Article I Section I
Members
- Composition. Each election district within Lancaster County shall elect one man and one woman as a member of the County Committee.
- Qualifications. Each member of the County Committee shall be a resident and registered Republican voter of the district in which he or she is elected or appointed. A County Committee member elected via write-in votes must receive at least as many votes as the minimum number of signatures required on a nomination petition for such office. The County Chairman shall declare vacant the position of a County Committee Member if the member no longer resides within the boundaries of his or her voting district, or upon receiving a letter from the member, or other satisfactory evidence that the member has resigned from or is no longer eligible for the position, or if the member is elected or appointed to any position (including judge of elections, inspector of elections, clerk of elections or machine inspector) on any District Election Board (as that term is defined in the Pennsylvania Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, as amended, 25 P.S. § 2601 et seq.).
- Term. Each member of the County Committee shall be elected by the Republican voters in his or her district at the Primary Elections designated by law for such election and shall serve for a term of two (2) years, unless the position has been declared vacant in accordance with (B) of this section.
- Vacancies. (a) Vacancies in membership on the County Committee shall be filled by the County Chairman appointing a resident, registered Republican voter from the election district in which the vacancy has occurred, after having consulted with the Area Chairman and the other County Committee member in that election district. Such appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the member whose position is filled. (b) The County Chairman shall make no appointments to the County Committee within the sixty (60) days immediately preceding the Full County Committee convention called pursuant to Article VIII of these Rules, except that the Chairman may appoint a successor to fill a vacant County Committee position in a voting district where the vacancy has occurred as a result of the predecessor’s death or removal from the voting district in the thirty (30) day period immediately preceding the convention.
- Duties. The Republican County Committeeman and Committeewoman shall be responsible for the organization of an effective political force for the Republican Party in their election district, which shall include effective local registration and voter drives, and shall make certain that the Republican Party is properly represented with the best candidates for local offices, including election officials. Vetting and endorsement of Republican candidates shall be part of that responsibility.