Whatcom County Precinct Committee Officer
PCOs
PCO Duties Overview
These duties may take a minimum of twenty hours per year, or a few hours a month.
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​Ongoing Duties
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Attend district and county Party meetings, help formulate policy, and recruit party candidates and volunteers
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Support all Republican candidates
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Assist with fundraising events, as possible
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Distribute candidate information to neighbors
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Engage in Get-Out-the Vote activities: register voters and urge voter turnout
​Biennial Duties
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Conduct a Precinct Caucus
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Select officers of the County Central Committee
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File for election for Precinct Committee Officer
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If this sounds like something you would like to do please check out the column to the right on how to become a PCO.
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How to Become a PCO
1. ​Eligibility & Election
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Be a member of the Republican Party.
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Be a registered voter in the precinct.
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File for election in even numbered years.
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If unopposed a PCO candidate is automatically elected, if opposed whoever receives the most votes in the August Primary will be elected.
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Serve a two year term starting December 1st following the election.
​2. PCO Appointments
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Appointment for open precincts must be after the county reorganization meeting.
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Eligibility: must declare to be a member of a major political party, registered voter in the precinct.
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Appointment is made by the County Chair and may require approval of the County Executive Board
​3. PCO Captains
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If the County Chair cannot find a person with a precinct to serve as a PCO, then he or she may appoint a precinct captain. This individual acts as a PCO but does not live within the precinct.
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Same eligibility and process as a PCO appointment except appointee may live outside precinct to which he or she is being appointed Captain.
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To sign up for more information, please check out the column on the right or call the office
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The Precinct Committee officer is the official representative of the precinct to the Republican Party. This is a partisan office established to represent the voters within a specific geographical area.
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