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PROPOSED TEMPORARY AND EMERGENCY CHANGES TO RPT RULES

SECTION 1. Amend RPT Rule 8 to read as follows: 1
Rule No. 8 - Supplementary Executive Committee Rules - 2
Meetings 3
a. Compliance Required The SREC, each county executive 4
committee, each district executive committee and any committee 5
or sub-committee created by any Bylaws or Rules adopted by same, 6
shall comply with and be established in accordance with these 7
Rules. 8
b. Supplemental Rules Permitted A State Republican 9
Executive Committee elected at the Biennial State Convention or 10
a County Executive Committee elected in biennial Primary 11
Election or a District Executive Committee created pursuant to 12
the Texas Election Code or the Bylaws of any political 13
subdivision within the Party, may adopt Supplemental Rules or 14
Bylaws, provided however that such Rules or Bylaws do not 15
conflict with any Rules or Bylaws of a higher authority 16
including, but not limited to these Rules. All such Rules and 17
Bylaws shall be filed with the SREC and with the Secretary of 18
State and are hereby adopted by reference. 19
c. Organizational Meeting of the State Republican Executive 20
Committee The SREC shall hold its organizational meeting after 21
the adjournment of the Biennial State Convention. 22
d. Organizational Meeting of a County Executive Committee 23
A County shall hold its organizational meeting within forty-five 24
(45) days after the term of office begins for the County 25
Chairman and the Precinct Chairmen. (This is twenty (20) days 26
after the Primary Run-off Election according to Subsection 27
171.022 (c) of the TEC.) The County Chairman shall be 28
responsible for calling the meeting however, if the County 29
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Chairman does not call the meeting, then one-fourth (1/4) of the 1
Precinct Chairmen may, by written demand, call an organizational 2
meeting. Notice of the organizational meeting shall be mailed by 3
USPS to the last known address of the members of the executive 4
committee at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the 5
meeting and such notice shall state the time, date and location 6
of the meeting and the names(s) of the person(s) issuing the 7
call. The agenda of the organizational meeting shall include, 8
but not be limited to, the swearing in of the newly elected 9
executive committee members and the adoption of Bylaws and/or 10
Rules for the biennium. 11
The proposed Bylaws and/or Rules shall by sent out with the 12
meeting call via USPS at least fourteen (14) days prior to the 13
date of the meeting. 14
e. Limitations on County Executive Committee meetings No 15
County Executive Committee meeting shall be held during the week 16
of the Biennial State Convention or the quadrennial National 17
Convention. 18
f. Open Meetings and Right to Testify All meetings of any 19
committee, sub-committee or ad hoc committee of any State or 20
County Executive Committee shall be open to any member of that 21
executive committee, and they shall have the right to appear 22
before any such committee, subcommittee or ad hoc committee and 23
make recommendations for the committees consideration or 24
testify concerning any item under purview of the committee. The 25
committee may adopt reasonable rules including time limits for 26
such presentations and may establish a reasonable limit of time 27
for these presentations. This Rule does not preclude the 28
committee from going into executive session; however, such 29
executive session(s) shall be open to any member of the 30
executive committee including ex-officio members. 31
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g. f. The County Chairman shall maintain a current list of 1
the name, mailing address, phone number, email address (if 2
available), and precinct number of every Republican Precinct 3
Chair who was elected in the Primary, the Primary Runoff, or was 4
appointed by a majority of the County Executive Committee 5
participating in the election to make said appointment to fill a 6
Precinct Chair vacancy. The list shall be updated within seven 7
(7) business days of an election changing the status of the list 8
and shall be made available at reproduction costs or by email to 9
any Republican Precinct Chair, Republican Party Official, 10
Republican Elected Office Holder, or Republican Candidate for 11
Elective Office of the county requesting such. 12
g. Pursuant to Section 171.022, Texas Election Code, 13
precinct chairs shall be elected by plurality vote. 14
SECTION 2. Amend RPT Rule 13 to read as follows: 15
Rule No. 13 Convention Quorum Adjournment 16
a. Precinct County or Senatorial District Convention There 17
shall be no quorum to convene or continue a Precinct County or 18
Senatorial District Convention. 19
b. County/District Convention A quorum to convene a 20
County/District Convention shall consist of a majority of the 21
delegates registered as attending. Thereafter, a quorum shall be 22
considered present as long as: 23
1. The number of votes represented by delegates the persons 24
in attendance comprises more than fifty percent (50%) of the 25
total voting strength of the Convention; and 26
2. A majority of the seated precincts are present; and 27
3. One-third (1/3) of the seated delegates are present. 28
c. b. State Convention A quorum to convene the State 29
Convention shall consist of a majority of the delegates 30
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registered as attending. Thereafter, a quorum shall be 1
considered present as long as: 2
1. The number of votes represented by delegates in attendance 3
comprises more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting 4
strength of the Convention; 5
2. A majority of the seated districts are present; and 6
3. One-third (1/3) of the seated delegates are present. 7
d. c. Adjournment In order to adjourn a convention for lack of 8
a quorum, the Chair shall verify the absence of a quorum, using 9
the aforementioned criteria, and such verification shall be made 10
part of the convention minutes; provided however, that no quorum 11
shall be required for consideration of the report of a 12
nominations committee or for the election of delegates and 13
alternates. 14
SECTION 3. Strike RPT Rule 19 and insert the following: 15
Rule No. 19A Local Option Precinct Convention 16
A county executive committee, by a majority vote of those 17
present and voting, at a meeting called in accordance with these 18
rules and local bylaws, not later than fourteen (14) days prior 19
to the date scheduled for county and senatorial district 20
conventions, may elect to hold precinct conventions preceding 21
the county or senatorial district convention, at a location or 22
locations to be designated by the county executive committee 23
that meet the same requirements for access by the elderly and 24
persons with physical disabilities as a polling place under 25
Section 43.034, Texas Election Code. The county executive 26
committee shall be responsible for publicizing this local option 27
precinct convention among all Republican voters in its county, 28
by at a minimum posting the date, time, and location(s) of such 29
convention(s) on the bulletin board used for posting notice of 30
meetings of the commissioners court; posting the same on the 31
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county partys website, if any; sending the same to each address 1
contained in the county partys electronic mail list, if any; 2
and providing a copy of the same to the State Chairman, who 3
shall cause it to be posted on the website of the Republican 4
Party of Texas no later than seven (7) days prior to the date 5
and time set for convening the local option precinct convention. 6
If the county party maintains neither a website nor an 7
electronic mail list, a notice containing this information shall 8
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county 9
no later than the deadline for distributing notice above. In 10
the event the foregoing notice provision is not complied with by 11
the county executive committee, no local option precinct 12
conventions shall be held in that county. In the event that a 13
local option precinct convention is held in accordance with this 14
Rule, the following rules, as they existed on October 2, 2011, 15
apply to the conduct of precinct and county or senatorial 16
