Precinct Chair Vacancies

Precinct Chairs represent the smallest unit of the organization yet one of the most important! The Precinct Chair's performance has a profound effect on the overall strength, influence and success of the County Party. Elections can be won or lost in the voting precincts at the grassroots level.

Open Positions

We currently have vacancies in the following precincts:

To apply for an open position, please read “Precinct Chair Duties” below, then fill out the Precinct Chair application.

View list of all current Precinct Chairs »

Qualifications

To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a Precinct Chairman, a person must be a qualified voter residing within the bounds of the precinct represented and that person must have voted in the most recent prior Republican primary or take the Oath of Affiliation of Political Party. ​​Precinct Chairs are chosen by the Precinct's Republican Primary voters at the biennial General Primary Election. Together with the County Chair, who is chosen by the County Republican Primary voters at the biennial General Primary election, the Precinct Chairs constitute the Republican County Executive Committee. The term of office for both Party positions is two years. During the biennium, a vacant Precinct Chair position may be filled by majority vote of the Executive Committee.

Responsibilities

  1. Regularly attend Executive Committee meetings.

  2. Attend Precinct Chair training when offered.

  3. Participate in Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) efforts such as block walking your precinct before the election, emailing, phone calling, social media outreach, etc.

  4. Support the General Election Republican candidates.

  5. During the spring Primary (in even years) serve as the Temporary and/or Permanent Chair for your Republican Precinct Convention as well as provide leadership for your precinct's delegation to the biennial Senatorial District convention.

  6. Responsible for serving as the Election Judge of your respective precinct or securing a qualified Republican to serve in this capacity.

  7. As an Elections Judge, proactively seek the number of clerks allowed (by Election Central) to work on Election Day or assist your replacement in finding clerks, if needed.

  8. Election Judges and clerks must attend the required election training (for each election) that is conducted by Montgomery County Elections Office.

Note: Both Election Judges and clerks are paid for working on Election Day and for required training.