorney.
Precinct: A neighborhood division established by county officials, based on census data. Each precinct contains approximately the same number of residents (1000 to 1500).
Poll Watching: An election day activity in which one Democratic and one Republican volunteer monitor voting activity at a specific poll.
Re-org, Re-organization or Re-org Meeting: A series of meeting held in February and March of odd-numbered years so that elected committee people and party officers can reorganize leadership by electing new officers and members of the Central Committee for various party units, including the County party as a whole, as well as the House, Senate, Judicial, and Congressional District organizations.
Senate District: A set of precincts within designated boundaries, represented in the Legislature by a single State Senator. The Committee People in each Senate District elect a Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary/Treasurer at the RE-ORG meeting held every four years. The purpose is to have an organization to help elect the Democratic candidate for State Senate, who is nominated by their Assembly every 4 years.
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