district conventions to the extent of a conflict with these 17
Rules: RPT Rules 13; 20; 21; 22, with the exception of section 18
(c) of that rule; 23; sections (a)(1), (b), and (d)(2) of Rule 19
23A; 24; 25; 26; 29; and 30. 20
SECTION 4. Strike RPT Rules 20, 21, and 22. 21
SECTION 5. Amend RPT Rule 23 to read as follows: 22
Rule No. 23 - Convention Resolutions 23
At any convention other than a Precinct Convention, aAll 24
resolutions including those offered by delegates for 25
consideration by the Convention shall be filed with the 26
Secretary of the Convention not later than thirty (30) minutes 27
after the Permanent Committee on Platform and Resolutions is 28
appointed and shall automatically and without debate be referred 29
by the Secretary of the Convention to the Committee on Platform 30
and Resolutions or other committee appropriate to the subject 31
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for consideration and report. The Secretary of the Convention 1
shall remain available in a publicly announced location easily 2
accessible from the convention floor during the period in which 3
such resolutions can be filed. All resolutions adopted by the 4
next lower level convention shall be considered by the Temporary 5
Platform and Resolutions committee of the next higher level 6
convention. A temporary or permanent resolutions committee may 7
originate resolutions. 8
SECTION 6. Amend RPT Rule 23A to read as follows: 9
Rule No. 23A - Delegate Allocations and Entitlements 10
a. Each County and Senatorial District convention shall use the 11
county election precincts in place for the 2010 General Election 12
for State and County Officers for all purposes related to the 13
conduct of each County or Senatorial District Convention. In 14
the event a Senate District splits a 2010 General Election 15
precinct, the State Chairman shall provide a map of each such 16
split precinct to the County Chairman for use in determining 17
delegate allocation and participation in Senatorial District 18
Conventions. 19
a. b. In the event the last day of candidate filing for a place 20
on the General Primary ballot for public office has not occurred 21
at least one week prior to the date for the County or Senatorial 22
District Conventions, all counties shall meet in a County 23
Convention to select delegates to the State Convention. The 24
delegate and alternate entitlements set forth below for County 25
Conventions shall apply regardless of the fact that a county 26
might contain multiple senate districts, provided however that 27
the geographic distribution of all delegates and alternates 28
elected to the State Convention from the county, whether elected 29
at-large or allocated to precincts or both, be roughly 30
proportional to the geographic distribution of votes cast for 31
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the Partys gubernatorial candidates in the most recent 1
gubernatorial general election. In this event, delegates will be 2
assigned to senate and congressional districts by the State 3
Chairman no later than the first General Session of the State 4
Convention for the purposes of conducting business at the State 5
Convention. The delegate and alternate entitlements to the 6
County or Senatorial District and State Conventions shall be 7
based on the number of votes cast for the Partys gubernatorial 8
candidate in the most recent gubernatorial general election. 9
1. Each precinct at a County or Senatorial District convention 10
shall be entitled to elect one delegate vote in all matters at 11
that convention and one alternate to the County or Senatorial 12
District Convention based on a ratio of one (1) for each twenty- 13
five (25) votes cast for the Partys gubernatorial candidate in 14
the most recent gubernatorial general election and major 15
fraction thereof within the boundaries of the voting precinct 16
and further shown in more detail on the following table, 17
provided that any Precinct Convention shall be entitled to elect 18
at least one (1) delegate and one (1) alternate vote: 19
Gubernatorial Votes DelegatesConvention Votes 20
Alternates 21
0-37 1 1 22
38-62 2 2 23
63-87 3 3 24
88-112 4 4 25
113-137 5 5 26
etc. etc. etc. 27
2. Each County or Senatorial District Convention shall be 28
entitled to elect one (1) delegate and one (1) alternate to the 29
State Convention based on a ratio of one (1) for each 300 votes 30
and major fraction thereof within the boundaries of the County 31
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or Senatorial District and further shown in more detail on the 1
following table provided that any County or Senatorial District 2
Convention shall be entitled to elect at least two (2) delegates 3
and two (2) alternates: 4
Votes Delegates Alternates 5
0-750 2 2 6
751-1050 3 3 7
1051-1350 4 4 8
1351-1650 5 5 9
etc. etc. etc. 10
3. Each Precinct and County/Senatorial District Convention 11
delegate and alternate delegate entitlement to the State 12
Convention shall be increased or decreased proportionately among 13
all delegations to achieve a State Convention potential delegate 14
and alternate delegate roll of no less than 7,500 delegates and 15
7,500 alternate delegates and no more than 9,000 delegates and 16
9,000 alternate delegates to the State Convention. The cap of 17
9,000 delegates and 9,000 alternate delegates shall not apply in 18
the event that all counties meet in County Conventions for the 19
purposes of selecting delegates and alternate delegates to the 20
State Convention. 21
b. At the option of the local County or Senatorial District 22
Executive Committee and by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of said 23
committee at the statutory meeting required pursuant to the 24
T.E.C. Section 172.082, the delegate entitlement may be changed 25
to a ratio of one (1) to forty (40) and major fraction thereof, 26
or any ratio in between, for that year only if said committee 27
can justify among their peers that it is impractical due to size 28
or availability of space to use the formula permitting the 29
maximum number. 30
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c. Delegates and alternates to the State Convention The delegate 1
and alternate entitlement in a presidential election year for 2
will be assigned by the State Chairman no later than the 3
convening of the First General Session to a County or Senatorial 4
District Convention which includes more than one (1) 5
Congressional District shall be apportioned among the 6
Congressional Districts in the same manner they are apportioned 7
to the County or Senatorial Districts, provided that the total 8
delegate and alternate entitlement from the County or Senatorial 9
District does not exceed that provided for in this Rule. If the 10
calculation of delegate and alternate entitlements by 11
Congressional District are different from the calculation of 12
delegate and alternate entitlements by County or Senatorial 13
District, the following guidelines shall be used in adjusting 14
the total delegate/alternate entitlements: 15
1. The delegate and alternate totals shall not be greater than 16
the delegate/alternate calculation for the County or Senatorial 17
District except that any Congressional District shall be 18
entitled to elect at least one (1) delegate and one (1) 19
alternate which may cause the delegate/alternate entitlement for 20
a County or Senatorial District to exceed the total entitlement 21
for the County or Senatorial District by the number of delegates 22
and alternates from one (1) or more Congressional Districts with 23
less than enough votes to get an entitlement of greater than one 24
(1) pursuant to section a of this Rule, in a presidential 25
election year; 26
2. Except as provided in subsection 1 above, if the calculation 27
for delegates and alternates by Congressional District should 28
exceed the number of delegates and alternates by Senatorial 29
District, then the delegate and alternate entitlement to the 30
Congressional District shall be reduced beginning with the 31
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smallest fraction, then continuing to the next higher fraction 1
until the calculations are equal; 2
3. If the calculation for delegates and alternates by Senatorial 3
District should exceed the number of delegates and alternates by 4
Congressional District, then the delegate and alternate 5
entitlement to the Congressional District shall be increased 6
