CHAPTER 2. State Convention [7550. - 7580.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 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.