{"id":15,"date":"2013-01-08T07:22:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T07:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-03-14T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:21:46","slug":"bylaws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Bylaws &#038; Standing Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Standing Rules:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><a style=\"color: #333300;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/177ye82KEjiBRlpvpwTHcnljT-bett6RmPUYeTh6dL5w\/edit?usp=sharing\">-County Charter Review Endorsement Rules &#8211; 6\/8\/2024<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\"><a style=\"color: #333300;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1uGxVJeXqSg991909uqtIz3IVx-nPr7Th-iFrGhiEJKQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">-Standing Rules for Endorsement &#8211; 2\/14\/2026<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">&#8211; <a style=\"color: #333300;\" title=\"Resolutions\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/42nd-standingrules-resolutions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standing Rules for Resolutions &#8211; Adopted &#8211; 4\/9\/2011<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333300;\">&#8211; <a style=\"color: #333300;\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/WSDCC-Code-of-Conduct.pdf\">WA Dems Code of Conduct<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8211; <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/42nd-Legislative-District-Democratic-Committee-Procedures-for-Code-of-Conduct-Violations.pdf\">42nd LD Dems Procedures for Code of Conduct Violations- 7\/28\/2020<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>BYLAWS:<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-14-ByLaws-42nd-Dems.pdf\"><strong>Copy Of Bylaws<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Preamble to our Bylaws:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We, the Democrats of the 42nd Legislative District, State of Washington, believe in the ideals expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America \u2013 That all power to govern resides with the people. In accordance with the National Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States, we organize and pledge ourselves to promote a truly representative party open to all who support its principles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We further pledge to make every effort to encourage informed participation in the political process and to protect individual rights, civil liberties, our environment, and social and economic justice for all. To this end, we shall work cooperatively with all Democratic organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome everyone to our meetings and ask that the people of the 42nd legislative district who agree with the principles of the Democratic Party to be involved in our district, shaping your local democratic party and electing officials who share our commitment to the Democratic Party and it\u2019s platform.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing Rules: -County Charter Review Endorsement Rules &#8211; 6\/8\/2024 -Standing Rules for Endorsement &#8211; 2\/14\/2026 &#8211; Standing Rules for Resolutions &#8211; Adopted &#8211; 4\/9\/2011 &#8211; WA Dems Code of Conduct &#8211; 42nd LD Dems Procedures for Code of Conduct Violations- 7\/28\/2020 BYLAWS: Copy Of Bylaws Preamble to our Bylaws: We, the Democrats of the 42nd &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/?page_id=15\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bylaws &#038; Standing Rules&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39915,"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/39915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.42dems.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}