Job Description: Chairperson

Per Indiana State Democrat Rules:

IV. Statements of Principle Rule 9.

Gender Equality

(a) All gender identities are eligible for all offices and appointments provided for by Indiana election law and these Rules.

(b) To preserve equality of representation in all Party committees, the chair and vice chair or committeeperson and vice committeeperson shall not be of the same gender identity. This Rule does not apply to other officers, but Party members are encouraged to make determined efforts to create equal gender representation in their committees. In instances where an individual is non-binary, the alternate position shall be of another gender identity.

(c) If a vacancy in the office of chair or committeeperson is filled with an individual of the same gender identity as the vice chair or vice committeeperson, the lesser office shall be automatically vacated by operation of Rule 9(b) above.

(d) If approved by the county chair, a vice committeeperson may be a relative of a committeeperson who resides in the same household.