DIVISION 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS [7000. - 7928.]

Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 7000–7928 · 235 sections

PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS § 7000 · 1 section
- § 7000 All references to a voter’s or candidate’s party “registration” or “affiliation” in this division shall refer to the party preference or lack of party…
PART 2. DEMOCRATIC PARTY §§ 7050–7244 · 36 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7050 · 1 section
  - § 7050 This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Democratic Party of California.
2. CHAPTER 2. Presidential Electors § 7100 · 1 section
  - § 7100 In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the candidate in each…
3. CHAPTER 3. State Central Committee §§ 7150–7152 · 3 sections
  - § 7150 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the elements and practices of the state central committee shall be the same as set forth in the standing rules and…
  - § 7151 The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the party. It shall appoint committees and appoint…
  - § 7152 The Democratic Party of California shall post a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on its Internet Web site.
4. CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee §§ 7200–7244 · 31 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7200–7216 · 18 sections
    § 7200 (a) In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from…
    § 7201 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county of the fifth class as defined in Section 28026 of the Government Code, the elected members of the…
    § 7201.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Sacramento, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor…
    § 7201.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Alameda, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly…
    § 7202 In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall…
    § 7203 In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained…
    § 7204 (a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and…
    § 7205 Notwithstanding this article, each county central committee by resolution may provide for the election of all or a portion of central committee members to…
    § 7206 In each county the nominee of this party for Senator or the incumbent Senator, the nominees of this party for the Assembly, and any person elected to either…
    § 7207 The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a)…
    § 7208 A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An…
    § 7209 (a) A person is not eligible for election to a committee if the person’s affidavit of registration does not state a political party preference for this party…
    § 7211 In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which the district is entitled to…
    § 7212 In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes…
    § 7213 Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the…
    § 7214 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been…
    § 7215 A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of…
    § 7216 Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Elections §§ 7225–7230 · 6 sections
    § 7225 At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.
    § 7226 The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each…
    § 7227 In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article…
    § 7228 If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a…
    § 7229 Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or…
    § 7230 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may select its…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Meetings §§ 7235–7236 · 2 sections
    § 7235 All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
    § 7236 The Department of General Services shall permit any committee to hold meetings in a state building within the county. At least one committee meeting each month…
  4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7240–7244 · 5 sections
    § 7240 A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state…
    § 7241 A committee may make rules and regulations providing: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be called, and any provisions so…
    § 7242 The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function…
    § 7243 If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
    § 7244 Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the county elections…
PART 3. REPUBLICAN PARTY §§ 7250–7470 · 48 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7250 · 1 section
  - § 7250 This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and function of that political party known as the California Republican Party.
2. CHAPTER 2. Presidential Electors § 7300 · 1 section
  - § 7300 (a) In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Republican nominees for…
3. CHAPTER 3. State Central Committee §§ 7350–7354 · 4 sections
  - § 7350 The membership of delegates to the state central committee, procedures for notification of members of appointments, proxy provisions, and form of appointment…
  - § 7352 The officers, methods of electing officers, terms of officers, quorum requirements for meetings of the state central committee and procedures for the conduct…
  - § 7353 The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the party. It shall appoint committees and appoint…
  - § 7354 (a) The state central committee may prohibit or limit the power of county central committees established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7400)…
4. CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee §§ 7400–7470 · 42 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7400–7414 · 18 sections
    § 7400 In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected…
    § 7400.1 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Sacramento, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number…
    § 7400.2 Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Placer, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts and shall be composed of…
    § 7400.3 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Santa Clara, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number…
    § 7400.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of San Bernardino, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the…
    § 7401 In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall…
    § 7402 In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained…
    § 7403 (a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and…
    § 7404 (a) In each county, the nominee of the party for State Senator, the nominees of the party for the Assembly, and any person nominated to either the Senate or…
    § 7405 The nominee for each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a) Governor. (b)…
    § 7406 A committee may authorize each elected member and each ex officio member of that committee to appoint an alternate member. An ex officio member who is also an…
    § 7407 A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her…
    § 7409 In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeemembers to which that district is entitled to…
    § 7410 In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes…
    § 7411 (a) Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses four regularly called meetings within one 12-month period shall be removed from the…
    § 7412 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been…
    § 7413 A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of…
    § 7414 Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Election §§ 7420–7425 · 6 sections
    § 7420 (a) At every presidential primary election, a member may be elected to a county central committee to replace a member whose term is expiring. (b) When district…
    § 7421 The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each…
    § 7422 In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article…
    § 7423 If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a…
    § 7424 Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or…
    § 7425 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Meetings §§ 7430–7431 · 2 sections
    § 7430 The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of…
    § 7431 All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
  4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7440–7444 · 5 sections
    § 7440 A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state…
    § 7441 At the first meeting, a committee shall organize by selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other officers and committees as it deems necessary for…
    § 7442 A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be…
    § 7443 The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. Members of a county central…
    § 7444 If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
  5. ARTICLE 5. District Committees §§ 7460–7470 · 11 sections
    § 7460 This article applies only to committees established by Assembly districts or supervisorial districts within a county pursuant to the bylaws of the county…
    § 7461 The committees shall be called county Assembly district committees or county supervisorial district committees.
