The following amendment to the Charter and Bylaws of the Democratic Party of the United States will be considered by the Rules and Bylaws Committee at its meeting February 11, 2005 in conjunction with the meetings of the Democratic National Committee, February 10-12, 2005.

Submitted by:        Donald L. Fowler, Member at Large

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Charter

Article Three

Democratic National Committee

    Section 2. The Democratic National Committee shall be composed of:

(s)    fifty members to be elected by the regional caucuses of the Democratic National Committee in compliance with Article Nine of this Charter and otherwise in accordance with procedures to be specified in the Bylaws;

(t)    additional members as provided in Article Nine of this Charter.  No more than seventy-five twenty-five additional members of the Democratic National Committee may be added by the foregoing members.

Bylaws

Article Two

Democratic National Committee

    Section 2. Membership. The Democratic National Committee shall be composed of:

    (s)    fifty members elected by the regional caucuses of the Democratic National Committee in compliance with Article Nine of the Charter and otherwise specified in Section 3 of these Bylaws;

    (t)    No more than seventy-five twenty-five additional members of the Democratic National Committee may be added by the foregoing members.

    Section 3. Selection of Members

    (e)    Persons who are not otherwise members of the Democratic National Committee shall be elected  as members, pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 2(s) of the Charter, by the membership of the regional caucuses as defined in Section 9 of this Article, provided that:

        (i)    each such regional caucus shall elect twelve such persons who legally reside within the geographical boundaries of the states and jurisdictions that are included in that region;

        (ii)    one additional member shall be elected by each of the regional caucuses for the two regions in which the average percentage of the total vote cast for candidates for President of the U.S. that was cast for the Democratic nominee for President were the highest, in the preceding three presidential elections;

        (iii)    the express purposes of electing persons as members of the Democratic National Committee pursuant to this Section 3(e) shall be (a) as to at least nine of the positions to be elected by each regional caucus, to provide representation for groups important to the Democratic Party that have been historically underrepresented, as defined by the Charter and as defined in the rules for affirmative action in the Delegate Selection Rules for the last presidential nominating process, and(b) to give recognition to individuals who have been of importance and significance in the affairs of the Party.

        (iv)    the Rules and Bylaws Committee shall, in consultation and cooperation of the chair of each regional caucus, adopt procedural rules for the election of persons as members of the Democratic National Committee pursuant to this section 3(e), including appropriate goals to ensure achievement of the purposes set forth in section 3(e)(iii) of this Article.;

        (v)    the election of persons by the regional caucuses as members of the DNC pursuant to this section 3(e) shall take place at the second meeting of the Democratic National Committee following each presidential election.