Title: Remove negative camptaign loophole in Bylaw 5
Sponsor: Kirby Glad
Reviewer:
Submitted : 6/29/10
CBC Review: 6/29/10: Favorable: 4-1
EC Review: 7/15/10: Favorable: 14-2
CC Review:
Bylaw 5 is meant to assure party officer neutrality when Republicans run against each other in partisan races. The language prohibits actions such as favoring one candidate over another. Because the language does not specifically prohibit negative campaigning, some have used this loophole to use their position as party officers to gain an advantage for one candidate by campaigning against another. This change clarifies the language and closes the loophole.
Bylaw 5
C. County Party Officers - All county level Party officers including the County Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary; and the five Appointed Officers; must show pre-convention and primary neutrality toward Republican candidates for public office where Republican opposition exists. Such things as, but not limited to, written endorsements or criticism, the use of officers' names in campaign literature (with or without their party titles), and letters to the editor, and written or verbal public statements favoring or disfavoring one Republican candidate over another, are prohibited for these officers until the Party has chosen a nominee for the office in question. All other Party Officers at the Legislative District and Precinct levels must likewise be neutral, but only when using are not subject to the neutrality requirement, but may not use their party office titles either verbally or in writing in any campaign endorsement materials or public statements for any candidate in pre-primary elections.
Proposed additions are indicated in bold underlined text, and proposed deletions are indicated in strikethrough text.
ID: B-126 Close negative campaign loophole in Bylaw 5
Sponsor: Kirby Glad
Reviewer:
Recommendation: Favorable 4-1