Issues in the current rules

"For any meeting where online voting is permitted" presupposes a permission that no rule grants outside an emergency.

Voting by mail, email, online, and in personBL Art. III §7Law: RONR 9:30

Unclear whether the 10-day notice covers every regular meeting or only one called by member demand.

Regular meetingsBL Art. V §2Law: BL Art. V §2; RONR 9:2; RONR 9:4

Only the Standing Rules give a power to call special meetings. Whether that suffices, or RONR requires a bylaw, is open.

Special meetingsBL Art. V; SR Art. I.KLaw: RONR 9:14; RONR 56:36

Precinct Chairs may call the meeting at any time, but the RPT Rules let them act only after 45 days.

Organizational meetingBL Art. V §3Law: RPT Rule 8(e)

The Bylaws list Training and Events as standing committees and as teams; the Standing Rules call them teams.

List of standing committeesBL Art. VI §1Law: BL Art. VI §4; SR Art. V Preamble ¶8-9

The Bylaws claim precedence over the Election Code and Texas Constitution, which the RPT Rules make binding.

Authority of the Bylaws and the Election CodeBL Art. VIII §1Law: RPT Rule 4; RPT Rule 8(b); EC 161.001

The rule says "a two-thirds (2/3) vote of those present and voting", as Rule 44 does, but counts every member rather than precinct chairs alone, and omits the minimum of a majority of all precinct chairs.

Censure of Republican officeholdersSR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 44

The Committee "shall approve" primary election judges, but the statute has the County Chair appoint them.

Primary electionsSR Art. II §2Law: EC 32.006(a)

The "those members present" quorum for statutory business is less than the majority needed to fill a County Chair vacancy.

Vacancy in the office of County ChairSR Art. II §4.A; SR Preamble ¶2Law: EC 171.024(b)

The "those members present" quorum for statutory business is less than the majority quorum for replacement nominations.

Replacement nominationsSR Art. II §5; SR Preamble ¶2Law: EC 145.036(d)

"At least sixty percent (60%) of the EC" for a sanction may mean 60% of all members, of the members present, or of those voting.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.C

A County Chair designee may receive ballot applications, but the statute names only the County Chair or Secretary.

SecretarySR Art. IV §4.ELaw: EC 172.022(a)(2)

Members outside the committee may speak only in public comment or if recognized, though the RPT Rules let them testify.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4.GLaw: RPT Rule 8(g)

The text makes ex-officio SREC membership optional, but the RPT Rules grant it outright.

Voting members and SREC membersBL Art. III §2Law: RPT Rule 8(p)

The text asks where the SREC member lives, but the RPT test is whether the district includes county territory.

Voting members and SREC membersBL Art. III §2Law: RPT Rule 8(p)

The text sends vacancy rules to the RPT Rules, which send the question back to the county.

Filling vacancies on the Executive CommitteeBL Art. III §4Law: RPT Rule 8(i)

The Bylaws cover "declared Republican" local candidates, but the Candidate Committee endorses in nonpartisan races.

Endorsements of local candidatesBL Art. III §6Law: SR Art. V §10

No text sets a timetable for endorsements. SR Art. V §10.A sets the steps but no dates or deadlines.

Endorsements of local candidatesBL Art. III §6; SR Art. V §10.A

Mail and email vacancy ballots have no procedure, deadline or test for a valid ballot.

Voting by mail, email, online, and in personBL Art. III §7Law: RONR 45:56

The text does not say how mailed or emailed ballots count toward the vacancy quorum.

Voting by mail, email, online, and in personBL Art. III §7Law: EC 171.024(c)

The text does not restate that members of an electronic meeting must hear one another at once, which RONR requires anyway.

Electronic meetings in an emergencyBL Art. III §8Law: RONR 9:31

"Stated emergency" is not defined, so the County Chair alone decides when one exists.

Electronic meetings in an emergencyBL Art. III §8

The text sets no minimum, but the RPT Rules require the County Chair to call a meeting each quarter.

How often the Committee meetsBL Art. V §1Law: RPT Rule 8(r)

The Committee schedules regular meetings and the County Chair calls them, but no text says what a schedule requires the County Chair to do.

