Now why you may ask do I make that statement?

Ah there in lies the Tale.

Some may recall the total chaos and confusion concerning the membership list just prior, during and after this Spring's Officer Elections.

Some may also recall that the newly elected Executive Board just after their installation pledged to correct all the errors and confusion and present the Body with their results.

Well it has been now 8 months and the other day I was given possession of the new current membership roster and

IT IS AN ABOMINATION

I don't know what they started with.  I do know that the present list is deeply flawed.  I also know that it is NOT the same list that we had as of two or three months ago.

No I did not see that list then, but I do recall one person being rather upset and having a confrontation with the Secretary because they  were not allowed to vote at that meeting.

The reason was because both Elected Committee Members were at that meeting and they only had voting rights as an Associate Member if one of those two were absent

Somehow during the time between that night and when the current list was released one of the Elected Members was dropped from the rolls and they replaced them. 

I would imagine right now some of you may be thinking,  "Dan you are over reacting, mistakes like that can happen."

Were it limited to one, you would be correct, but instead everywhere I look I see the same pattern.

In Precinct CR-7 one of the Elected Members was dropped and replaced by the Caucus Chair.

In my Precinct CR-38 one of the Elected Members was dropped and replaced by the Caucus Secretary

In Precinct CR-41 one of the Elected Members was dropped and replaced by the Caucus Secretary.

Those are 3 Precinct where I know the persons involved and have seen them attending meetings regularly over the last year or so, with the understanding that they were representing the voters who elected them.

Or they did so, until an important election came up. Two of the above were denied voting rights during the Officers Election.

It has been presented to me that the Ad Hoc Subcommittee acted in "Good Faith"

My reply is "Good Faith" instills in one NO Legal Authority to violate the State Election Code.

During the debate the other night, Mary Bowman stated that one of the elected Members from her Precinct CR-30 had been removed.

I have gone through the Current List and compared it to the Form As which are the LEGAL record of the tally and vote of the various Caucuses and there still remains on the Current list a total of 34 Central Committee Members who were elected by the Voters of their Precinct out of a total of 164.

Now it is quite possible that a lot of the discrepancy is due to elected members dropping out and being replaced by Associate Members who would be raised to full voting status to fill the vacancy,.  Our By Laws do provide for that.

But there are far too many elected members who have been attending regularly and have been dropped.

Jim Toom from CR-25, who I would say is one of the most respected members of the Central Committee appears on the Form A of his Precinct Caucus as an Elected Committee Member and does not appear on the current list of members.

During the Debate a motion was made to form a Sub-Committee to correct any errors in the member roster

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The Chair rejected that as out of order and claimed that the County Constitution and By Laws gave the Secretary that sole power and we could not take such an action which would violate our By Laws and Constitution.

That statement can only be true in some other universe other than the one in which I exist, possibly a universe on the Other Side of the Looking Glass?

In MY Universe the Duties of the officers on the Executive Board are:

A. Duties

1. The Chair shall be the Executive Officer and conduct all meetings of the Central Committee and assist in the formulation of policies for the conduct of the affairs of the Republican Party and such other matters as may be assigned.

2. The Vice-Chair shall conduct all meetings in the absence of the Chair and assist in formulating policies matters as may be assigned.

3. The duties of the Secretary are to keep the minutes of the meetings and read them at the following meeting, unless waived.

4. The duties of the Treasurer are to keep records of all receipts and disbursements. All checks shall be signed b the Treasurer and countersigned by the Chair or Co-Chair. Checks in excess of $500.00 and not previously budgeted shall have the approval of the County Central Committee. The Treasurer shall prepare a two-year budget for approval of the County Central Committee and the same shall be presented at the first meeting of the non-elective calendar year.