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Document:National Bylaws and Convention Rules 1981 (view source)
Revision as of 14:07, 27 May 2021
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2. Dues for membership in the Party shall be set by the National Committee. | 2. Dues for membership in the Party shall be set by the National Committee. | ||
==ARTICLE VI: AFFILIATE PARTIES== | |||
1. The National Committee shall charter affiliate parties from those organizations requesting such status in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia. Copies of all the petitioning organization's proposed operating rules shall be submitted with the petition. No organization shall be so chartered which does not ratify the Statement of Principles of the Party. No affiliate party shall endorse a candidate for President or Vice-President of the United States other than those elected to candidacy at a Convention of the Party. | |||
2. The autonomy of the affiliated parties shall not be abridged by the National Committee or other committee of the Party, except as provided herein. | |||
3. The National Committee shall have the power to suspend affiliate party status from any organization by a 2/3 vote of the Committee. Such suspension is subject to written appeal within thirty days of notification. Failure to appeal shall be interpreted as an act of secession by the affiliate party. The National Committee shall not suspend any affiliate party within a period of six months prior to a Regular Convention. | |||
Upon appeal by the affiliate party, the Judicial Committee shall set a date for a hearing within 20 to 40 days of receipt of the appeal. This hearing shall be adjudicated by a quorum of the Judicial Committee, with representatives of the National Committee urging revocation, and representatives of the affiliated party opposing revocation. The Judicial Committee shall rule to either revoke the charter of the affiliate party or to reinstate the charter, with all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, within 30 days of the hear ing and no later than 90 days prior to a Regular Convention. Should the Judicial Committee fail to rule, the affiliate party's charter shall be reinstated with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto. | |||
4. Organizations which wish to become affiliate parties shall apply for official designation on a standard petition form as adopted by the National Committee, which petition shall be signed by not less than ten members of the organization residing in the appropriate state. | |||
5. There shall be no more than one affiliate part in any one state or territory or the District of Columbia, and the affiliate part shall determine who shall be delegates from its respective state to all Regular Conventions. | |||
==ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS== | ==ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS== | ||