Regular meetingsBL Art. V §2Law: SR Art. I.K

With no fixed schedule, members cannot tell when the County Chair has "fail[ed] to call" a meeting.

Regular meetingsBL Art. V §2Law: RONR 9:1

"One-fourth (1/4) ... of the Precinct Chairs" may count only chairs in office or every precinct, vacant ones included.

Regular meetingsBL Art. V §2

No rule sets a notice period for a special meeting.

Special meetingsBL Art. VLaw: RONR 9:14

Members have no way to require the County Chair to call a special meeting.

Special meetingsBL Art. VLaw: RONR 9:14

The text omits the 45-day deadline for holding the organizational meeting.

Organizational meetingBL Art. V §3Law: RPT Rule 8(e)

The notice need not include the proposed rules, a website posting or the callers' names.

Organizational meetingBL Art. V §3Law: RPT Rule 8(e)

The text does not say the old rules carry over, or make adopting rules the first required action, as the 2026 RPT text does.

Organizational meetingBL Art. V §3Law: RPT Rule 8(e); RPT Rule 1(e)

The Bylaws and the Standing Rules each state the quorum, and only the Bylaws count vacancies at the call.

QuorumBL Art. V §4Law: SR Preamble ¶2

The text yields to the RPT Rules but not to statutes that require a larger quorum.

QuorumBL Art. V §4Law: EC 171.024(b); EC 145.036(d)

The texts say "days" in some rules and "calendar days" in others, so "days" may or may not mean calendar days.

Notice and computing timeBL Art. IV §1; BL Art. V §3; SR Art. VIII

"At the next Executive Committee" omits "meeting", so it may mean the next meeting of any kind or the next regular one.

Temporary committeesBL Art. VI §2

"The chair shall call a meeting within 15 days of such request" may limit the call or the meeting, and "the chair" may mean either chair.

Calling committee meetingsBL Art. VI §3

Teams "shall not function as committees", but no text says whether a team may speak, endorse or spend.

Executive team directors and their limitsBL Art. VI §5

The text does not say whether an HD committee is the statutory district executive committee.

House District committeesBL Art. VII §1Law: EC 171.053(a)

Unclear whether BL Art. VI §3, on Standing and Temporary Committees, reaches HD committees, as the Standing Rules assume.

House District committee meetingsBL Art. VII §2Law: SR Art. VI §4; BL Art. VI §3

Neither amendment article addresses the organizational meeting, where a majority adopts the rules for the term.

Amending the BylawsBL Art. IXLaw: RPT Rule 8(e)

Neither text requires filing the adopted rules with the SREC, as the RPT Rules require.

Filing the adopted rulesBL Art. IX; SR Art. VIIILaw: RPT Rule 8(b)

The 2026-06-22 vote adopted the rules by reference, and no complete copy of that text was published.

Governing rules and defined termsSR (whole text)

"Statutory business" is not defined, and the text calls filling a statutory vacancy non-statutory.

QuorumSR Preamble ¶2Law: EC 171.024(a)

The Treasurer rule allows over-budget spending of $500 or more on 2 approvals, but this rule requires Committee approval.

County Chair spending limitsSR Art. I.DLaw: SR Art. IV §5

"A two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Executive Committee" may mean 2/3 of those voting or 2/3 of all members.

Calling meetings and changing the agendaSR Art. I.K

No minutes are found for 2025-01-22, the likely date this item and 3 others were adopted.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.L

The rules omit the RPT process for referring a County Chair to the SREC for removal.

Referral of the County Chair for removalSR Art. ILaw: RPT Rule 8(k)

The rule covers "public or party" officeholders, but Rule 44 covers holders of public office only.

Censure of Republican officeholdersSR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 44

The rule counts actions in the "current biennium", but Rule 44 counts the officeholder's current term.

Censure of Republican officeholdersSR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 44

The rule omits the 7 days' notice and the invitation to appear and speak.

Censure of Republican officeholdersSR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 44

The Committee is "in charge of preparing the ballot", but the statute gives that to the County Chair.

Primary electionsSR Art. II §2Law: EC 52.002

The text gives oversight to the County Chair, though the statute gives overall supervision to the Committee.

