An election for First Vice-Chair of the Johnson County Democratic Party will be held during the regularly scheduled meeting of the central committee on January 6th, 2022.

This election will be conducted according to the rules below:

1. The election of officers conducted on January 6th, 2022, will be conducted by a Google Doc form unless there is only one nominee, in which case a motion for election by acclamation would be in order. 

2. The Chair will appoint three (3) Tellers to count the votes and to report the results back to the Chair.  

3. There are no secret ballots in the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP Constitution – Art. XII, Sec. III).  Therefore, the name and vote of each Central Committee member will be listed on the Google Doc in alphabetical order.  The spreadsheet will contain a column for each nominee for the position. To cast a vote, each Central Committee member will find their name on the spreadsheet. Then they will mark the column labeled with the candidate’s name that they wish to vote for beside their name. 
   
4. Members cannot vote for more than one candidate on any particular round of voting.

5. The nominees will be listed on the Google Doc form in the order in which they were nominated.  

6. To be elected, a nominee must receive 50% + 1 of votes cast.  If there are more than two (2) nominees and no candidate receives a majority vote, then the lowest vote-getter will be dropped, and a new election will be held with the remaining nominees. This process will be repeated until one nominee receives a majority vote.  If, however, the election ends in a tie, the winner will be determined by the flip of a coin.  

7. Nominations do not need to be seconded.  

8. Nominating speeches are limited to a period of not more than one (1) minute.

9. After nominations are concluded, each nominee will be allowed to address the Central Committee for a period of not more than three (3) minutes.  Nominees will speak in the same order in which they were nominated.  

10. After all nominees have spoken, the Chair will entertain questions for the nominees from the floor for a period not to exceed ten (10) minutes.  This period may be extended up to an additional ten (10) minutes by a majority vote of the Central Committee.  The time allotted for questioning will not exceed a total of twenty (20) minutes.  There will not be a question period for an unopposed nominee. 

AGENDA
Johnson County Democratic Party – Central Committee Zoom Meeting
6:30 pm, Thursday, December 2, 2021

  1) Call to order

  2) Opening remarks – Ed Cranston

  3) Consent agenda – Tonight’s agenda and last meeting minutes

  4) Recognition of newcomers/visitors/elected officials

  5) Speakers and announcements

  6) Treasurer’s report – Suzanne Doershuk

  7) County Party Pass-the-Hat – jcdems.org/donate/

  8) Free lunch – Serve on Friday, Dec 3.  

           – To volunteer, email: robin.roseman@gmail.com, 2 shifts: 9:30 – 11:30 am, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

           – Make checks out to: Rosanne Cook.  Send to: Rosanne Cook, 10 Valley View Place NE, Iowa City, IA 52240

  9) Chair and Committee Updates

      – Chair – January 6th First Vice Chair election – Ed Cranston

      – First Vice Chair – Janice Weiner

      – Second Vice Chair – Leah Jesse – Events update, t-shirts and sweatshirts

      – Affirmative Action Chair – Tony Currin

      – Candidate Development Chair – Royceann Porter

      – Data Management – John Deeth – Caucus 2022 Update

      – Finance Chair – Anne-Marie Taylor

      – Membership – Ashley Kuse

      – Platform Chair – Hannah Doerge

      – Public Relations/State Central Committee Update – Tony Andrys

      – Second District Update – Peter Flynn

      – University of Iowa Democrats – Caleb Slater

10) Vacancy Elections – JCDems Central Committee, 2nd Congressional District Central Committee

11) Other business – All

12) Closing remarks – Ed Cranston

13) Adjournment

*** JOIN US! ***

Free Lunch Program – Friday, Dec. 3, 9:30 am or 11:30 am, 1105 S Gilbert Ct #100, Iowa City

JCDems Central Committee Zoom Meeting – 6:30 pm, January 6, 2022

Caucus Precinct Packet Stuffing – 12 – 2 pm, Saturday, January 29, 2022, IC Public Library, 123 South Linn St.

Precinct Caucuses – Monday, 7 pm, February 7, 2022

Post-caucus Packet Collection/Social – Monday, February 7, 2022

Caucus Packet Unstuffing – Tuesday, February 8, 2022

County Convention Committees – Saturday, February 12

County Convention – Saturday, March 26, 2022

District Convention – Saturday, April 23, 2022

Primary Election – Tuesday, June 7, 2022

State Convention – Saturday, June 18, 2022

General Election – Tuesday, November 8, 2022