Section 3 - Nomination and Election of Officers

  1. Time for election:
    Except as provided by Sections 6 and 7 of this Article III, officers shall be elected at the organization meeting as set forth in this Section and in Article IX, Section 1, of these bylaws.
  2. Notice:
    Notice that officers named in Article III of these Bylaws will be elected at the organization meeting shall be published in at least one Newsletter preceding the organization meeting, and notice will be given at least fourteen (14) days prior to the organization meeting via email to all PCPs who have provided a working email address.
  3. Elections Committee:
    The members of the Credentials Committee who are not candidates for Party office shall serve as the Elections Committee and shall elect the Elections Committee Chair. No person who publicly supports or opposes a candidate may serve as chair.
  4. Declaration of Candidacy, and Balloting
    1. Declaration of candidacy may be by oral statement at any regular meeting of the Central Committee or Executive Committee between August 1st and November 30th in even numbered years, by written declaration to the Vice Chair at least 7 days before the organization meeting, or by statement or nomination from the floor at the organization meeting.
    2. Only those candidates who declare their candidacy at least 7 days before the organization meeting shall have their names printed on the ballot distributed at the organization meeting; the ballots shall provide space for write-ins. There shall be separate ballots for each office listed in Section 1 of this Article, for each Congressional District Committee's delegates and alternates, and for State Central Committee delegates and alternates.
    3. Only those PCPs elected in the most recent preceding primary election who are present during balloting are eligible to vote.
    4. Election will be by majority vote at the meeting, according to the procedures in Article IX of these bylaws.

     

     

     

     

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