Primary electionsSR Art. II §2Law: EC 172.111(b)

The text does not say who presides; the statute has the caller name a member to preside.

Vacancy in the office of County ChairSR Art. II §4.ALaw: EC 171.025(d)

The text describes only a vacancy after a primary and does not state the statutory window, which opens before the filing deadline.

Special election nominationsSR Art. II §6Law: EC 202.006(a)

Item E makes following the "Precinct Chair Code of Conduct" a qualification. Earlier rules attached the Code as Addendum I, the 2024 rules dropped that reference, and no text of it is in the record.

Precinct chair eligibilitySR Art. III §1.E

A chair "is expected to be a member" of a committee, in a list of qualifications, which may state a requirement or only a hope.

Precinct chair eligibilitySR Art. III §1.ELaw: EC 161.005; EC 171.023(a)

The felony bar and its notice process in RPT Rule 8(s) are not restated, though item D already adopts the RPT eligibility rules.

Precinct chair eligibilitySR Art. III §1Law: RPT Rule 8(s); RPT Rule 1(e)

The text says chairs are elected in the "primary or general election", but only the primary elects them.

Election of precinct chairsSR Art. III §2.ALaw: EC 171.022(a)(2)

The text declares an unopposed candidate elected even when a write-in candidate is on the list.

Election of precinct chairsSR Art. III §2.ALaw: EC 171.0221(a)

"Within 90 days" may limit training only or vetting too, and neither it nor "the last 5" meetings has a start date.

Appointment to fill a precinct chair vacancySR Art. III §2.B

"Without fulfilling these requirements" may waive items a and b only or all of item 2, and "removed under Section 3 B or C" is unclear.

Appointment to fill a precinct chair vacancySR Art. III §2.B

The text does not state the majority EC 171.024(c) supplies, or how the ballot runs.

Appointment to fill a precinct chair vacancySR Art. III §2.BLaw: EC 171.024(c)

The list says a chair "may resign for" a move or a race for office, but item b says a candidate "may no longer serve as Precinct Chair".

Precinct chair resignationSR Art. III §3.ALaw: EC 161.005; EC 171.023(a)

The text gives no process when a chair stops meeting a requirement but does not resign.

Precinct chair loss of eligibilitySR Art. III §3.A

The text points to the RPT Rules, which have no abandonment process for precinct chairs; the statute does.

Abandonment of officeSR Art. III §3.BLaw: EC 171.029(a); EC 171.029(b)

The list adds support for a non-Republican candidate, a ground Rule 8(n) lacks, and uses it for SREC referral.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.CLaw: RPT Rule 8(n)

Neither the misconduct nor the censure rule requires written charges on the agenda and notice by certified mail.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.C; SR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 8(o)

"Any sanction that is not prohibited by law or by RPT Rules" could be read to allow removing an elected chair.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.CLaw: EC 171.029

"Act in that place" may mean routine duties only or every power of the County Chair, including presiding at the vacancy meeting.

First Vice ChairSR Art. IV §1.BLaw: EC 171.025(d)

The Secretary presides ahead of the Third Vice Chair, which conflicts with the Third Vice Chair rule.

SecretarySR Art. IV §4.ALaw: SR Art. IV §3

No text says whether a Director must be a Precinct Chair.

Executive team directorsSR Art. IV §8

Non-Precinct Chairs need the chair's approval to attend, which reaches SREC members the RPT Rules admit.

Standing committees and who may serveSR Art. V Preamble ¶7Law: RPT Rule 8(g)

"Additional persons may be added" to a committee, but the text does not say whether they vote.

Standing committees and who may serveSR Art. V Preamble ¶7

"The County Chair, along with the House District chairs, shall by majority vote" may make the County Chair one voter or the nominator.

Choosing standing committee chairsSR Art. V Preamble ¶3

"Unless their second or third choices for committees have vacant seats" does not say when a seat counts as vacant.

Applying for and filling committee seatsSR Art. V Preamble ¶3

No plurality rule exists, so each committee seat needs a majority, which can take several ballots.

Applying for and filling committee seatsSR Art. V Preamble ¶3Law: RONR 44:11; RONR 46:33

Precinct Chairs who take office mid-term have no way to apply for a committee.