beginning with the highest fraction, then continuing to the next 7
lower fraction until the calculations are equal; 8
4. In a presidential election year, each delegate and each 9
alternate shall have credentials for both the Senatorial 10
District and the Congressional District Caucuses and if a 11
delegate or alternate is not credentialed for both, the delegate 12
or alternate shall not be credentialed for either. 13
d. In the event of boundary changes among precincts or 14
districts, or the creation or deletion of precincts or districts 15
since the most recent gubernatorial election, the following 16
rules shall govern the allocation of gubernatorial votes to the 17
changed or newly created precincts or districts. 18
1. The apportionment of gubernatorial votes to the newly created 19
or changed precincts or districts shall be made using any fair 20
and equitable method for making such determination. 21
2. The County Executive Committee shall apportion to each 22
precinct the number of votes to be used in allocating the number 23
of delegates and alternates which may be elected by such 24
precincts in conducting business at the County or Senatorial 25
District Convention using any fair and equitable method for 26
making the determination. 27
3. When the boundaries of a Senatorial District or Congressional 28
District have changed or a new district formed causing a 29
boundary change in an election precinct, the apportionment of 30
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gubernatorial votes to each precinct shall be used in allocating 1
the number of delegates to be elected in each affected district. 2
4. If the County Executive Committee fails to act before the 3
first (1st) last day of candidate filing for a place on the 4
General Primary ballot for public office, the SREC State 5
Chairman shall make such apportionment of the gubernatorial vote 6
to precincts and districts. The State Chairman shall provide 7
the State Convention delegate allocation totals for each whole 8
county and split district to each county chairman no later than 9
one week following the last day of candidate filing for a place 10
on the General Primary ballot for public office. 11
SECTION 7. Amend RPT Rule 24 to read as follows: 12
Rule No. 24 - Minority Reports of Committees 13
At any convention other than a Precinct Convention, a minority 14
report of a committee, shall be presented to the Convention, if 15
it has been reduced to writing signed by not less than two (2) 16
or twenty percent (20%) of the members of such committee, 17
whichever is greater, and presented to the chairman of the 18
committee before the committee adjourns. The committee member 19
who presents the minority report to the Convention shall be 20
permitted to move the implementing motion. 21
SECTION 8. Amend RPT Rule 25 to read as follows: 22
Rule No. 25 Qualifications for Participation, Persons Admitted 23
and Who May Address 24
a. Qualifications for Participation The only qualification for 25
participation in a Convention shall be that a registered voter 26
in the territory covered by the Convention, or a resident of 27
that territory who is eligible to vote a limited ballot, shall 28
have established Party affiliation. Persons whose Texas voter 29
registration is not effective as of the date of a Convention may 30
not participate in a Convention unless that person is also a 31
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resident of the territory covered by the Convention and eligible 1
to vote a limited ballot in that territory. Party affiliation 2
may be established by voting in the Republican General Primary 3
or by executing an oath of affiliation in the following form, I 4
swear that I have not voted in a primary election or 5
participated in a convention of another party during this voting 6
year. I hereby affiliate myself with the Republican Party. The 7
oath may be executed in writing or orally, provided however that 8
a written record of all persons executing the oath, including 9
their signature, full name, permanent address, and voter unique 10
identification number (VUID) be included in the minutes of the 11
Convention. The written record shall be certified by the 12
Permanent Chairman, attested to by the Permanent Secretary, and 13
in addition to the copy included in the minutes of the 14
Convention, three certified copies shall be prepared and 15
provided to the County Chairman, State Chairman, and the chief 16
elections officer of the county in which the Convention is held, 17
each of whom shall file and maintain a copy thereof for the 18
remainder of the voting year. The copy provided to the State 19
Chairman must be accompanied by a list of VUIDs of persons 20
taking the oath in an electronic form prescribed by the State 21
Chairman. The party officer administering the oath or the 22
written form of oath shall include the following statement with 23
the oath, Section 162.014, Texas Election Code, provides that a 24
person commits a Class C Misdemeanor offense if the person 25
knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a primary election or 26
participates or attempts to participate in a convention of a 27
party after having voted in a primary election or participated 28
in a convention of another party during the same voting year. A 29
vote in a primary election is void if the voter previously voted 30
in a primary election of another party or participated in a 31
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convention of another party during the same voting year. A 1
person who participates in a convention or primary election of a 2
party other than the Republican Party during the same voting 3
year is disqualified from participation as a delegate, 4
alternate, party officer, or nominee of the Republican Party at 5
any level during the voting year. 6
b. Admittance At any the State Cconvention other than a 7
Precinct Convention, there shall be admitted to the convention 8
floor only delegates whose names are listed on the temporary 9
roll during the temporary organization or on the permanent roll 10
when adopted by the Convention, past State Chairmen and Vice 11
Chairmen, the present members of the SREC, its officers and 12
employees, the National Committeeman and Committeewoman, past 13
National Committeemen and Committeewomen, properly accredited 14
members of the media, babies of nursing mothers who are 15
delegates, Republican public officeholders, Republican 16
candidates for public office, and persons assisting delegates 17
that have physical disabilities. 18
b.c. Badges The Secretary of the State Convention is 19
instructed to issue identification badges in accordance with the 20
above, and the Sergeant-at-Arms and his assistants shall admit 21
only authorized persons to the convention floor. Seating shall 22
be provided for alternates in the section(s) designated for 23
guests. 24
c. d. Addressing Convention At any convention other than a 25
Precinct Convention, no person other than a Republican Party of 26
Texas official, member of the SREC, or delegate shall address 27
the Convention or Caucus of the convention without the 28
permission of the Chairman or the general consent of the 29
Convention or Caucus of the convention. 30
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d.e. At any convention, registration and credentialing shall 1
continue through adjournment. 2
f. Notice of County or Senatorial District Convention - The 3
county executive committee shall be responsible for publicizing 4
the County or Senatorial District Convention among all 5
Republican voters in its county, by at a minimum posting the 6
date, time, and location(s) of such convention(s) on the 7
bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the 8
commissioners court; posting the same on the county partys 9
website, if any; sending the same to each address contained in 10
the county partys electronic mail list, if any; and providing a 11
copy of the same to the State Chairman, who shall cause it to be 12
posted on the website of the Republican Party of Texas no later 13
than ten (10) days prior to the date and time set for convening 14
the County or Senatorial Convention. If the county party 15
maintains neither a website or an electronic mail list, a notice 16
containing this information shall be published in a newspaper of 17
general circulation in the county no later than the deadline for 18
distributing notice above. 19
SECTION 9. Amend RPT Rule 26 to read as follows: 20
