WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK


                  Statutory County Organization

  Congressional District Committees: These committees consist of
2 members from each assembly district within a county or, for
multicounty districts, for one member from each county within the
congressional district. The members delegated by the counties to
the congressional district committees must be certified by the
county chairmen to the chairman of the state central committee.
Congressional district committees are convened by the chairman of
the state central committee, upon 5 days' written notice.
  Assembly or Senate District Committees: The committees con-
sist of 2 members from each county in assembly or state senatorial
districts consisting of more than one county. Members delegated
to serve on these committees are certified by the county chairmen
to the chairman of the state central committee. The assembly or
senate district committees are convened upon 5 days' written notice
by the chairman of the state central committee.
  County Committees: In general, the county committees consist
of the precinct committeemen elected at the September primary.
In Milwaukee County, the county committee consists of the com-
mitteemen from each ward, town or village. All appointments to
the aforementioned congressional, state senatorial and assembly
district committees are made from the elected membership of the
county committees.
   A meeting of the county committee is called within 2 days after
the completion of the canvass of the September primary by the
county chairmen of the preceding election period. The call for
this meeting must be issued in writing and at least 5 days' notice
must be given. At such meeting, the county committee elects its
chairman, secretary and treasurer; it may elect such additional
officers and subcommittees as the committee feels necessary.
   In counties constituting one or more assembly or senatorial
districts the members of the county committee residing within the
territory of such assembly or senatorial districts shall constitute
the party committees for such districts; they may, at the conven-
tion of the county committee, elect a chairman, secretary and treas-
urer, and such other officers as they may deem necessary. In
counties which are only part of an assembly, senatorial or con-
gressional district the county committee elects from among its
membership the delegates to represent the county in the district
level committees. Any vacancy in any office originally filled from
among the membership of the county committee shall be filled by
selection by the county committee. However, the county chairman
may temporarily fill such vacancies.
   City Committee: The city committee of each party's statutory
 organization consists of the precinct or ward committeemen elected
 at the September primary. A meeting of the city committee shall


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