County Chairmen

The four city chairmen of each party constitute the County Central Committee of that party.  Some time Sunday, these four political leaders will meet at the call of the County Counselor and by election, agreement, or lot, designate on of their number as County Chairman and another as Vice Chairman.  At the outset, the most important job the Chairman has is to chair the county caucus of the party Sunday.  At this convention the citizen who belong to a particular political party sitting as a party convention make up a slate of party nominees for county offices to be voted for on Tuesday.

State Central Committee

The state committee of each party consists of the chairman and vice chairman from each county.  Both State Central Committees will be called into session on Monday morning to make plans for their party conventions Tuesday night.  Each committee should organize itself by electing a State Chairman, a State Vice Chairman, and as many other officers as may be necessary.  The state committee of each party is considered a board of strategy for the party and should have considerable voice in the formulation of its party platforms.  A Staff Counselor will be assigned to each State Central Committee as an advisor.

The State Central Committee is in charge of the State Convention.  The Chairman of the State Central Committee usually is the presiding officer of the State Convention.  He may delegate this responsibility to another member of the committee.

The Premier Boys State party conventions of both parties are held on Tuesday night.

Each State Central Committee must prescribe its own rules for the conducts of its convention.  By the time the conventions assemble, the Committee will know how many candidates have filed nominating petitions for each State office.

Each State Central Committee must herefore determine for its own

1.  the sequence in which candidates may appear before the convention to speak in their own behalf.

2.  the length of time that can be allotted to each speaker, taking into account the status of each position in the hierarchy of government.

3.  whether speakers other than the candidates may address the convention.

4.  the rules of decorum and methods of enforcing such rules, including the appointment of sergeants-at-arms and

5.  any other matters which might be necessary to the conduct of an orderly convention.

These rules are drafted by the State Central Committee.  They are then presented to the convention and should be adopted by the convention.  After the chairman of the Rules Committee has read the proposed rules, he customarily moves to adopt, another member of the committee seconds, and the chair puts the question.  Sometimes, albeit rarely, amendments to the rules are offered from the floor, and they may then be considered by the convention as a whole.

The effect of adopting rules of a convention is to bind all members of the party to their observance.

In addition to conducting a forum for the candidates, each convention may perform all other functions inherent to such political organization and not inconsistent with the Constitution and statutes of Premier Boys State.

The State Central Committee also, after its organization, drafts the platforms of the party.  Usually the Chairman of the committee to serve as the Chairman of the Platform Committee.  The platform also should be adopted by the State convention.

Committeemen, whether they be of the City, county, or State Central Committees, are not public officers, since they in no way represent the State of any subdivision thereof, but represent only a political party.  Consequently, any of these political party offices may be held by an elective or appointive city, county, or state officer.

A special meeting of any central committee may be called by the chairman, or by not less than 25% of the members of such committee, by giving one hour's notice to such committee in writing of the time and place at which such special meeting is to be held, and the business which is proposed to be presented at such special meeting.

The biggest job of the State Central Committee of course is to get out the vote.  After the slate of candidates has been selected through the medium of the primary, it is the duty of the State Central Committee to beat the drums for their party's candidates.  They are to organize the voters in their respective balliwicks, and get out the vote for their party.

Citizens with odd numbered serial numbers belong to the Federalist Party and citizens with even numbers to the Nationalist Party.