Rule No. 26 - Seating of Alternates 21
At any the State Cconvention other than a Precinct Convention.: 22
a. Order of Seating Alternates Alternates shall be seated for 23
absent delegates in the order listed in the minutes of the 24
convention electing them; however, if instructions are provided 25
by the Convention electing such alternates, said instructions 26
shall be followed in the seating of alternates. 27
b. Voting in Caucuses Alternates shall be admitted to all 28
district or precinct caucuses; however, they shall not vote or 29
be provided any privileges of a delegate unless seated for an 30
absent delegate. 31
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c. Limitations on Using Alternates Alternates shall replace 1
delegates absent from the voting floor only from the same 2
convention electing such alternates. 3
d. Timing of Seating Alternates may be seated to replace 4
absent delegates at any time in a convention by the chairman of 5
a delegation and seated alternates shall relinquish their seat 6
upon the return to the floor by the delegate except that: 7
1. Alternates shall be seated to replace delegates absent from 8
the voting floor prior to the beginning of any vote and shall 9
not be seated or unseated during any vote. 10
2. In caucuses, alternates shall be seated to replace delegates 11
absent from the voting floor prior to roll call of the caucus or 12
delegation of the caucus and shall not be seated or unseated 13
during the roll call of the caucus or delegation of the caucus. 14
3. Alternates under challenge pursuant to Rule No. 27 shall not 15
be seated until the challenge is resolved. 16
SECTION 10. Amend RPT Rule 27 to read as follows: 17
Rule No. 27 - Challenges to Credentials of Delegates 18
a. County or Senatorial District Conventions. The credentials of 19
any delegate or alternate to a County or Senatorial District 20
Convention may be challenged by any person who voted in the 21
Republican General Primary and resides in the same precinct as 22
the delegate he wishes to challenge by mailing to the County or 23
District Convention Chairman a written challenge specifying the 24
grounds for the challenge and detailing the specific Rule or 25
Rules alleged to have been violated. The challenge shall be sent 26
via certified or registered mail at least three (3) days before 27
the date of the convention. A copy of this challenge shall be 28
certified or registered mailed by the person initiating the 29
challenge to the challenged delegate(s) or alternate(s). The 30
County or District Convention Chairman shall send all challenges 31
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to the chairman of the Temporary Committee on Credentials of the 1
convention in question. 2
b. State Convention. 3
1. Filing of Challenge. The credentials of any delegate or 4
alternate to the State Convention may be challenged by any 5
person who voted in the Republican General Primary and who 6
resides participated in the same County and or Senatorial 7
District Convention as the delegate or alternate he wishes to 8
challenge by sending to the State Chairman and to the 9
delegate(s) or alternate(s) to whom such challenge relates a 10
written challenge specifying the grounds for the challenge and 11
detailing the specific Rule or Rules alleged to have been 12
violated. The challenge shall be sent via certified return 13
receipt or registered mail no later than thirty seven (307) days 14
following the date of the county or Senatorial District 15
Convention. The State Chairman shall deliver all such challenges 16
to the Republican State Officials Committee (as constituted in 17
the bylaws of the SREC). 18
2. State Officials Committee. Without attempting to assess merit 19
or lack of merit, the Officials Committee shall in open session 20
without taking testimony conduct a preliminary review of each 21
challenge in order to establish whether the basis for the 22
challenge is valid under the Rules of the Republican Party of 23
Texas. The Officials Committee shall forward to the Temporary 24
Committee on Credentials all challenges alleging violations of 25
Party Rules at a county or senatorial district convention unless 26
the Officials Committee determines the basis of the challenge to 27
be frivolous, i.e. irrelevant or lacking in substance. Any 28
challenge deemed frivolous shall not be forwarded to the 29
Temporary Committee on Credentials, and the principal(s) who 30
brought such challenge and the principal(s) against whom the 31
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challenge was brought shall be promptly notified by certified 1
with return receipt or registered mail. The Credentials 2
Committee shall not hear a late challenge of a delegate or 3
alternate. 4
3. Appeal. A decision of the Officials Committee may be appealed 5
by either party to the Temporary Committee on Credentials by 6
mailing of appeal via certified with return receipt or 7
registered mail notice to the Credentials Committee Chairman and 8
to the principal(s) named in the challenge no later than ten 9
(10) days prior to the date that the State Convention holds its 10
first (1st) general session. 11
c. Status of Challenged Delegate. No delegate whose credentials 12
are challenged shall lose his eligibility to serve on a 13
temporary committee, although he may not vote in the Credentials 14
Committee on his own challenge. 15
d. Committee on Credentials Procedure. At any convention other 16
than a precinct the State convention, the Temporary Committee on 17
Credentials, when it convenes, shall hear both sides of the 18
challenge and shall report to the Convention the names of the 19
delegates or alternates whom it believes are entitled to 20
participate in the convention. The Convention shall vote on the 21
report of the Committee on Credentials on each challenge that is 22
made. Challenged delegates shall be listed on the Temporary 23
Roll, but may not vote on their own challenge. Furthermore, 24
delegates from delegations that are being challenged may not be 25
seated until the challenge is resolved. 26
SECTION 11. Amend RPT Rule 28 to read as follows: 27
Rule No. 28 - Conventions in County with Multiple Senatorial 28
Districts 29
If a county is situated in more than one state Senatorial 30
District, instead of a County Convention, a Senatorial District 31
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Convention shall be held in each part of the county that is 1
situated in a different Senatorial District, provided, however, 2
that shared facilities may be utilized for separate Senatorial 3
District Conventions and may be held outside the geographical 4
boundaries of the Senatorial District, if party interests and 5
public accessibility will be served as determined by the 6
affected Senatorial District Executive Committees no later than 7
the date on which drawing for a position on the primary ballot 8
is conducted. A meeting for this purpose shall have been called 9
by written notice to each member of the respective Senatorial 10
District Executive Committees from the County Chairman, post- 11
marked no later than ten three (103) days prior to the meeting. 12
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the last day of 13
candidate filing for a place on the General Primary ballot for 14
public office has not occurred at least one week prior to the 15
date for the County or Senatorial District Conventions, all 16
counties shall meet in a County Convention to select delegates 17
to the State Convention. 18
SECTION 12. Amend RPT Rule 29 to read as follows: 19
Rule No. 29 - County/Senatorial Convention Committees 20
A. Prior to each County or Senatorial District Convention, the 21
Temporary Chairman shall appoint the following committees, and 22
name the chairmen thereof, provided that all members shall be 23
delegates and if the convention has more than fifty (50) 24
delegates, each such committee shall be composed of at least 25
five (5) and not more than fifteen (15) delegates. The 26
committees and their duties shall be as follows: 27
1. Credentials: This committee shall hear any contest concerning 28
delegates coordinate registration of convention attendees, 29
classification of those attendees into precincts and shall 30
recommend the Permanent Roll of the Convention. 31
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2. Rules: This committee shall recommend the Supplementary Rules 1
for the Convention. 2