Applying for and filling committee seatsSR Art. V Preamble ¶2

The text does not link the application window to the rules that fill a chair (¶3) or a Director (¶9).

Vacancies in chair and director positionsSR Art. V Preamble ¶5

The copy posted on the party website says "Executive Director" where the adopted rule says "Executive Committee Secretary".

Vacancies in chair and director positionsSR Art. V Preamble ¶4

Members may attend committee meetings, but the text omits their rights to testify and to record.

Committee attendance and reportsSR Art. V Preamble ¶6Law: RPT Rule 8(g)

The Standing Rules list of teams leaves out the Technology Team, which the Bylaws list.

Executive teams and appointing directorsSR Art. V Preamble ¶9Law: BL Art. VI §4

"The sole exception" follows the vice chair sentence, so it may except the vice chair rule or the Rules Committee review.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4

"Upon suspension of the rules ... any proposal" that failed may mean every failed proposal returns or only one named in the motion.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4.F

The minutes do not show what the 2024-11-18 vote on "submitted 10 days prior" decided.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4.F

The text sets no standard for vetting an applicant.

Precinct Chair Recruitment and Vetting CommitteeSR Art. V §6

The text gives the Committee no route to act on an applicant the PCRV does not recommend.

Precinct Chair Recruitment and Vetting CommitteeSR Art. V §6Law: EC 171.024(a)

The committee "will either endorse" a candidate, which may mean it endorses or only recommends to the Executive Committee.

Candidate CommitteeSR Art. V §10

The copy posted on the party website leaves out item D on yard signs, and no vote removed it.

Elections CommitteeSR Art. V §13.D

"All aspects of the Elections process" overlaps judge appointments that the statute gives the County Chair.

Elections CommitteeSR Art. V §13Law: EC 32.006(a)

The copy posted on the party website leaves out the whole Technology Team section, and no vote removed it.

Technology TeamSR Art. V §14

The copy posted on the party website leaves out the whole Prayer Team section, and no vote removed it.

Prayer TeamSR Art. V §15

Item D speaks of a "legal process to purge ineligible voters", which may mean the lawful challenge or a purge the party cannot do.

Election Security CommitteeSR Art. V §16.DLaw: EC 16.091

The copy posted on the party website drops this heading and items A to C, and prints D to F under Elections.

Election Security CommitteeSR Art. V §16

No minute records the change letting a majority call an HD meeting; the report said otherwise.

House District committee meetingsSR Art. VI §4

"Called by the County Chair following the Primary Runoff Election" may allow a caucus before the new terms begin or only after.

House District chairsSR Art. VI §5Law: EC 171.022(c)

No rule says which Standing Rules are rules of order, so the vote to suspend each is unclear.

Suspending the Standing RulesBL Art. VIII §2; SR Art. V §4.FLaw: RONR 25:14

The Committee enlarged 2 committees by suspending the rules, in 2024 and 2026, which RONR does not allow.

Suspending the Standing RulesSR Art. V Preamble ¶8Law: RONR 25:13

The Bylaws require Committee approval of "all policies and procedures" but do not say whose policies and procedures.

Name of the organizationBL Art. I

The text says the chairs are elected "as provided by the RPT Rules", though the Election Code primarily provides for those elections.

Composition of the Executive CommitteeBL Art. III §1Law: EC 171.022(a)(1); EC 171.022(a)(2)

The text says "voting precinct" where the statute says "county election precinct".

Composition of the Executive CommitteeBL Art. III §1Law: EC 171.022(a)(2)

The list of sources of the Committee's powers leaves out the Election Code, which assigns many duties.

Powers and governing rulesBL Art. III §3Law: EC 172.111(b)

The text does not say that a vacancy cannot be filled before the term begins.

Filling vacancies on the Executive CommitteeBL Art. III §4Law: EC 171.024(d)

The proxy ban and the conflict-of-interest bar on voting are not restated. Both apply anyway.

Voting by mail, email, online, and in personBL Art. III §7Law: RPT Rule 6; RPT Rule 8(l)

The text does not restate that the notice of an electronic meeting must explain how to join, which RONR requires anyway.