    § 7462 Each committee shall consist of the persons elected to the county central committee of a single Assembly or supervisorial district.
    § 7463 The district committees of a county and the ex officio members of the county central committee constitute the county central committee of that county.
    § 7464 The district committees may elect any officers and undertake any action as the bylaws of the county central committee of which they are a part provide.
    § 7465 In the event that the candidates elected to a district committee do not equal the number of party committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be…
    § 7466 In the event of the appointment or election to a district committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes…
    § 7467 Any member of a district committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings of the county central committee may be removed by a vote of…
    § 7468 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a district committee from the Assembly district or supervisorial district from which he or she…
    § 7469 A district committee shall remove any member of that committee who is required to be removed under Section 7413.
    § 7470 Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a district committee, the district committee shall notify within 10 days the chairperson of the county…
PART 4. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY §§ 7500–7695 · 65 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7500 · 1 section
  - § 7500 This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the American Independent Party of California.
2. CHAPTER 2. State Convention §§ 7550–7580 · 14 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Delegates §§ 7550–7561 · 7 sections
    § 7550 The state convention shall consist of one delegate for each of the following officers: (a) Governor. (b) Lieutenant Governor. (c) Treasurer. (d) Controller.…
    § 7551 The state convention shall be composed of the following delegates: (a) Each officer named in Section 7550 who was nominated and elected as a candidate of the…
    § 7555 Membership in the state convention shall not be granted to any party nominee unless he or she is registered as being a member of this party.
    § 7556 A vacancy exists in the membership under any of the following circumstances: (a) When there is no “holdover delegate” nor “nominee delegate” of the party. (b)…
    § 7557 Delegates shall be appointed to fill vacancies in the membership as follows: (a) If the vacancy occurs in a senatorial or Assembly district situated wholly…
    § 7559 A county central committee may authorize its chairperson to appoint delegates to fill vacancies in the membership of party state conventions that the county…
    § 7561 If a person is a delegate to the state convention and qualified independently of that fact to be a delegate to the same state convention, he or she shall be a…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings § 7570 · 1 section
    § 7570 The state convention shall meet biennially, at a location designated by the state central committee, at 10 a.m. on a Saturday following the direct primary…
  3. ARTICLE 3. General Business §§ 7575–7580 · 6 sections
    § 7575 The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the state central committee at 10 a.m. of the day designated for the convention. It shall at once…
    § 7576 The chairperson shall appoint a committee consisting of one delegate from each senatorial district, which shall serve as the committee on credentials of the…
    § 7577 The convention, upon election of permanent officers, shall adopt a state platform for this party. This platform shall be made public upon its adoption.
    § 7578 In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the convention shall also…
    § 7579 The vote on any issue at the convention, including the election of officers, may be by rollcall or any other method as may be prescribed by the convention.
    § 7580 The proceedings at the convention shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by the convention.
3. CHAPTER 3. State Central Committee §§ 7600–7645 · 24 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7600–7614 · 11 sections
    § 7600 The state central committee shall consist of all of the following persons: (a) All delegates to the state convention. (b) The chairperson of each county…
    § 7603 Each delegate to the state convention shall appoint to membership on this committee one voter of the same sex as the delegate and two voters of the opposite…
    § 7604 A delegate to the state convention who at the date of that state convention is the incumbent of any of the offices listed in Section 7550 may appoint, without…
    § 7605 Any person who is a member of this committee by virtue of having been nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election, shall within 60…
    § 7608 Each delegate to the state convention shall send a notice by mail to each person whom he or she has appointed as a member of this committee, that will inform…
    § 7609 A person is not eligible for appointment to this committee if he or she is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment.
