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Document:National Bylaws and Convention Rules 1981 (view source)
Revision as of 15:40, 27 May 2021
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Section 6. More than one-half of the membership of each Committee shall constitute a quorum. | Section 6. More than one-half of the membership of each Committee shall constitute a quorum. | ||
There shall be a Platform Committee, a Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee, and a Credentials Committee for each Regular Convention. There shall be a standing Judicial Committee. | |||
Section 1. The Constitution, Bylaws and Rules Committee shall consist of ten Party members appointed by the National Committee no later than three months before a Regular Convention. | |||
Section 2. The Platform Committee shall consist of twenty members, selected as follows: | |||
a. One member from each of ten affiliated parties having the largest memberships (as determined by the National Committee, according to Articles V and XII); these shall be selected by the ten respective parties no later than one month prior to the convention. | |||
b. Ten members appointed by the National Committee, including no less than five members from states other than the ten having the largest party memberships; these members shall be appointed no later than three months prior to the Regular Convention. | |||
If a vacancy shall occur on the Platform Committee, it may be filled by action of the body which originally chose the former occupant of the vacant seat; in the case of Platform Committee members chosen by affiliate parties, vacancies may be filled by a vote of the state's delegation to the Regular Convention, if necessary. | |||
Section 3. A Credentials Committee, composed of ten members, shall be selected as follows: | |||
a. Five members chosen by the National Committee. | |||
b. One member from each of the five affiliated parties having the largest memberships (as determined according to Article VI); these shall be elected by the five respective parties no later than one month prior to the Convention. | |||
Section 4. The Judicial Committee shall be appointed by and exclusive of the National Committee for the same term as the National Committee and shall be composed of nine members; any five members shall constitute a quorum. The National Committee shall designate a Chair, to whom all notice of appeals shall be sent. | |||
==ARTICLE XII: PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS== | ==ARTICLE XII: PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS== | ||