lL ls Lhe pollcy of Lhe SuLC LhaL mlnorlLy members should be represenLed on Lhe SuLC ln proporLlon Lo Lhelr presence ln Lhe uemocraLlc LlecLoraLe of Alabama or ln proporLlon Lo Lhelr presence ln Lhe populaLlon of Alabama, whlchever ls greaLer. The term minority shall be defined as* 9&0%:5* ;0#$<' !3'"$%0-5* !5$0-=>0%$6$%5* ?$5@0-$%5* 7,3'- 0-4 A,B#C $- #C' 4'&'D0#' 5'&'%#$,- @",%'55 0-4 $- 0&& >0"#A 0660$"5E 1he Lerm "uemocraLlc LlecLoraLe" of Alabama ls deflned as belng composed of Lhose persons who voLed for Lhe uemocraLlc nomlnee for presldenL ln Lhe lmmedlaLe precedlng general elecLlon and each succeedlng general elecLlon for Lhe uemocraLlc nomlnee for presldenL every four (4) years LhereafLer. rlor Lo Lhe organlzaLlonal meeLlng Lo be held ln 1990, and aL each organlzaLlonal meeLlng LhereafLer, Lhe Chalrman shall, uLlllzlng whaLever experL advlce and asslsLance ls necessary, and wlLh Lhe advlce and consulLaLlon of Lhe vlce-Chalrman for MlnorlLy Affalrs, deLermlne Lhe percenLage of mlnorlLy voLers ln Lhe uemocraLlc LlecLoraLe and compare LhaL percenLage Lo Lhe percenLage of mlnorlLy members found ln Lhe populaLlon of Alabama, accordlng Lo Lhe mosL recenL federal decennlal census. 1he hlgher percenLage shall be selecLed as Lhe percenLage of mlnorlLy members of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee. lf Lhe hlgher of Lhe Lwo percenLages ls noL meL by Lhe number of mlnorlLy members elecLed, Lhen Lhe Chalrman shall deLermlne Lhe number of mlnorlLy members Lo be added Lo Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee Lo brlng Lhe number of mlnorlLy members on Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee up Lo Lhe level of Lhe hlgher of Lhe Lwo percenLages. 1he Chalrman shall make avallable Lo any member of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee Lhe meLhodology and experL advlce uLlllzed by hlm. lf any member of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee dlsagrees wlLh Lhe number esLabllshed by Lhe Chalrman, Lhen he or she may requesL a revlew of Lhe declslon by Lhe LxecuLlve 8oard. 1hls number of persons, lf any, Lo be added onLo Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee shall be selecLed by a caucus of Lhe elecLed mlnorlLy members of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee prlor Lo Lhe 1990 organlzaLlonal meeLlng, and every four years LhereafLer. 1he addlLlonal members shall be selecLed ln such a manner as Lo lnsure LhaL no Congresslonal ulsLrlcL wlll be wlLhouL mlnorlLy represenLaLlon on Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee. ln Lhe evenL Lhere ls a Congresslonal ulsLrlcL where no mlnorlLy person quallfled Lo run for Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee, Lhen Lhe caucus shall selecL a mlnorlLy member from Lhe Congresslonal ulsLrlcL even lf LhaL person dld noL quallfy Lo run for Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee. An equal dlvlslon beLween men and women shall be malnLalned among Lhose persons selecLed. AfLer Lhose addlLlonal members are selecLed, Lhe mlnorlLy caucus of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee shall be composed of Lhe elecLed and selecLed mlnorlLy members of Lhe SLaLe CommlLLee. !"#$%&"'() Under the Alabama Democratic Partys current bylaws the term minority is undefined, and as a resulL many key consLlLuency groups have no represenLaLlon ln Lhe SLaLe uemocraLlc LxecuLlve CommlLLee. 1hls AmendmenL wlll use exacL unC language Lo ensure Lhe parLy expands our blg LenL and conLlnues a long, proud hlsLory of welcomlng and sLandlng up for all Amerlcans. ln order for Lhe Alabama uemocraLlc arLy Lo advocaLe for Lhe besL lnLeresLs of all Alabama clLlzens, we musL sLarL by engaglng all Alabamlans ln our parLy, and glvlng everyone a volce.