PART 6. Green Party [7900. - 7928.]

Part 6 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 4.

§§ 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.