3. 2. Permanent Organization: This committee shall recommend 3
permanent officers of the convention from among the delegates 4
present. 5
4. 3. Resolutions: This committee shall conduct preliminary 6
deliberations for the purpose of making recommendations to the 7
Permanent Resolutions Committee. 8
5. 4. Nominations: This committee shall conduct preliminary 9
deliberations for the purpose of making recommendations to the 10
Permanent Nominations Committee. 11
B. The Temporary Convention Chairman shall make available at the 12
Chairmans podium at the start of the convention, no fewer than 13
five (5) copies of the Temporary Rules Committee report and no 14
fewer than five (5) copies of the Temporary Resolutions 15
Committee report, and announce they may be inspected by any 16
delegate or alternate to the convention. 17
C. Immediately upon the election of the Permanent Chairman, the 18
Permanent Chairman shall appoint the following Permanent 19
Committees from among the delegates, whose duties shall be as 20
stated below, and the chairmen thereof, provided that if the 21
convention has more than twenty-five (25) delegates, each such 22
committee shall be composed of at least five (5) and not more 23
than fifteen (15) delegates. 24
The committees and their duties shall be as follows: 25
1. Nominations: This committee shall present nominations for 26
delegates and alternates to the State Convention, after 27
considering the recommendations of the Temporary Nominations 28
Committee. 29
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2. Resolutions: This committee shall recommend resolutions to 1
the Convention, after considering the recommendations of the 2
Temporary Resolutions Committee. 3
SECTION 13. Amend RPT Rule 30 to read as follows: 4
Rule No. 30 - County/Senatorial Convention Agenda 5
The agenda for each County or Senatorial District Convention 6
shall include the following order of business. 7
a. Call to order by the Temporary Chairman and administration of 8
Oath of Affiliation. 9
b. Roll call of temporary roll of delegates precinct delegations 10
present. (Roll call may be taken by name or by Precinct 11
Delegation count. The delegate registration list may be used at 12
the start of the convention to establish the temporary roll and 13
a quorum for the convention, when approved by a majority voice 14
vote of the delegates those present. Delegates Attendees must 15
provide proper identification upon registration to obtain their 16
credentials, if this method is to be used.) At conclusion of 17
roll call the Secretary shall announce: 18
1. the number of delegations present; 19
2. the separate and combined voting strength of those 20
delegations; and 21
3. the number of those attending delegates at start of 22
convention. 23
c. Report of the Credentials Committee (this report shall be 24
acted on prior to any further business.) 25
d. Report of the Rules Committee; adoption of supplemental 26
rules. 27
e. d. Report of the Permanent Organization Committee; election 28
of permanent officers from among the delegates. 29
f. e. Appointment of Permanent Nominations and Permanent 30
Resolutions Committees. 31
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g. f. Precinct Caucuses, if applicable. 1
h. g. Report of the Nominations Committee; adoption of 2
nominations. 3
i. h. Report of the Resolutions Committee; adoption of 4
resolutions. 5
j. i. Other business. 6
k. j. Adjourn. 7
Provided, however, that such order of business, following item 8
(c) may be changed by affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of 9
the delegates present and voting. 10
SECTION 14. Amend RPT Rule 32 to read as follows: 11
Rule No. 32 - Certified List of Delegates 12
Delegates and alternates to the Republican State Convention 13
shall be made aware, at the time they submit their names, that 14
any contact information provided may be disclosed in accordance 15
with the following: 16
a. The Permanent Chairman of a County or Senatorial District 17
Convention shall be responsible for making a certified list of 18
the delegates and alternates chosen, with residence addresses 19
including towns shown thereon, Voter Unique Identification 20
Number (VUID), phone number (if available), and email address 21
(if available), together with a copy of all resolutions adopted 22
by the Convention, and shall sign or electronically certify the 23
same, the Permanent Secretary of such convention attesting his 24
signature or electronically certifying the same; and within five 25
three (53) days after the convention shall forward 26
electronically submit such certified lists, and resolutions to 27
the State Chairman at using an online system prescribed by the 28
Republican Party of Texas State Headquarters. The lists, 29
resolutions, and other records of the convention only to the 30
extent required by law shall be made available by the Permanent 31
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Chairman for inspection and copying during office hours, at a 1
charge not to exceed $1.00 per page. 2
b. Any compilation of delegate and alternate information 3
prepared by the Republican Party of Texas shall not be treated 4
as a public record. However, subject to appropriate proprietary 5
agreements, said compilation shall be made available to any then 6
current delegate or alternate of the Republican State Convention 7
or any Republican officeholder or candidate for Party or public 8
office or Party County Chairman at a charge not to exceed $25.00 9
per 1,000 delegates and alternates provided. Said information 10
and its updates shall be made available at the earliest 11
practical date and initially no later than five (5) weeks from 12
the date of the last County or Senatorial District Convention. 13
Said information, once available, shall be provided to a 14
qualified requestor within no more than seven (7) business days 15
of the receipt by the Republican Party of Texas State 16
Headquarters of the order form and payment. 17
SECTION 15. Amend RPT Rule 33 to read as follows: 18
Rule No. 33 - Temporary Organization 19
A. Time, Place and Call. The SREC shall select the time and 20
place of the State Convention, and the State Chairman shall 21
include this information along with the date and place of 22
temporary committee meetings in the call to the convention, 23
which shall be electronically or postal mailed at least ten (10) 24
days prior to the Convention to each delegate and alternate on 25
the temporary roll. The State Chairman shall recommend the 26
temporary convention agenda and order of business to the SREC. 27
B. Temporary Committees. Within twenty ten (2010) days following 28
the County/Senatorial District Conventions, the two (2) SREC 29
members representing each Senatorial District, either separately 30
or jointly, shall recommend to the State Chairman one (1) 31
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representative from among their districts delegates to each of 1
the State Convention temporary committees. The State Chairman 2
shall appoint one (1) delegate from each Senatorial District to 3
each of these committees from among these recommendations timely 4
submitted, or of his own choosing if no names were submitted, or 5
none were eligible or willing to serve. 6
In addition to these members, the State Chairman shall appoint 7
the Chairman for each temporary committee. These lists of 8
members and Chairmen, including contact information, shall be 9
posted to the Republican Party of Texas website within thirty 10
(30) days following the County/Senatorial District Conventions. 11
Said list(s) will be dated and updated as new/corrected 12
information is obtained. 13
The temporary committees are: 14
1. Credentials: This committee shall hear any contests 15
concerning delegates and alternates which were not filed as 16
challenges and shall recommend the resolution of such contests, 17
plus the temporary roll about which there is no contest, to the 18
SREC. Additionally, this committee shall hear all challenges 19
forwarded to it by the State Officials Committee, plus any 20
challenge under appeal, and shall recommend the resolution 21
thereof to the State Convention. 22
2. Temporary Organization: This committee shall recommend the 23
temporary organization of the convention to the SREC. The State 24
Chairman shall be the Temporary Chairman of the Biennial State 25
Convention. The officers of each State Convention shall include 26
