General Laws of the Democratic Party of Hawaii
ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Eligibility
Section 2. Enrollment
Section 3. Official Enrollment Card
Section 4. Membership
Section 5. Transfer
Section 6. Official Records
Section 7. Termination
Section 8. Expulsion, Censure or Reprimand
ARTICLE II - PRECINCT CLUB
Section 1. Definition
Section 2. Organization.
Section 3. Biennial Election of Precinct Officers and Delegates to the State Convention
Section 4. Officers of Precinct Club
Section 5. Delegates and Alternates to the State Convention
Section 6. Notice of Meeting
Section 7. Proxies
Section 8. Use of the Name of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i
Section 9. Club Rule
ARTICLE III - DISTRICT COUNCIL
Section 1. Organization
Section 2. Officers
Section 3. Term of Office
Section 4. Meeting, Notices, Attendance at Meetings
Section 5. Quorum
Section 6. Proxies
Section 7. Committees
Section 8. Duties and Responsibilities of the District Council
Section 9. District Council Rules
ARTICLE IV - COUNTY COMMITTEE
Section 1. Organization
Section 2. Officers, Eligibility and Nominations
Section 3. Term of Office
Section 4. Vacancy of County Chairperson
Section 5. Quorum
Section 6. Proxies
Section 7. Standing and Special Committees
Section 8. Duties and Responsibilities of the County Committee
Section 9. County Convention: Time, Place and Notice.
Section 10. County Convention Rules
Section 11. Rules for the Adoption of Respective County Committee Rules
Section 12. Meetings, Notices, Attendance at Meetings.
ARTICLE V - STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Section 1. Membership
Section 2. Apportionment
Section 3. Nomination and Filing
Section 4. Elections
Section 5. Officers
Section 6. Filling of Vacancies
Section 7. Tenure-Interim
Section 8. Power and Duties
Section 9. Meetings
Section 10. Proxies
Section 11. Caucuses
Section 12. Committees
Section 13. Executive Committee
Section 14. Financial Reports.
ARTICLE VI - STATE CONVENTION
Section 1. Time, Place, Notice
Section 2. Composition
Section 3. Purposes
Section 4. Candidate’s Filing Fee
Section 5. Delegate Registration Fee
Section 6. Organization of the Convention
Section 7. Officers
Section 8. Prohibition Against Unit Rule
Section 9. Report to the Convention
Section 10. Pre-Convention Reports to the Delegates
Section 11. Minority Reports
ARTICLE VII - REVENUES
Section 1. Fund Raising, General Provision
Section 2. Precinct Club and District Council Fund Raising
Section 3. County Committee and State Central Committee Responsibility
Section 4. Conflicts
ARTICLE VIII - DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS
Section 1. Establishment, Maintenance and Operation
Section 2. Executive Director and Staff
Section 3. Duty to Support All Democratic Party Organizations
Section 4. Services to be made available to all Democrats
ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Representation of Women and Young People
Section 2. Appeals
Section 3. Candidate Support of Platform, Resolutions and General Laws
Section 4. Ethical Campaign Practices
Section 5. Party Sponsored Legislation
Section 6. Supplemental Rules
Section 7. Interpretation of General Laws
Section 8. Amendments
Section 9. Non-discrimination and Affirmative Action
Section 10. Availability of the General Laws
Section 11. Responsibility for filling vacancies in election process
Section 12. Process to identify candidates to fill midterm vacancies.
Section 13. Ethics and potential conflict of interest disclosures
Section 14. Smoking
Section 15. Prior Consent
Section 16. Elections