    § 7610 This committee may remove any member who, during his or her term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another party. This committee may…
    § 7611 In the event of the appointment of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of this committee dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes…
    § 7612 Should a member appointed to membership pursuant to Section 7603 or 7604 cease to be a member for any of the reasons specified in Section 7611, the vacancy…
    § 7613 In the event the appointment of alternate or associate members is authorized by statute or the rules of the committee, this committee shall supply forms to the…
    § 7614 Each delegate to the state convention may appoint three voters as associate members of this committee. An associate member shall have those privileges and…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings § 7620 · 1 section
    § 7620 The committee shall convene in the same community where the state convention is held, at 10 a.m. on the Sunday following the state convention.
  3. ARTICLE 3. Proxies § 7628 · 1 section
    § 7628 Revocation or change of proxies shall be recognized by this committee on proxies and credentials only upon a personal request made by the member before the…
  4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7635–7645 · 11 sections
    § 7635 The chairperson of this committee shall call the committee to order at 10 a.m. on the day of first meeting. The next business in order shall be the election of…
    § 7636 The temporary chairperson, upon election, shall immediately appoint a committee on proxies and credentials, consisting of one member from each senatorial…
    § 7637 This committee shall choose its officers by rollcall vote, poll of senatorial district delegations, or any other method as may be prescribed by the committee.…
    § 7638 This committee may select from its membership an executive committee, to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee…
    § 7639 The state central committee or its executive committee shall designate by resolution or bylaw the national committee or party organization with which the…
    § 7640 The chairperson of this committee shall serve a two-year term, but shall not succeed himself or herself.
    § 7641 The elective officers provided for in the bylaws of this committee shall serve for two-year terms.
    § 7642 This committee may prescribe dues to be paid by those persons specified in Section 7600 in the manner and by the time prescribed by vote of the majority of the…
    § 7643 This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ…
    § 7644 A quorum of this committee is a majority of the entire membership, represented either in person or by proxy.
    § 7645 The proceedings at all meetings of this committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedures designated by the committee.
4. CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee §§ 7650–7695 · 26 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7650–7661 · 11 sections
    § 7650 In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at…
    § 7651 In each county containing more than four Assembly districts or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee shall be…
    § 7652 The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a)…
    § 7653 A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An…
    § 7654 A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her…
    § 7656 In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which that district is entitled to…
    § 7657 In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes…
    § 7658 Any member, other than an ex officio member, of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the…
    § 7659 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been…
    § 7660 A committee may remove any member who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party. A committee may remove…
    § 7661 Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Election §§ 7670–7675 · 6 sections
    § 7670 At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.
    § 7671 The Secretary of State, no later than 125 days before the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be elected in each…
    § 7672 In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article…
    § 7673 If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a…
    § 7674 Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or…
    § 7675 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention in accordance with…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Meetings §§ 7680–7683 · 3 sections
    § 7680 Each committee shall meet at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the chairperson of the county central committee or the immediate predecessor…
    § 7682 The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of…
    § 7683 All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
  4. ARTICLE 4. General Business §§ 7690–7695 · 6 sections
    § 7690 A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state…
    § 7691 A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be…
    § 7692 The committee shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and…
    § 7693 If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
    § 7694 Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the elections official of…
    § 7695 Each committee may establish annual dues not to exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year for elected, ex officio and alternate members. The committee may…
PART 5. PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY §§ 7700–7884 · 56 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7700 · 1 section
  - § 7700 This part applies to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Peace and Freedom Party of California.
2. CHAPTER 2. Members of Central Committees §§ 7750–7784 · 21 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7750–7755 · 6 sections
    § 7750 At each presidential primary election, members of central committees may be elected in each county.
    § 7751 For the purposes of this chapter, the registration figures used shall be those taken from the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted…
    § 7752 The number of members of central committees to be elected in a county shall be the greater of either of the following: (a) The number seven. (b) The integer…
    § 7753 In each county where the number of members of central committees to be elected is 12 or less, the members shall be elected in a countywide, at large district.…
    § 7754 The number to be elected from each supervisorial or Assembly district shall be the greater of either of the following: (a) The number one. (b) The integer…
    § 7755 Each person receiving a Peace and Freedom Party nomination for any partisan public office at the preceding direct primary election or at any special election…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Election §§ 7770–7784 · 15 sections
    § 7770 The state party chairperson, no later than the 135th day before the presidential primary election, shall notify the Secretary of State whether or not a county…
    § 7771 The elections official, no later than the 115th day before the presidential primary election, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be…
    § 7772 In each county, the name of each candidate for member of central committees shall appear on the ballot only if she or he has done either of the following: (a)…
    § 7772.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of…
    § 7773 In counties where members of central committees are to be elected by supervisorial or Assembly district, a person seeking election as a member of central…
    § 7774 A person qualifying as a candidate for member of central committees by virtue of qualification to have her or his name appear on the primary ballot for a…
    § 7775 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person may obtain and circulate nomination papers both for nomination to a public office and for election…
    § 7776 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the number of sponsors which shall be required of a person to be a candidate for member of central committees…
    § 7777 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, up to three candidates for member of central committees in a single central committee election district may…
    § 7778 The elections official of each county shall include the office of member of central committees and the candidates therefor in a place and manner similar to the…
    § 7779 The order of appearance of the names of the candidates for member of central committees on the ballot shall be determined by a public drawing held at the time,…
    § 7780 The office of member of central committees may be placed on the presidential primary ballot under the heading “Party Central Committees” in the place and…
    § 7781 A party nominee for partisan office qualifying to be declared elected as a member of central committees pursuant to Section 7755 shall not be additionally…
    § 7783 The votes cast for each candidate for member of central committees shall be included in the canvass and statement of results in a manner similar to the vote…
    § 7784 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee and subject to…
3. CHAPTER 3. State Central Committee §§ 7800–7843 · 19 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7800–7805 · 5 sections
    § 7800 At the convention meeting of the state central committee, the state central committee shall consist initially of only those members of central committees…
    § 7802 At its convention and subsequent meetings the state central committee, in its sole discretion, may appoint any additional members to the state central…
    § 7803 The state central committee may require a balance of elected and appointed members so that 50 percent of the state central committee members from each county…
    § 7804 No person shall be appointed to membership on the state central committee unless she or he is registered as a voter affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party…
    § 7805 This committee may remove any elected or appointed member who, during the term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another political…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings § 7820 · 1 section
    § 7820 The state central committee shall hold meetings not less than once during each year.
  3. ARTICLE 3. General Business §§ 7830–7843 · 13 sections
    § 7830 The state central committee’s convention meeting shall be called to order by the chairperson of the committee at 10 a.m. on the Saturday on which it is to be…
    § 7831 The temporary chairpersons shall appoint any committees as the state central committee may direct.
    § 7832 The convention meeting of the state central committee shall elect the officers of the state central committee and adopt the party’s platform, which shall be…
    § 7833 The vote on any issue at the convention meeting of the state central committee may be by alphabetical rollcall by county if a majority of its members vote to…
    § 7834 The proceedings at the convention meeting of the state central committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by this…
    § 7835 This committee may select from its membership an executive committee to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee…
    § 7836 The chairperson of the state central committee shall serve a two-year term but shall not succeed herself or himself, and the chairperson shall alternate each…
    § 7838 All officers elected at the convention meeting of the state central committee shall serve for two-year terms, unless a shorter term is specified by the…
    § 7839 This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ…
    § 7840 The state central committee shall have power to appoint interim county central committees in the following counties: (a) Counties in which the voters have not…
    § 7841 A quorum of this committee is 10 percent of the entire membership, represented in person. However, the committee may make rules and regulations establishing a…
    § 7842 The state central committee shall designate by resolution the national political party with which the Peace and Freedom Party is affiliated, and shall file a…
    § 7843 In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the convention meeting of the…
4. CHAPTER 4. County Central Committee §§ 7850–7884 · 15 sections
  1. ARTICLE 1. Members §§ 7850–7857 · 8 sections
    § 7850 At its first meeting on the second Tuesday in July following the presidential primary election and at subsequent meetings, a county central committee, in its…
    § 7851 A county central committee may require a balance of elected and appointed committee members to create a total membership division of 50 percent women and 50…
    § 7852 No person shall be appointed to membership on a county central committee unless she or he is registered as a voter affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party…
    § 7853 Any member of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless the…
    § 7854 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a county central committee from the county from which the member was elected shall constitute the…
    § 7855 A committee may remove any elected or appointed member, who during the term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another political party,…
    § 7856 Whenever any person is appointed to a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the county elections official and…
    § 7857 If no members of central committees have been elected in a county at the preceding presidential primary election or selected in a county pursuant to Section…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings §§ 7870–7871 · 2 sections
    § 7870 The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of…
    § 7871 All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters which shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
  3. ARTICLE 3. General §§ 7880–7884 · 5 sections
    § 7880 A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state…
    § 7881 A committee may make rules and regulations providing for the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be called, and…
    § 7882 The committees shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and…
    § 7883 If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
    § 7884 Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the county elections…
PART 6. Green Party §§ 7900–7928 · 29 sections
1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions § 7900 · 1 section
  - § 7900 This part applies to the organization, operations, and functions of the party known as the Green Party. As used in this part, “Green Party” means the Green…
2. CHAPTER 2. Members of County Councils §§ 7901–7910 · 10 sections
  - § 7901 At each presidential preference primary election, members of central committees, which shall be termed “county councils,” shall be elected in each county.
  - § 7902 For purposes of this chapter, the registration figures used shall be those taken from the statement of voters and their political preferences transmitted by…
  - § 7903 The number of members of the county council to be elected in a county shall be a minimum of three and a maximum of 50, and the process in which each county’s…
  - § 7904 At its first meeting following the presidential preference primary election and at subsequent meetings, a county council may appoint additional members to the…
  - § 7905 A person shall not be appointed to membership on a county council who is registered as preferring another party or registered as “No Party Preference.”…
  - § 7906 The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a county council from the applicable county shall constitute automatic resignation from the…
  - § 7907 A member of a county council who changes her or his voter registration to no longer prefer the Green Party shall automatically be removed from office upon such…
  - § 7908 County council members additionally may be removed for cause by procedures established in the Green Party’s bylaws.
  - § 7909 When a person is appointed to a county council, the county council shall file notices of the appointment with the county elections official and the…
  - § 7910 The Department of General Services shall permit any county council that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, and a minimum…
3. CHAPTER 3. Election of County Councils §§ 7911–7923 · 13 sections
  - § 7911 Members of county councils shall be elected from one or more multimember districts. Multimember districts shall conform to the county boundaries or recognized…
  - § 7912 The Secretary of State, no later than the 175th day before the presidential preference primary election, shall compute the number of members of a county…
  - § 7913 The elections official, no later than the 172nd day before the presidential preference primary election, shall compute the number of members of a county…
  - § 7914 In each county, the name of each candidate for member of a county council shall appear on the ballot only if she or he is registered as preferring the Green…
  - § 7915 In counties where members of county councils are to be elected by district, a person seeking election as a member of a county council may seek election only in…
  - § 7916 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person may obtain and circulate nomination papers for both nomination to a public office and for election…
  - § 7917 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the number of sponsors that shall be required of a person to be a candidate for member of a county council…
  - § 7918 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each sponsor is entitled to sponsor as many candidates as there are seats in the county council election…
  - § 7919 The elections official of each county shall include the office of member of county council and the candidates for the office in a place and manner similar to…
  - § 7920 The order of appearance of the names of the candidates for member of county council on the ballot shall be determined by a public drawing held at the time,…
  - § 7921 The office of member of county council shall be placed on the presidential preference primary ballot under the heading “Party County Council” in the place and…
  - § 7922 Except as otherwise provided in this section, the votes cast for each candidate for member of county council shall be included in the canvass and statement of…
  - § 7923 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a write-in candidate for member of county council shall not be declared elected unless the write-in candidate…
4. CHAPTER 4. State Coordinating Committee §§ 7924–7928 · 5 sections
  - § 7924 The members of the state coordinating committee shall be elected as provided in the Green Party bylaws and shall have the responsibilities described in those…
  - § 7925 A person shall not be a member of the state coordinating committee unless she or he is registered as a voter preferring the Green Party.
  - § 7926 The state coordinating committee shall hold meetings at least once during each year.
  - § 7927 (a) The state coordinating committee shall have the authority to certify, as provided by Green Party bylaws, county council members in the following counties:…
  - § 7928 The state coordinating committee shall communicate in writing to the Secretary of State the identity of the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.