BYLAWS & RULES SUBMISSIONS
Submit questions/comments:
2023 UPDATES
- Call for Committee Participants opened from March 15 to February 15, 2023
- Collection period: 2023 Bylaws: Collection Period Announcement
- Extension: 2023 Bylaws: Extension Announcement
- Report and Town Hall - no submissions were made in 2023, the Bylaws Committee will submit a report to the body by June 18, 2023.
CHARTERS & BYLAWS
- DPCA Charter and Reference Documents
- DPCA Code of Conduct
- Country Committee Bylaws from Asia-Pacific Region
- Democrats Abroad China Bylaws
- Amended on December 7, 2019.
- Amended on August 16, 2021.
- Amended on September 16, 2021.
- Amended on September 27, 2021.
- Amended on October 27, 2021.
- 2022 collection period: March 15 to April 15, 2022
- Amendments for 9-16.docx
- Amendments for 9-27.docx
Delegate Selection Plan
ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER & PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
Various versions of Robert’s Rules of Order are used by approximately 80% of organizations in the United States.
- Code of Ethics for Parliamentarians
Jointly Adopted by The National Association of Parliamentarians® and The American Institute of Parliamentarians©
Initially Adopted 2001, Amended July 2015
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (FEC)
Political party committees represent a political party at a local, state or national level. Examples of political party committees include the Democratic National Committee.
The FEC's Political party committees campaign guide (August 2013) is helpful to the Treasurer and all members of the board who want to understand campaign finance.
GLOSSARIES
- Alphabet Soup for 2017
A glossary of campaign finance in the U.S. (Sunlight Foundation)