a registered parliamentarian, appointed by the State Chairman. 27
3. Rules: This committee shall recommend the Supplementary Rules 28
for the Convention to the SREC and may recommend changes in 29
these General Rules to the Permanent Committee on Rules. 30
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4. Platform and Resolutions: This committee shall conduct the 1
preliminary deliberations for the purpose of making 2
recommendations to the Permanent Committee on Platform and 3
Resolutions. 4
C. SREC Pre-convention Meeting. Prior to the convention, the 5
SREC shall approve the following: 6
1. The Temporary Roll of the Convention, excluding those 7
challenges, if any, to be resolved by the Convention as provided 8
in Rule No. 27. 9
2. The temporary Supplementary Rules of the Convention, which 10
together with these General Rules shall be the Temporary Rules 11
of the Convention. 12
3. The temporary agenda and order of business of the convention. 13
4. The temporary organization of the convention. 14
D. Temporary Caucus Chairman. Prior to each State Convention in 15
Presidential election years the State Chairman shall appoint the 16
Temporary Chairman of each Congressional District Caucus. Prior 17
to each State Convention, the two (2) members from each 18
Senatorial District of the SREC shall appoint one (1) 19
representative from among their Senatorial Districts delegates 20
to be the Temporary Chairman in Senatorial District Caucus; 21
provided, however, that if requested in writing by Senatorial 22
District Convention resolution, the State Chairman shall appoint 23
the Permanent Chairman of the last Senatorial District 24
Convention for those Senatorial Districts which lie solely 25
within one (1) county, unless the Permanent Chairman is unable 26
or unwilling to serve. If the two (2) SREC members cannot agree 27
on a selection, then each shall submit a name to the State 28
Chairman, who will select one (1) of the names submitted. If any 29
appointed delegate is unable to serve, the State Chairman may 30
appoint a replacement. 31
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SECTION 16. Amend RPT Rule 38 to read as follows: 1
Rule No. 38 - National Convention Delegates and Alternates 2
Section 1. Presidential Primary, Application of Rule 3
a. Presidential Primary: A Presidential Primary election shall 4
be conducted by the Republican Party in the year 1980 and every 5
fourth year thereafter in conjunction with the Partys General 6
Primary Election for the purpose of permitting the qualified 7
voters of Texas to express their respective preferences as to 8
the nominee of the Republican Party to the office of President 9
of the United States. 10
b. Application of Rule: Such Presidential Primary shall be held, 11
and the delegates and alternates to the National Convention for 12
that year shall be selected and elected, in the manner and at 13
the times set forth in this Rule. 14
Section 2. Method of Qualifying as Presidential Candidate 15
a. Filing: Any person eligible to hold the office of President 16
of the United States may qualify to participate as a 17
Presidential candidate in the presidential primary by filing 18
with the State Chairman, not later than 6:00 p.m. the second 19
Monday in December of an odd-numbered year preceding the 20
presidential primary, a signed and acknowledged application for 21
his or her name to be placed on the Presidential Primary ballot, 22
accompanied by a supporting petition signed by a minimum of 300 23
registered voters of the state from each of a minimum of fifteen 24
(15) Congressional Districts, or the payment of a filing fee of 25
$5,000. 26
b. Signing Petition: A voter may sign only one (1) petition 27
supporting one (1) candidate for President and may sign that 28
petition only one (1) time. The name of any voter violating this 29
provision shall be stricken from all petitions signed by that 30
voter and shall not be counted for any purpose. 31
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c. Form of Petition: The SREC shall prescribe the form of all 1
applications and petitions which are to be filed pursuant to 2
this section and may by resolution provide for a method of 3
verification of the petitions required here. 4
d. Withdrawal or Death of Candidate: A Presidential candidate 5
may withdraw from participation in the Presidential Primary at 6
any time by filing with the Secretary of the SREC a signed and 7
acknowledged request to that effect. If a Presidential candidate 8
dies or withdraws before the seventy-ninth (79th) day prior to 9
Election Day, the name of the candidate shall not appear on the 10
ballot. If a candidate dies or withdraws during the seventy-nine 11
(79) days before Primary Election Day, the votes cast for that 12
candidate shall be counted and the delegate and alternates, if 13
any, allocable to that candidate under this Rule shall be 14
elected by the appropriate Congressional District Caucus from 15
any qualified persons and they shall be deemed votes for 16
uncommitted delegates and alternates. 17
e. Replacement of Delegates of Withdrawn or Deceased Candidate: 18
If a Presidential candidate withdraws or dies during the time 19
between Primary Election Day and the convening of the State 20
Convention, then any delegates and alternates to which such 21
Presidential candidate would otherwise be entitled under this 22
Rule shall lapse and the appropriate Congressional District 23
Caucuses at the State Convention shall elect qualified delegates 24
and alternates as uncommitted delegates and alternates in 25
replacement of the delegates and alternates of such withdrawn or 26
deceased candidate. For the purpose of this section, withdrawal 27
shall be accomplished only by the candidate filing a signed and 28
acknowledged request to that effect with the Secretary of the 29
SREC. 30
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f. Challenge to Petition: In the event of a challenge to a 1
petition, the State Chairman shall follow the procedure for 2
verification of signatures by means of statistical sampling as 3
provided in Chapter 141, Sub-Chapter C, Section 141.069 of the 4
Texas Election Code. 5
g. Extended Deadlines Due to Court Order: In the event a state 6
or federal court orders a modification to the deadlines for 7
filing an application for a place on the ballot in the general 8
primary election, the deadlines specified in that order shall 9
supersede this Section to the extent of any conflict. 10
Section 3. The Presidential Primary Ballot 11
a. Listing on Ballot: The names of the qualifying Presidential 12
candidates shall be printed on the ballot as a separate race 13
(and as the first race if not prohibited by law) on the Partys 14
Official Ballot for the General Primary. The names of the 15
candidates shall be listed in a vertical column under the 16
heading "Preference for Presidential Nominee." The order of 17
appearance on the Ballot in each County shall be determined by 18
lot in each County at a meeting of the County Executive 19
Committee in accordance with Section 172.082, Texas Election 20
Code. 21
b. Uncommitted: In addition to the ballot listing of the names 22
of the qualifying Presidential candidates, there shall appear at 23
the bottom of such listing of candidates on said ballot a place 24
designated "Uncommitted" in accordance with Section 4 of this 25
Rule. 26
c. Adjustment of Ballot for Various Methods of Voting: 27
Appropriate changes shall be made in ballots for voting machines 28
and electronic voting systems; consistent with the method of 29
voting used. 30
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d. Style of Names: The type for all names of qualifying 1
Presidential candidates shall be uniform and of the same size 2
and the SREC shall prescribe a sample ballot and the State 3
Chairman shall furnish a copy of the sample ballot to each 4
County Chairman at the time prescribed by the Election Code for 5
certifying the names to appear on the ballot. 6
e. Write-in Prohibited: Write-in voting for presidential 7
candidates shall not be permitted, and any write-in votes shall 8
not be counted for any purpose. 9
Section 4. Uncommitted Delegates and Alternates Reserved. 10
In addition to the foregoing, uncommitted delegates and 11
alternates may be elected as follows: 12
a. Delegate Entitlement: For the purpose of determining 13
entitlements under sections 8 and 9 of this Rule, votes cast for 14
"Uncommitted" on the ballot shall be considered as having been 15
