ARTICLE II

MEMBER REPRESENTATION

SECTION I.  REPRESENTATION 

1.1 The Camden County Republican Committee shall consist of two members, one male and one female, elected biennially for each unit of representation in each municipality in the county, pursuant to the provisions of Title 19 of New Jersey Statutes.  For purposes of this section, a unit of representation shall equal 500 registered Republicans, or a portion thereof. 

1.2 The number of registered Republicans per municipality, as recorded pursuant to the Camden County Clerk’s voter registration records, shall be fixed as of the primary election date of the year preceding a County Committee election and shall determine the number of County Committee representatives to be on the ballot for each municipality at the next primary election. 

1.3 The Camden County Republican State Committeeman and Committeewoman shall be ex officio honorary members of the County Committee. 

SECTION 2.  QUALIFICATION AND ELIGIBILITY 

2.1 No person who is not a qualified Republican elector, as defined herein, shall be eligible for election to the County Committee.  Any member of the County Committee who fails or refuses to support all general election candidates of the Republican Party or who shall fail to maintain his or her registration as a Republican for his or her entire term on the Committee shall be disqualified from holding such membership and shall be removed from the Committee.  Any claim of ineligibility against a person may be appealed, with all due process, to the County Committee whose determination on the matter is final. 

2.2 For purposes of this section, a qualified Republican elector shall mean a person who is a resident of Camden County and a registered Republican in Camden County at the time of filing his or her nomination petitions.  

2.3 The members of the County Committee shall actually reside in the municipality they represent. 

SECTION 3.  TERM OF OFFICE 

3.1 The members of the Camden County Republican Committee shall take office on the first Saturday following their election, on which day the terms of all members of the County Committee theretofore elected shall terminate unless otherwise provided for by an Act of the Legislature. 

SECTION 4.  RESIGNATION 

4.1 A member of the County Committee may resign his or her office to the County Committee and upon the County Chairperson’s acceptance thereof, a vacancy shall exist. 

SECTION 5.  VACANCY 

5.1 Vacancies caused by death, resignation, failure to elect, or removal for cause, shall be filled for the unexpired term by an appointment of the then remaining members of the County Committee representing the municipality in which such vacancy shall occur.  The chairperson shall provide a copy of the constitution and bylaws to any committee member appointed to fill a vacancy within three business days of the committee member’s selection. 

 ARTICLE III  MEETINGS AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS