# Republican Rules Explained

> Unofficial plain-English guide to Republican Party rules, starting with the 2026 NCGOP Plan of Organization. Every summary cites the plan section.

- [How the party fits together](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/): The party is built from the bottom up. Registered Republicans meet in their precinct, elect delegates to the county convention, and the county convention elects delegates to the district and state conventions (1-201).
- [Precincts](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/precincts): The precinct is where every registered Republican can take part directly. Most party power starts here, because precincts elect the delegates who elect everyone else.
- [County party](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/county): The county party runs day-to-day party work in the county: candidates, money, volunteers, the convention, and recommendations for the county Board of Elections.
- [Committees](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/committees): Each level has an executive committee, and there are several standing committees. This page lists who sits on each and what it can do.
- [Congressional district](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/district): The congressional district party connects the counties to the state. Its main job is electing the Republican nominee for Congress in that district (6-101).
- [State party](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/state): The state party sets policy, runs the State Convention, and keeps this plan. The State Executive Committee is the supreme governing body (7-101).
- [Discipline, loyalty and primaries](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/discipline): These rules reach party officers and committee members. The party cannot change anyone's voter registration.
- [Clubs and federations](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/clubs): Republican Women, Republican Men, Young Republicans and similar groups work alongside the party but are not part of its formal structure.
- [Running a meeting: Robert's Rules](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/meetings): When the state plan, your county plan and any adopted convention rules don't answer a question, the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised decides it (2-101, 2-102). Most of what happens on a meeting floor comes from Robert's Rules.
- [Full plan text](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/plan): every section, anchored as /plan#s-<number>
- [County plans](https://republicanrulesexplained.com/counties): which NC counties have their own plan