voted for a separate candidate. 16
b. At-Large Delegates and District Delegates: In the event a 17
canvass of the Republican Presidential Primary vote on a state- 18
wide basis demonstrates that the voters are entitled to one or 19
more uncommitted delegates and alternates under this Rule, the 20
National Nominations Committee, as provided for under Rule No. 21
34A, shall nominate and include in its report to the Convention 22
under section 7, subsection c, the appropriate number of 23
uncommitted delegates and alternates to the National Convention, 24
who become pledged as uncommitted delegates and alternates to 25
the National Convention, in accordance with section 10 of this 26
rule. 27
Section 5. Canvass of Returns 28
For the purpose of selecting at-large delegates and alternates, 29
as well as district delegates and alternates, tThe returns of 30
votes cast for Presidential candidates in the Republican 31
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Presidential Primary shall be canvassed by the SREC at the same 1
time as the returns for other offices and shall be canvassed and 2
recorded by Congressional District on a statewide basis, for the 3
purpose of determining proportional allocation of delegates and 4
alternates, in accordance with the results of the presidential 5
primary vote. 6
Section 6. Election of District Delegates and Alternates at 7
State Convention 8
a. Number of District Delegates and Alternates: Three (3) 9
district delegates from each Congressional District and three 10
(3) alternates shall be elected at the State Convention required 11
by Section 174.092, Texas Election Code, in accordance with this 12
section and the entitlements set forth in sections 8 and 9 13
hereof. 14
b. At the State Convention, eEach Congressional District shall 15
meet and shall elect those three district delegates and three 16
alternates to which a candidate is entitled under section 8. 17
Elections for a candidates committed of delegates and 18
alternates shall be from persons nominated from the floor at the 19
said meeting, provided however, that said nominee agrees to 20
adhere to the pledge in the candidate commitment requirements 21
under Section 10 hereof. Nominations for uncommitted delegates, 22
if there is such an entitlement, shall be provided under section 23
4. Elections shall be by majority vote, one at a time, with all 24
delegates being elected first and then all alternates. Those 25
delegates and alternates elected by the Congressional District 26
shall be submitted to the Convention, which shall confirm, and 27
not amend, those district delegates and alternates who shall be 28
the district delegates and alternates from Texas to the National 29
Convention of the Republican Party, and shall be so certified in 30
accordance with The Rules of the Republican Party. 31
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Section 7. Election of At-Large Delegates and Alternates at 1
State Convention 2
a. As provided for in Rule No. 34A, each Congressional District 3
Caucus shall meet at the State Convention, and elect one (1) 4
person to serve as a member of the National Nominations 5
Committee from persons nominated from the floor at the said 6
meeting. Election to this committee shall be by majority vote. 7
In the same manner, each Congressional District Caucus may 8
recommend the name of one (1) member for consideration by the 9
National Nominations Committee as a National Convention delegate 10
or alternate, but the National Nominations Committee is not 11
required to accept such recommendation, in accordance with The 12
Rules of the Republican Party. 13
b. At the State Convention, the National Nominations Committee 14
shall meet to select nominees for all at-large delegates and 15
alternate delegates, and consider the recommended names of 16
members of the Congressional District Caucuses for possible 17
selection as National Convention Delegates and Alternates. Those 18
individuals who have access to the floor of the National 19
Convention by virtue of their office shall be prohibited for 20
selection as an at-large national delegate, by the National 21
Nominations Committee. 22
c. Those at-large delegate and alternate nominees selected by 23
the National Nominations committee shall be reported to the 24
State Convention. This report shall not be amendable by the 25
State Convention, but shall either be confirmed or rejected by 26
the State Convention. If the report is rejected, it shall be 27
immediately returned to the Committee for revision and then 28
resubmitted to the State Convention, until the report is 29
confirmed by the Convention. The at-large delegates and 30
alternates shall also be bound by the pledge provisions of 31
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section 10 of this Rule. At-large delegates and alternates 1
nominated and elected from Texas in accordance with this Rule 2
shall be certified as the delegates and alternates from Texas in 3
accordance with The Rules of the Republican Party for the 4
National Convention. 5
Section 8. District Delegate and Alternate Entitlements 6
Reserved. 7
For the purpose of determining the entitlement to district 8
delegates and alternates by candidates, the provisions of this 9
section shall apply as follows: 10
a. District delegate and alternate entitlements for candidates 11
shall be pooled, calculated and then apportioned by the SREC, in 12
accordance with the statewide canvass of returns, as provided 13
for in section 5. 14
This entitlement and apportionment among the candidates shall be 15
made by calculating the ratio of the number of statewide votes 16
received by each candidate compared to the total of all such 17
candidates, rounding major fractional delegates and alternates 18
upward to the next whole number, beginning with the candidate 19
receiving the largest number of votes. This is then to be 20
followed by the apportionment of delegates and alternates to the 21
second highest candidate in the same manner, and so forth until 22
the total numbers of delegates and alternates to be apportioned 23
from the overall statewide pool is complete. 24
b. Upon completion of this statewide apportionment, the 25
assignment of specific congressional district delegate and 26
alternate seats to candidates shall be made by comparing the 27
candidates vote total in each congressional district 28
presidential primary vote between all congressional districts, 29
and forming a highest to lowest vote total ranking of the 30
candidates vote totals. Starting with the highest ranked 31
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statewide candidate, the highest ranked congressional district 1
for a specific candidate shall receive assignment of the first 2
seat from the statewide delegate and alternate pool apportioned 3
to the candidate, and so forth downward, until the candidates 4
statewide proportional allocation entitlement of delegates and 5
alternates from the overall delegate and alternate pool has been 6
allocated. This process is then performed for each subsequent 7
presidential candidate, as to their rank downward in the 8
statewide vote, until all congressional district delegates and 9
alternates have been assigned. However, no congressional 10
district delegates will be assigned to any presidential 11
candidate receiving less than 20% of the statewide vote, unless 12
the presidential candidates primary vote in any specific 13
congressional district exceeds 20%, and then the process of this 14
subparagraph b shall be applied. Any remaining congressional 15
district delegates and alternates not assigned to candidates 16
qualifying under this 20% provision, will be assigned to the 17
presidential candidates that do meet the 20% provision, but come 18
from their At-large allocations. If after this congressional 19
delegate and alternate allocation, all of the congressional 20
delegate and alternates seats have not been assigned to the 21
presidential candidates with 20% or more of the statewide vote, 22
then assignment will continue in ranked order to the remaining 23
presidential candidates with less than 20%, until all 24
congressional district delegate and alternate seats are 25
assigned. 26
c. Upon allocation of all three delegate and alternate seats in 27
each congressional district, the final assignment of seat order 28
between the three delegates and the three alternates shall be 29
