Rules and Methods —— Election of Party Branches (2)
First, the main procedures for the election of party branches
1. Election preparation
(1) Write a report for instructions on re-election of the Party branch committee to the higher party organization. Before the general election, the Party branch committee should hold a general party membership meeting meeting to discuss and make a resolution on the general election and re-election, and write a report on asking the higher party organizations to re-elect the Party branch committee. The main contents of the request report include: the establishment time and expiration time of the current Party branch committee, when the general election will be held, and the number of members, secretaries and deputy secretaries of the next Party branch committee and the election method. After the approval of the higher-level party organization, the preparations for the election can be started.
(2) Prepare the work report of the Party branch committee. It is necessary to hold a meeting of the Party branch committee, conduct collective research on how to draft the work report, draw up an outline and designate drafters. In drafting the work report, we should listen to the opinions of the masses inside and outside the Party, fully affirm the achievements, and find out the problems existing in the work and the new ideas and methods for improving the work. After full discussion and revision, we will finally submit them to the Party branch committee for discussion and approval.
(3) Conduct election education. Party branches should educate party member in four aspects by organizing life and necessary meetings: first, the education of the party’s democratic centralism; The second is to educate the guiding ideology of the branch meeting; Third, the education of cadre policies and standards; The fourth is the education of correctly exercising democratic rights.
(4) brewing to determine candidates. Candidates must be determined through full deliberation and discussion between party organizations and voters. Its form can be nominated by party member or the party group first, and the opinions of the party branch Committee will be put forward after careful deliberation; It can also be nominated by the Party branch committee and submitted to the party group and party member for deliberation and discussion. When planning and determining the candidates for Party branch committee members, we must fully consider the work needs, work ability and political and ideological performance; The candidates attending the Party Congress at the next higher level must be advanced, pure and representative, and can fully reflect all aspects of the branch and the voices and demands of party member and groups.
(5) Determine the election method of the General Assembly. The Party branch committee shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of party constitution and the actual situation of this branch, formulate specific election methods from the perspective of promoting inner-party democracy and reflecting the will of voters. Its contents include: it is necessary to make clear the basis for formulating election methods; The content, number of places and the number of differential elections of the general assembly election; The method of selecting candidates and the order of arrangement; Election method; The method of drawing ballot papers and the provisions on determining whether they are valid or invalid; Methods for the selection of scrutineers and tellers; The specific requirements and practices of voting; Determine the provisions of the election of the elected people and the order of the elected people. The election method needs to be submitted to the higher party organization for approval.
(6) Printing ballot papers, preparing ballot boxes and arranging election venues. Ballot papers should be uniform and not marked or marked. The list of candidates should be arranged in the order of surname strokes (pre-selected candidates can be arranged in the order of the number of votes). At the same time, spaces equal to the number of places to be elected should be listed for the electors to fill in when choosing others. The ballot paper should be stamped with the seal of the branch or the seal of the branch. The layout of the venue should be solemn and simple.
2. Election procedure
(1) Count the number of people and confirm the election qualification. The election meeting was presided over by the last Party branch committee. Before announcing the meeting, the host should first count the number of people attending the meeting in party member. After the inventory, it is necessary to report the results to all party member, indicating the total number of party member in this branch, including the number of party member who have the right to vote and stand for election; The actual number of people attending the meeting is party member, including party member who has the right to vote and be elected. Only when party member, who actually has the right to vote, exceeds four-fifths of the number of people who should attend the meeting, can the meeting be declared valid and can be held, otherwise the meeting will be invalid.
(2) Make a work report to the General Assembly. The report of the Party branch committee to the branch general party membership meeting is an important agenda of the general election meeting. After the report is discussed by all party member and adopted by the branch general party membership meeting, the Party branch committee shall copy the work report in duplicate, one for the higher party organization and the other for the document file of the Party branch.
(3) through the election method and the staff of scrutinizing and counting votes. The election method proposed by the Party branch committee shall be submitted to party member for deliberation after being approved in principle by the higher-level party organization and before the branch general party membership meeting formally votes, and then passed by a show of hands. The election staff for scrutineering and counting of votes at the General Assembly may be nominated by party member or put forward a list of suggestions by the Party branch committee, but no matter who nominates, it must be approved by the branch general party membership meeting by a show of hands. Neither the members of this Party branch nor the candidates of the next Party branch committee are suitable to serve as election staff. The scrutineers are responsible for supervising the whole process of the election. The tellers work under the supervision of the scrutineers.
