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Black Knight on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:24:26 AM
RULE 9 STATE OFFICERS CONVENTION
(a) The state chair shall call the state officers convention between July 1 and October 31 of each oddnumbered
year to elect a chair and vice chair of the state central committee, and members of the
executive board.
(b) Delegates to the state officers convention shall include Democratic incumbents for all state elective
offices, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, the Montana
Legislature and members of the Montana Democratic State Central Committee.
(c) Delegates must register according to procedures established by the state chair.
(d) Officers and executive board members shall hold office for a term of two years or until a successor
is elected.
RULE 10 PRE-PRIMARY POLICY
No funds of the Montana Democratic Party shall be expended for any candidate for office prior to the
primary election with the exceptions of (1) the entertainment of visiting dignitaries from outside the state
who may have been invited to appear in the state at the request of the state central committee or the
executive board and (2) financial and tactical support, as authorized by the executive board, for candidates
who in the judgment of two-thirds of the executive board are or will be unopposed in the Democratic
primary by a bona fide Democratic candidate. The state chair, state vice chair, executive director and paid
staff of the Montana Democratic Party shall maintain neutrality during primary elections for any office
sought by more than one Democratic candidate.