Benton County Democratic Central Committee
and 8th LD Democratic Central Committee
Reorganization Meetings
January 8, 2023
1:00 PM at the Richland Public Library
Call to Meeting
The 8th LD Democratic Central Committee and the Benton County Democratic Central Committee are having their biennial reorganization meetings at the Richland Public Library on January 8 at 1:00 PM.
At these meetings, both bodies will be electing officers for the 2023-2024 term. All positions are open to any Democrat who resides in the respective jurisdictions, 8th Legislative District and Benton County. The voting body consists of the Precinct Committee Officers who were either elected in the August 2022 Primary or who ran for that office but were unopposed.
If you volunteered for any of the local campaigns last year and want to continue the work of building the bench and staff resources for the next round of elections, please consider serving in your local party organization. We are looking for Chairs, Vice-chairs, State Committee representatives, Secretaries, and Treasurers.
Do you feel like you’re a blue dot in a red sea? Do you wish to have influence in how your local party organization is run? Do you want to influence what the Washington State Democratic party does? Please consider serving.
The 8th LD meeting will be first and will start at 1:00 PM. Most of the Benton County Democratic elected Precinct Committee Officers reside in the 8th Legislative District and will be the voting body in this meeting. The PCOs residing in the 16th LD will not participate until the Benton County meeting convenes after the 8th LD concludes. (We will also have 8th LD PCOs present who reside in Franklin County. These folks will be free to leave when the 8th LD meeting is done.)
Since this is an in-person meeting, it would be good thing to use one of your home COVID tests in the morning before the meeting.
The rules and agendas for both meetings are similar.
The first election in each meeting will be the new Chair. When the new Chair is elected, that person will preside over the rest of the respective meeting.
See the Benton County Agenda below.
Benton County Democratic Central Committee
Reorganization Meeting
January 8, 2023
1:00 PM at the Richland Public Library
2023-2024 BCDCC Reorganization Meeting Proposed Agenda
Call to order (after 8th LD reorg meeting, or 2PM, whichever is later)
Each Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) elected in the August 2022 Washington State Primary election for the 2023-2024 term shall have signed in and provided their First Name, Last Name, and Precinct Number.
Call to Order by Temporary Chair
Flag Salute and Ancestral Land recognition (Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla)
Appointment of Temporary Secretary
Roll Call of Voting Members
Adoption of the Agenda†
Overview of Election Process
Review of the Rules
Adoption of the Rules
Election of Initial Officers†
Chair
Vice Chair
State Committee Members
Election of Additional Officers†
Treasurer
Secretary
Second Vice Chair
Affirmation of Organizational Governance Documents†
Bylaws
Policy Guide
Rules
Optional Appointment of Additional PCOs
Appointed PCOs (PCOs appointed in the precinct in which they reside)
Acting PCOs (PCO appointed in a precinct in which they do not reside)
Announcement of next meeting date
Good of the Order
Adjournment
†Only elected PCOs may vote