Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 321 – Time and place; procedure
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Each party shall hold a state convention between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year. [PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
1. (TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1/01/24) Time, place and representation. The party’s state committee shall determine the time, place and basis of representation for the convention. Delegates must be qualified to vote in the party’s primary election unless otherwise permitted by party rules.
[PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 321
- Election year: means the calendar year within which a particular election is held. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- General election: means the regular election of state and county officials occurring biennially in November. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- may: when used in this Title, is used in a permissive sense to grant authority or permission, but not to create duty, to act in the manner specified by the context. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 7
- Municipality: means a city, town or plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Party: means a political organization which has qualified to participate in a primary or general election under chapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Primary election: means the regular election for the election of nominees of a party for the general election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
1. (TEXT EFFECTIVE 1/01/24) Time, place and representation. The party’s state committee shall determine the time, place and basis of representation for the convention, except that unenrolled voters who participate in the party’s primary election must be considered members of the party for purposes of allocating delegates. Delegates must be members of the party unless otherwise permitted by party rules.
[PL 2021, c. 750, §4 (AMD); PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).]
2. Proceedings at convention. The convention shall do the following:
A. Elect a secretary and a chair of the convention in that order; [PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
B. Adopt a platform for the next general election; [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
C. Nominate the number of presidential electors to which the State is entitled; [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
D. Determine the size of the state, district and county committees and the method of their election; [PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
E. Elect a district committee for each congressional district; and [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
F. Elect a county committee for each county from persons nominated at municipal caucuses held in the county, unless party rules provide for county committee members to be elected directly by their respective municipalities. If a municipality entitled to nominate a person for election to the county committee fails to do so, the convention may elect any resident of that municipality to the county committee. [PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
[PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 387, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).