(4) Publish the list of candidates and introduce the candidates. Before the official election, the Party branch committee should announce the list of candidates to general party membership meeting Branch, and truthfully introduce the recommendation process of the list of candidates and the resume, work performance, main advantages and disadvantages of each candidate, so as to help party member understand the candidates more comprehensively. If party member makes an inquiry, the Party branch committee should make necessary explanations and explanations to party member; At the request of the electors, the candidates may introduce themselves and explain themselves and answer questions raised by the electors.
(5) Distribute and fill in the ballot papers. Under the supervision of scrutineers, the tellers accurately check the number of people participating in the election and the number of votes, and then distribute the votes to party member, who has the right to vote at the meeting, and report to the conference host. After the ballot papers are distributed, the scrutineer will explain the matters needing attention and requirements to party member, and then party member will fill in the ballot papers. There are five points to pay attention to when filling in the ballot paper: First, the ballot paper shall not be altered or torn, and generally it will not be replaced if it is filled in, and it will be treated as waiver or invalidation; Second, the electors cannot attend the meeting for some reason and cannot entrust others to fill it out on their behalf; Third, party member can abstain from voting, but it should be decided carefully; Fourth, you can’t choose another person after abstaining from voting, and you can choose another person after voting against it; Fifth, electors can vote for themselves in the election.
(6) Voting and invoicing. Before voting, ballot boxes should be inspected by election staff in public, and sealed in public after confirmation. The voting sequence is that the election staff will vote first, and then party member will vote one by one. If there is no ballot box, the scrutineers can take back the votes one by one. After the voting, the scrutineers opened the ballot boxes in public and counted the number of votes taken back. If the votes recovered are equal to or less than the votes issued, the election is valid; If more votes are collected than issued, the election is invalid.
(7) Judge the elected person by counting votes. Counting votes means recording all the votes of candidates and other candidates by singing and recording votes, and counting the number of votes of each person accordingly, and judging the winner according to regulations. First, when an election is held in general party membership meeting Branch, the number of people who have the right to vote exceeds four fifths of the number who should attend the meeting, and the meeting is valid. Elected people can only be elected if they get more than half of the votes in favor. Second, when the number of elected people is more than the number of places to be elected, the one with the most votes will be elected. Third, when more than half of the candidates are less than the number of places to be elected, only the vacancies need to be by-elected, and there is no need to choose all of them. For the by-election of vacancies, a differential election may be held among the candidates who have won more than half of the votes. If it is close to the number of places to be elected, it can also reduce the number of places and stop the election; Fourth, in case of an equal number of votes, if the winner cannot be determined, the candidate with an equal number of votes shall be re-voted, and the one with more votes shall be elected. Fifth, if a non-candidate gets more than half of the votes and the number of votes is within the range of the number of candidates to be elected, it should be valid and elected. Sixth, if the number of votes of the candidates has just reached half but not more than half, they cannot be elected. Seventh, if the ballot paper is altered or torn, and the candidate cannot be confirmed, it will be treated as invalid.
(8) Announce the election results and seal up the ballot papers. After counting the votes, the scrutineers shall sign the results of counting the votes, announce the votes of the candidates in public, announce the list of elected persons, and explain that the list of elected persons shall take effect after being approved by the superiors. After the election, the election staff should count and seal the votes, hand them over to the newly-created Party branch committee for filing, and destroy them after being kept for a period of time with the permission of their superiors.
3. Post-election work
(1) Hold the first meeting of the new Party branch committee to determine the division of labor of Party branch members. After the election meeting, the first meeting of the new Party branch committee should be held in time. The meeting shall be presided over by a newly elected member recommended by the members of the branch Committee. The main content of the meeting is to elect the secretary and deputy secretary of the party branch and study the division of labor among the members of the party branch.
(2) report the election results to the higher party organizations. The Party branch committee shall report the election meeting to the higher party organization in writing, and report the division of labor of the members of the Party branch committee to the higher party organization for approval and filing.
(3) Do a good job in ideological and political work of unsuccessful candidates. It is normal for some candidates to lose the election by difference. It is necessary to educate party member, who lost the election, to treat himself correctly, to find out the reasons for his failure and the ways to improve his work, to further do his work well, and to give full play to party member’s due vanguard and exemplary role.
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