Electronic meetings in an emergencyBL Art. III §8Law: RONR 9:36

The text sets no notice rule for a meeting the County Chair postpones for up to 15 days.

Electronic meetings in an emergencyBL Art. III §8

"The appointments" may not be "delayed beyond forty-five (45) calendar days", which may mean the nomination or the ratification vote.

Appointed officersBL Art. IV §1

"Voted in the last Republican Primary" may mean the general primary only or the primary or its runoff.

Appointed officersBL Art. IV §1

The text sets no deadline to fill an officer vacancy that arises during the term.

Appointed officersBL Art. IV §1

The Bylaws do not state the Precinct Chairs' term; only the Standing Rules and the statute do.

Terms of officeBL Art. IV §3Law: EC 171.022(c)

The text does not say whether appointed officers leave office when the County Chair's term ends.

Terms of officeBL Art. IV §3

"As often as is necessary" sets no standard and does not say who decides.

How often the Committee meetsBL Art. V §1

The notice clause reads "at least (10) days", with the number word missing; 10 is the likely meaning.

Regular meetingsBL Art. V §2

The limit of a special meeting to the business named in its call is not restated. RONR applies it anyway.

Special meetingsBL Art. VLaw: RONR 9:15

At the change of term, "the County Chair" who may call the organizational meeting may be the outgoing or the incoming Chair.

Organizational meetingBL Art. V §3Law: RPT Rule 8(e)

The rules do not state the RPT blackout periods around conventions and other noticed meetings.

Meeting blackout periodsBL Art. VLaw: RPT Rule 8(f)

The text does not say whether the members' demand must be in writing.

Calling committee meetingsBL Art. VI §3

"If the County Chair or chair of a Standing Committee fails" may leave out temporary committee chairs, though the section covers them.

Calling committee meetingsBL Art. VI §3

The rules open Standing Committee meetings only, not temporary or House District committee meetings.

Open committee meetingsSR Art. V Preamble ¶6Law: RPT Rule 8(g)

The Bylaws say "each State House District", while the Standing Rules limit it to districts in the County.

House District committeesBL Art. VII §1Law: SR Art. VI §1

"Robert's Rules of Order" may mean the Newly Revised edition the RPT Rules adopt, or any book of that name.

Parliamentary authorityBL Art. VIII §2Law: RPT Rule 5

The text leaves out House District committees, though RONR governs them through the RPT Rules.

Parliamentary authorityBL Art. VIII §2Law: RPT Rule 5

The text does not say who sends the notice of a proposed amendment.

Amending the BylawsBL Art. IX

The copies of both texts posted on the party website begin with a stray name and time stamp.

Filing the adopted rulesBL heading; SR heading

The clause voids provisions that conflict with the RPT Rules but not with the Election Code.

SeverabilityBL Art. XLaw: EC 161.001

The text credits the RPT Rules with the Committee's makeup, though the Election Code primarily sets it.

Governing rules and defined termsSR Preamble ¶1Law: EC 171.022(a)(1); EC 171.022(a)(2)

No rule says how to count a period of days, and the RPT Rules and RONR count differently.

Notice and computing timeSR Art. VIIILaw: RPT Rule 1(g); RONR 9:4

No rule defines the fiscal year that the Treasurer's annual report and the budget rely on.

Fiscal yearSR Art. IV §5.C

The records duty sets no deadline for handing records and bank accounts to a successor.

General duties of the County ChairSR Art. I.ELaw: EC 171.028

The text does not say who directs or removes staff once the Committee approves them.

Staff and the Executive DirectorSR Art. I.B

The text does not address a staff member who also votes as a Precinct Chair.

Staff and the Executive DirectorSR Art. I.BLaw: RPT Rule 8(l)

"The budget being exceeded by $500 or more during any month" may count each expenditure alone or the month's total.

County Chair spending limitsSR Art. I.D

The County Chair works with a committee "to provide guidance to the Chair", so who advises whom is unclear.

