DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meets  ...1 of 1 >
Nov. 7, 2014 -- Days after Democrats endured a drubbing in the midterm elections, members of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met at Twelve and K Hotel to go over "Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee for the 2016 Democratic National Convention."  The work proceeded fairly quickly as only minor changes were required from the regulations used for the 2012 convention.  These regulations apply until the Convention standing committees take over 56 days out from the Convention.  Earlier in the year, the Rules and Bylaws Committee drafted the Delegate Selection Rules and the Call for the 2016 Democratic National Convention (1, 2); the full DNC approved those documents at their summer meeting in Atlanta on Aug. 23.  Meanwhile, the DNC has not yet determined where the party will hold its Convention; an announcement is expected later this year or early in 2015.  The dates of the Convention are not yet known either.
The regulations require state Democratic parties to submit their Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plans and inclusion programs to the Rules and Bylaws Committee by May 4, 2015.  The RBC is required to act on the plans by Sept. 15, 2015.
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