Precinct Committee Person Info

This page is designed to assist people interested in becoming a Precinct Committee Person or PCP a chance to see what is involved in that position.

Precinct Committee Persons Description of Responsibilities

Vote on county party leadership every two years in even-numbered years.
Continue to build a network in their precinct that encourages others to become more involved with party activities. Those activities might include such things as attending regular county meetings intended to inform and gather advice, volunteering or even running as a candidate during election seasons, and making donations to the county organization and to campaigns. Precinct Committee Persons (PCPs) will be given contact lists that include addresses, phone numbers, and other information that will assist in their efforts. It is very important to listen to the concerns of constituents and share them with other party leaders in a timely manner.
Actively support Democratic candidates and volunteer as they are able by helping with phone banks, canvassing or other voter outreach activities.

Precinct Committee Persons are normally elected officials. Candidates file and run during each primary election that occurs every two years in August. However, if no one files and there is a vacancy in a given precinct, then the county chair may appoint someone to fill that vacancy. This is the Kansas Statute having to do with this issue: (if you don’t understand the legalese, that’s OK! You don’t have to understand it to become a Precinct Committee Person – just bring your passion for issues you care about as a Democrat!)

25-3801. Precinct committeemen and committeewomen; eligibility for office or candidacy; filling vacancies. (a) At each primary election, the members of the party residing in each precinct in each county of the state shall elect a man of their number as precinct committeeman and a woman of their number as precinct committeewoman. No person shall be eligible to be a candidate for or hold the office of precinct committeeman or precinct committeewoman of a party in any precinct unless such person actually lives, resides and occupies a place of abode in such precinct, and is in all other respects a qualified elector and is shown as a member of such party on the party affiliation list, in the office of the county election officer. Except as provided in subsection (b), any vacancy occurring in the office of precinct committeeman or committeewoman shall be promptly filled by appointment by the county chairperson, except that any vacancy which occurs because the party had no candidate at such primary election shall not be filled until the county central committee has elected or reelected its chairperson. Not later than three days after appointment of precinct committeemen and committeewomen, the county chairperson making the appointments shall notify the county election officer of such appointments. The county election officer shall make such appointments public immediately upon receipt thereof. As used in this act, “primary election” means the statewide election held in August of even-numbered years.

(b) When a convention is to be held under article 39 of chapter 25 of Kansas Statutes Annotated to fill a vacancy, no appointments shall be made under subsection (a): (1) After the county chairperson has received notice from the county election officer of a vacancy or a pending vacancy in a county elected office; or (2) after the county chairperson in each county, all or a part of which, is located within a legislative district has received notice from the secretary of state of a vacancy or a pending vacancy in a legislative office.

After the vacancy has been filled by a person elected at a convention held under article 39 of chapter 25 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, any vacancy in the office of precinct committeeman or committeewoman shall be filled as provided by subsection (a).