This form will serve as your written notice to the President and to the Chair of the Credential's committee of your intent to run for YDG Board of Directors positions.

BYLAWS ARTICLE V: ELECTED OFFICERS
I. SECTION B§5.1. Election Order.
a. The order of elections shall be as follows: President, Executive Vice President, Vice
President of Membership, Vice President of Programs, Vice President of Finance,
Secretary, Treasurer, and National Committee Representatives.

 II. SECTION B§5.2. Nominations.
a. Each person seeking elected office must declare for the position(s) in writing to the
Credentials Committee Chair and the YDG President at least two (2) days prior to the
convening of the State Convention. If no one has declared for a particular office in
advance, the floor is automatically open for nominations. Nominationsf or each office
may be opened from the floor by a majority vote of the entire convention.

III. SECTION B§5.3 Qualifications.
a. No person shall hold office in the YDG who is prohibited from holding office in a political
organization by any government regulation. If a YDG officer takes employment covered
by such regulations, that officer's resignation from office takes effect upon
commencement of such employment.
b. No person shall be a candidate for YDG President or National Committee Representative
who is now thirty-six (36) years of age or who would become thirty-six (36) years of age
during their term of office.
c. National Committee Representatives shall be elected so asto have different gender
identities from each other.
d. Any individual YDG member may only hold a single elected voting office on the Board of
Directors at any single time.

IV. SECTION B§5.4 Resignation Upon Attaining Public Office.
a. Any member of the YDG Executive Committee, whether elected or member by virtue of a
chapter presidency, but not to include appointed officers, shall immediately take a
leave of absence from their position on the Board of Directors upon their qualification
or candidacy in a contested public partisan primary election,such abstention to expire
upon the conclusion of the primary.
b. This bylaw shall not permit the President of YDG to take a leave of absence under this
section. Upon their qualification for public office, the President must resign.
c. This Section shall not prohibit any YDG Executive Committee member from pursuing an
office of the Democratic Party of Georgia or a subdivision thereof.