County Chair election board and commission dutiesSR Art. I.J

Item L opens "The proposal shall include" before any sentence says what the proposal is.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.L

The item states a duty but sits in a list of the County Chair's powers.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.L

"Appropriate standing committees" names no committee to help prepare the support plan.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.L

The plan offers "non-monetary assistance" but lists countywide mailers, which cost money.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.L

The text does not say that this help is a contribution the party must report.

Support plan for endorsed candidatesSR Art. I.LLaw: EC 251.001(2)

The rule omits actions against the Legislative Priorities as a basis for censure.

Censure of Republican officeholdersSR Art. II §1.BLaw: RPT Rule 44

The text omits the primary committee, which reviews and approves the ballot format.

Primary electionsSR Art. II §2Law: EC 172.081; EC 172.083

The text omits the Committee's duty to set convention dates, times and places.

ConventionsSR Art. II §3Law: RPT Rule 19; RPT Rule 27A

The text omits the Committee's duty to apportion delegate votes after precinct lines change.

ConventionsSR Art. II §3Law: RPT Rule 23A(d)

The text calls the Secretary "elected", but the Bylaws have the Secretary appointed.

Vacancy in the office of County ChairSR Art. II §4.ALaw: BL Art. IV §1

The text has no fallback if the Secretary does not call the meeting.

Vacancy in the office of County ChairSR Art. II §4.ALaw: EC 171.025(b)

The text does not state the limits on replacing a candidate who withdraws.

Replacement nominationsSR Art. II §5Law: EC 145.036(b)

The affiliation test reaches elected chairs, while the statute names only appointees, unless state party rules adopt the test for elected chairs.

Precinct chair eligibilitySR Art. III §1.CLaw: EC 162.001(a)(3); EC 162.001(a)(4)

The text says nothing about a runoff when no candidate wins a majority.

Election of precinct chairsSR Art. III §2.ALaw: EC 171.022(b)

The text allows write-ins but omits the declaration, deadline and list the statute requires.

Election of precinct chairsSR Art. III §2.ALaw: EC 171.0231(b)

The text omits posting the appointee with the Secretary of State and updating the chair list.

Appointment to fill a precinct chair vacancySR Art. III §2.BLaw: EC 171.024(e); RPT Rule 8(h)

The duties expect service on a Standing Committee, while the qualifications accept a Committee or Team.

Duties of the precinct chairSR Art. III §4.ALaw: SR Art. III §1.E

"Should attend" and "is expected be a member" may state duties or only hopes.

Duties of the precinct chairSR Art. III §4

The flyer disclaimer must match word for word, with no room for close wording.

Duties of the precinct chairSR Art. III §4.C

The text does not say when a resignation takes effect or whether it can be withdrawn.

Precinct chair resignationSR Art. III §3.A

The text does not say when a precinct boundary change creates a vacancy.

Precinct chair loss of eligibilitySR Art. III §3.ALaw: EC 171.023(b)

The rules do not mention a member's right to name a temporary replacement during military duty.

Temporary replacement during military serviceSR Art. IIILaw: EC 171.0251(b)

The list omits the 2026 ground on terrorism and conduct against the Party's priorities.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.CLaw: RPT Rule 8(n)

The text names an "SREC member", and it is open whether a county-level sanction reaches an ex-officio SREC member.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.CLaw: RPT Rule 8(n)

The 2025-05-05 minute quotes item 3 and the sanctions paragraph, but not the notice paragraph.

Discipline of elected party officialsSR Art. III §3.C

The vacancy-meeting duty appears twice, and only one copy sets a 20-day limit.

SecretarySR Art. IV §4.BLaw: SR Art. II §4.A

Amendments to minutes go "opposite the Article amended", which does not fit minutes.

SecretarySR Art. IV §4.D

The sentence about attaching final versions to the minutes appears twice.

SecretarySR Art. IV §4.C

"State Ethic's Commission" misnames the Texas Ethics Commission.

TreasurerSR Art. IV §5.F

The annual report goes to "a closed meeting", a term no rule defines.

TreasurerSR Art. IV §5.C

"If available" and "following the election" differ from the Bylaws' rule for naming all officers.

ParliamentarianSR Art. IV §6Law: BL Art. IV §1

Reports go to the County Chair "and/or" the Committee "as deemed necessary", without saying who decides.

