County Convention 2024

If you are a Precinct Committeeperson elected in the March 19th Primary, this meeting is for you. 

The Democratic Party of McHenry County will meet at 7:00 p.m., April 17th at McHenry County College in the Conference Center, on the upper level of the college. 

This meeting serves as the biennial County Convention, at which officers are elected to lead the party for a two-year term. Only precinct committeepersons elected at the March 19, 2024 primary are eligible to vote at this meeting. In accordance with the party's constitution, the positions to be elected at this meeting are:

• Chair
• Vice Chair
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• General Counsel

In addition, the members of each of the nine County Board Districts are to elect a District Chair, by assembling in a caucus after the officers are elected.

Nominating procedure

The nomination of any officer or district chair shall be made by nominating petition, signed by no less than three elected members of the Central Committee, designating the office sought and presented to the presiding officer of the County Convention. Officers shall be elected by a majority of the weighted vote of the elected members of the Central Committee present at the County Convention, and district chairs shall be elected by a majority of the weighted vote of the elected members of the Central Committee from their respective districts who are present at the County Convention.

The order of elections at the County Convention shall be county chair, vice chair, treasurer, secretary, general counsel, and the district chairs in numerical order of their districts.

The nomination petitions can be found by clicking on the images below:

Upon adjournment, there will be refreshments, and a brief regular meeting of the Central Committee meeting will take place.

If you have any questions regarding the convention, please email Ruth at [email protected].