determined by the total vote ranking in each individual 30
congressional district presidential primary vote total. 31
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d. These congressional district delegate and alternate seat 1
assignments shall be one portion of a presidential candidates 2
allocated delegates and alternates, and thus contribute to the 3
fulfillment of the overall proportional allocation, as 4
determined by the statewide presidential primary vote for each 5
candidate, and as prescribed in other sections of this rule. 6
e. These shall be reported by the SREC to each of the 7
congressional district caucuses prior to voting for delegates 8
and alternates in said caucuses, which shall then be reported by 9
the congressional district caucuses to the National Nominations 10
Committee of the State Convention. 11
f. The total Texas delegation of delegates and alternates to the 12
Republican National Convention shall be proportional to the 13
statewide presidential primary vote, as provided for in this 14
rule. 15
Section 9. At-Large Delegate and Alternate Entitlements 16
Reserved. 17
For the purpose of determining the entitlement to at-large 18
delegates and alternates by candidates, the provisions of this 19
section shall apply, as follows: 20
a. At-large delegate and alternate entitlements by candidates 21
shall be pooled, calculated, and then apportioned by the 22
National Nominations Committee, among the candidates in the 23
ratio in which the number of statewide votes received by each 24
candidate bears to the total of all such candidates, rounding 25
major fractional delegates and alternates upward to the next 26
whole number, beginning with the candidate receiving the largest 27
number of votes. This is then followed by the awarding of 28
delegates and alternates to the second highest candidate in the 29
same manner, and so forth until the delegates and alternates to 30
be apportioned have been fully awarded. Assignment of specific 31
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delegates and alternates to candidates shall be made by the 1
National Nominations Committee of the State Convention, in 2
accordance with the apportionment process contained in this 3
section 9, and then included in their report to the State 4
Convention. 5
b. The total Texas delegation of delegates and alternates to the 6
Republican National Convention shall be proportional to the 7
statewide presidential primary vote, as provided for in this 8
rule. 9
Section 10. Pledge of Delegates and Alternates. 10
a. Commitment to Candidate: Following canvass of the 11
presidential primary by the SREC, the State Chairman shall, in a 12
manner directly proportional to the statewide presidential vote, 13
as well as the presidential vote by congressional district, if 14
possible, assign each delegate to represent a Presidential 15
candidate (or uncommitted), and upon that assignment the 16
assignment and nomination by the National Nominations Committee 17
to a Presidential candidates slate, each delegate and alternate 18
representing a Presidential candidate becomes pledged to the 19
Presidential candidate on whose slate the delegate and alternate 20
is nominated in accordance with subsection b of this section. 21
The State Chairman, National Committeeman, and National 22
Committeewoman, who are national delegates under Rule of The 23
Republican Party 13(a)(2) by the virtue of their office shall 24
not become pledged to a candidate and remain uncommitted as 25
specified below, nor shall they be counted as uncommitted for 26
the purposes of proportional assignment made in this section. 27
The State Chairman, National Committeeman, and National 28
Committeewoman may vote as they choose on all questions and 29
candidates presented at the National Convention. 30
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b. Length of Commitment: A person who is elected as a delegate 1
or alternate to the National Convention on the slate of a and 2
who is assigned to a Presidential candidate by the State 3
Convention Chairman to represent that particular Presidential 4
candidate at the National Convention and who does not resign 5
from the position is pledged to support that Presidential 6
candidate at the National Convention until the candidate is 7
nominated or until the delegate or alternate is released from 8
the pledges as follows: 9
1. First (1st) nomination convention ballot: delegate or 10
alternate shall be released from the pledge only in the event of 11
death, withdrawal, or by decision of the candidate. For the 12
first ballot taken at the National Convention to determine the 13
nominee of the Republican Party for the office of President of 14
the United States, the totals of the votes of the members of the 15
Texas delegation shall be announced as they would have been if 16
the individual delegates had been awarded to or designated for 17
the respective candidates for such office on the Texas General 18
Primary ballot in accordance with the statewide result of the of 19
the voting for such candidates. No poll of the members of the 20
delegation shall be taken for the announcement of the vote. 21
2. Second (2nd) nomination convention ballot: delegate or 22
alternate may be released from the pledge by decision of the 23
candidate; 24
3. Third (3rd) nominating convention ballot: delegate or 25
alternate shall be released from the pledge if the candidate has 26
failed to receive twenty percent (20%) or more of the total vote 27
cast on the preceding ballot; or by the decision of the 28
candidate; 29
4. Fourth (4th) and subsequent nominating convention ballots: 30
delegates and alternates are released from any pledge. 31
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c. Uncommitted Delegates: Uncommitted delegates and alternates 1
may vote as they choose on all questions and candidates 2
presented at the National Convention. 3
Section 11. Delegate/Alternate Resignation 4
a. Written Notice: Any delegate or alternate may resign by 5
giving written notice to the Delegation Chairman and the State 6
Chairman at any time before the date of the National Convention. 7
b. Filling Vacancy: Should a vacancy occur in the at-large 8
delegation after the date of the State Convention but prior to 9
the convening of the National Convention, the Chairman of the 10
National Nomination Committee of the State Convention shall fill 11
such vacancy by appointing, in writing, any at-large alternate 12
to fill any at-large delegate position. To fill the vacancy of 13
an at-large alternate, the said Chairman may select any person 14
eligible under this Rule to hold said position, inasmuch as 15
possible under The Rules of the Republican Party. In the case of 16
a vacancy in a district delegate position, the paired alternate 17
shall be moved over designated a delegate, and the Chairman of 18
the National Nomination Committee of the State Convention 19
presidential candidate or his/her designated representative 20
shall appoint a new alternate, with the condition that the 21
person so appointed shall reside in the same Congressional 22
District at the time of appointment as the Congressional 23
District in which the vacancy occurred. In the case of a vacancy 24
in a district alternate position, the Chairman of the National 25
Nomination Committee of the State Convention presidential 26
candidate or his/her designated representative shall appoint a 27
new alternate, with the condition that the person so appointed 28
shall reside in the same Congressional District at the time of 29
appointment as the Congressional District in which the vacancy 30
occurred. All appointments shall be made from those nominated at 31
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the convention, if possible. If no potential nominee exists, 1
then the Chairman of the National Nomination Committee of the 2
State Convention presidential candidate or his/her designated 3
representative shall appoint as a new alternate anyone eligible 4
under this Rule to hold said position, provided that said 5
nominee(s) agree to adhere to pledge to the candidate required 6
under section 10 hereof. 7
Section 12. Delegate and /Alternate Qualifications 8
Each nominee for delegate and alternate must have either voted 9
in the Republican Presidential Primary or affiliated with the 10
Republican Party by oath pursuant to Rule 25, and must be 11
otherwise qualified to be a delegate or alternate under The 12
Rules of the Republican Party. 13