Executive team directorsSR Art. IV §8

A member who stops being a Precinct Chair keeps the seat without a vote, and no rule frees the seat.

Standing committees and who may serveSR Art. V Preamble ¶7

The text calls Standing Committees "sub-committees" of the Executive Committee.

Standing committees and who may serveSR Art. V Preamble ¶1

The sizes count "members to be elected", so the chair and added members may or may not count toward the limit.

Standing committees and who may serveSR Art. V Preamble ¶8

The copy posted on the party website merges the 2 paragraphs adopted on 2025-09-15 into one.

Vacancies in chair and director positionsSR Art. V Preamble ¶4; SR Art. V Preamble ¶5

Chairs report "when requested", without saying by whom, and "after each meeting" may mean either kind of meeting.

Committee attendance and reportsSR Art. V Preamble ¶6

The list names "Community Engagement" where the Bylaws say "Events and Community Engagement".

Executive teams and appointing directorsSR Art. V Preamble ¶9Law: BL Art. VI §4

The text does not say who may serve on a team.

Executive teams and appointing directorsSR Art. V Preamble ¶9

The budget is prepared "annually" and may be reallocated "one time", which may mean once a year or once a budget.

Budget CommitteeSR Art. V §1

The text does not say what happens if no budget is approved by the start of a year.

Budget CommitteeSR Art. V §1

The review runs on the calendar year, which may differ from the Treasurer's fiscal year.

Financial Review CommitteeSR Art. V §3Law: SR Art. IV §5

The review is reported "at the first Executive Committee meeting of the calendar year", which may or may not mean the first regular meeting.

Financial Review CommitteeSR Art. V §3

The Committee checks proposals against the RPT Rules only, not the Election Code.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4

A vice chair presides in the chair's absence, but the text does not say how one is chosen.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4

The copy posted on the party website leaves a stray "Rev 1.22.25" tag at the end of item F.

Rules CommitteeSR Art. V §4.F

"The Team shall be led by a 'Communications Director' and shall be appointed" makes the team, not the Director, the one appointed.

Communications TeamSR Art. V §5

The heading says "Communications/PR Team", while the Bylaws say "Communications".

Communications TeamSR Art. V §5Law: BL Art. VI §4

No minutes are found for 2025-02-19, the likely date this heading and 3 other changes were adopted.

Communications TeamSR Art. V §5

"Recruit, qualify, vet, vacancy applicants" may be 3 verbs aimed at vacancy applicants or a list missing a word.

Precinct Chair Recruitment and Vetting CommitteeSR Art. V §6

The size of 13 is fixed, though the membership depends on the number of House Districts.

Precinct Chair Recruitment and Vetting CommitteeSR Art. V §6

The vetting rule calls it the "Party Training and Programs Committee", not a Team.

Party Training and Programs TeamSR Art. V §6

The text says the Legislative Priorities are "outlined in the SREC Bylaws"; the State Convention adopts them.

Legislative and Political Priorities CommitteeSR Art. V §9Law: RPT Rule 34(c)

Other rules name a "Legislative Priorities Committee", a "Legislative Committee" and a "Candidate and Endorsement Committee".

Legislative and Political Priorities CommitteeSR Art. V §9Law: SR Art. V §4; SR Art. V §9.E; SR Art. V §16.E

The text calls local, county, state and federal officials a single "legislative caucus".

Legislative and Political Priorities CommitteeSR Art. V §9

The text does not say who sends the RPT endorsement applications to the SREC.

Candidate CommitteeSR Art. V §10

"The support given by the CCGOP" may mean the party as an entity, or also its members acting on their own.

Candidate CommitteeSR Art. V §10

The copy posted on the party website moves the footnote on "publicly elected official" into the rule text.

Candidate CommitteeSR Art. V §10.B

"Local endorsed candidates or Republican primary nominees" may limit "local" to endorsed candidates or apply it to nominees too.

Get Out the Vote CommitteeSR Art. V §11

The rule has no link to the support plan for endorsed candidates.

Get Out the Vote CommitteeSR Art. V §11Law: SR Art. I.L

The sentence "May coordinate with any committees" has no subject.

Volunteer Organization TeamSR Art. V §12

"Bi-annual" can mean twice a year, though the primary is every 2 years, and "Republic identifying" likely means Republican.

Elections CommitteeSR Art. V §13

The section names no Director, though the Bylaws say Directors lead the teams.

Prayer TeamSR Art. V §15Law: BL Art. VI §5

Item C says pollbooks are certified "by January 1", a date the statute does not set.

Election Security CommitteeSR Art. V §16.CLaw: EC 31.014(b)

The purpose sentence repeats itself: "by: The Committee may accomplish this purpose by".

Election Security CommitteeSR Art. V §16

"Every State House District in the County" may mean districts wholly inside the county or also those partly inside.

House District committees and their purposeSR Art. VI §1

The defined term "the House District or HD" names both the committee and the district.

House District committees and their purposeSR Art. VI §1

The text uses "caucus meeting" and "caucus/committee" for the same body without defining either.

House District committee meetingsSR Art. VI §4

The text does not say how the HD Chair relates to the chair of the statutory district committee.

House District chairsSR Art. VI §5Law: EC 171.053(b)

"Relative" is not defined here or in the Candidate Committee rule.

House District chairsSR Art. VI §5; SR Art. V §10.B

"Notwithstanding the limitation in Article V" does not name the limitation.

Duties of House District chairsSR Art. VI §6

"Within thirty (30) calendar days after knowledge of such vacancy" may limit the call or the caucus, and names no one whose knowledge counts.

Vacancy in a House District chairSR Art. VI §7

The text omits the County Chair's duty to keep these records and show them on request.

Precinct convention recordsSR Art. VIILaw: RPT Rule 22(d)

The text does not say who sends the notice of a proposed amendment.

Amending the Standing RulesSR Art. VIII

Copies of the Standing Rules sent to members carry 14 "Rev" tags in the rule text, with no note of what each means.

Amending the Standing RulesSR (whole text)

The clause does not cover a conflict with the Election Code.

SeverabilitySR Art. IXLaw: EC 161.001

The County Chair "may postpone" a meeting up to 15 days, and the text may or may not limit that power to a stated emergency.

Electronic meetings in an emergencyBL Art. III §8

"A regular or special meeting called for that purpose" may require a regular meeting called for the amendment, or only a special one.

Amending the BylawsBL Art. IX; SR Art. VIII

"Following a primary election" may limit all 3 events, death, incapacity and ineligibility, or only "ruled ineligible".

Replacement nominationsSR Art. II §5Law: EC 145.035

"Expenditures of $500 or greater that are in excess of authorized budgets" may measure the expenditure or the excess.

TreasurerSR Art. IV §5.A

"It is also in charge of preparing the ballot" may mean the Executive Committee or the primary elections administrator.

Primary electionsSR Art. II §2Law: EC 52.002

The exception runs "upon certification as the Republican Party nominee for an office" without saying whose certification, so it may cover only the nominee or every candidate and officeholder.

Campaign operations in party office spaceBL Art. III §5

"The County Chair may appoint Temporary Committees" may make the County Chair the only one who can create a committee, or name one route among those RONR gives the Committee.

Temporary committeesBL Art. VI §2Law: RONR 13:1; RONR 50:10

The current rules omit the first meeting the County Chair must call for each statutory district committee, and leave out a County Chair who lives in the district.

House District committeesBL Art. VII §1; SR Art. VI §1Law: EC 171.053(a); EC 171.053(c)

The text says nothing of the senate district caucus duties: shared convention sites, the delegate ratio, the temporary convention chair and a vacant district chair.

Senate district caucusesSR Art. II §3Law: RPT Rule 28; RPT Rule 23A(b); RPT Rule 29(a); EC 171.054(c)

The County Chair prepares the agenda "for all Executive Committee meetings", which may include a meeting the Precinct Chairs call because the County Chair failed to.

Calling meetings and changing the agendaSR Art. I.KLaw: BL Art. V §2; BL Art. V §3

Applicant training is to be "completed by the Party Training and Programs Committee", but the Team's own list of whom it trains omits applicants.

Party Training and Programs TeamSR Art. III §2.B; SR Art. V §6; SR Art. V §7