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CA Elec Code § 7570 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 2 - Meetings|Section 7570.

7570.  The state convention shall meet biennially, at a location designated by the state central committee, at 10 a.m. on a Saturday following the direct primary election, but in no event later than August 15.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Elec Code § 7575 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7575.

7575.  The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the state central committee at 10 a.m. of the day designated for the convention. It shall at once proceed to the election of a chairperson. The election shall be by alphabetical rollcall, if requested by a petition signed by 50 members. The convention shall elect other officers as the convention may determine.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 724, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Elec Code § 7576 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7576.

7576.  The chairperson shall appoint a committee consisting of one delegate from each senatorial district, which shall serve as the committee on credentials of the convention, and he or she shall appoint other committees as the convention may direct.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7577 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7577.

7577.  The convention, upon election of permanent officers, shall adopt a state platform for this party. This platform shall be made public upon its adoption.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7578 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7578.

7578.  In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the convention shall also nominate as the candidates of its party as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the state is then entitled to, and shall certify the name of each elector nominated, and his or her residence address to the Secretary of State.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7579 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7579.

7579.  The vote on any issue at the convention, including the election of officers, may be by rollcall or any other method as may be prescribed by the convention.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 2 - State Convention|ARTICLE 3 - General Business|Section 7580.

7580.  The proceedings at the convention shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by the convention.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7600.

7600.  The state central committee shall consist of all of the following persons:(a) All delegates to the state convention.(b) The chairperson of each county central committee of the party.(c) Members appointed pursuant to this part.(d) Any person nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7603.

7603.  Each delegate to the state convention shall appoint to membership on this committee one voter of the same sex as the delegate and two voters of the opposite sex. These appointments when so made shall be absolute.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7604.

7604.  A delegate to the state convention who at the date of that state convention is the incumbent of any of the offices listed in Section 7550 may appoint, without regard to sex, two additional voters to membership on this committee of this party.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7605.

7605.  Any person who is a member of this committee by virtue of having been nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election, shall within 60 days of the special election, appoint members to this committee in the same manner as delegates to the state convention make those appointments.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7608.

7608.  Each delegate to the state convention shall send a notice by mail to each person whom he or she has appointed as a member of this committee, that will inform him or her that:(a) He or she is a member of the committee.(b) The committee will meet in Sacramento and the date of the meeting.(c) The meeting may be attended either in person or by proxy.(d) The proxy shall be in writing, and signed by the member under penalty of perjury.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Elec Code § 7609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7609.

7609.  A person is not eligible for appointment to this committee if he or she is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7610.

7610.  This committee may remove any member who, during his or her term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another party. This committee may also remove any appointed member who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of the party for any office, or who publicly gives support to or avows a preference for a candidate of another party who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7611.

7611.  In the event of the appointment of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of this committee dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of the committee’s party, a vacancy exists that shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Section 7612. A vacancy shall also exist on this committee when a member is removed from the committee pursuant to Section 7642, or Section 7610, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Section 7612, the member to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of the member removed.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7612.

7612.  Should a member appointed to membership pursuant to Section 7603 or 7604 cease to be a member for any of the reasons specified in Section 7611, the vacancy shall be filled by the person who appointed him or her, unless that person is himself or herself no longer a member of this committee or indicates that he or she does not wish to fill the vacancy, in which instances the committee shall do so.Notice shall be given by the committee to a person entitled to fill a vacancy under this section as soon as possible after the occurrence of the vacancy.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Elec Code § 7613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7613.

7613.  In the event the appointment of alternate or associate members is authorized by statute or the rules of the committee, this committee shall supply forms to the members for the appointment of those members. The forms shall be in substantially the same language as set forth in Section 7602, and shall contain suitable spaces wherein there can be listed the addresses and the numbers of the congressional, Assembly, and senatorial districts in which the appointees reside.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7614.

7614.  Each delegate to the state convention may appoint three voters as associate members of this committee. An associate member shall have those privileges and obligations as are given to him or her by the rules of the committee but shall not be able to vote.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7620 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 2 - Meetings|Section 7620.

7620.  The committee shall convene in the same community where the state convention is held, at 10 a.m. on the Sunday following the state convention.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Elec Code § 7628 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 3 - Proxies|Section 7628.

7628.  Revocation or change of proxies shall be recognized by this committee on proxies and credentials only upon a personal request made by the member before the committee.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7635 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7635.

7635.  The chairperson of this committee shall call the committee to order at 10 a.m. on the day of first meeting. The next business in order shall be the election of a temporary chairperson, which may be by acclamation, unless there is a contest, in which event the roll shall be called.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7636 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7636.

7636.  The temporary chairperson, upon election, shall immediately appoint a committee on proxies and credentials, consisting of one member from each senatorial district, selected from among the members of this committee certified by the Secretary of State.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7637 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7637.

7637.  This committee shall choose its officers by rollcall vote, poll of senatorial district delegations, or any other method as may be prescribed by the committee. Its officers shall have the power usually exercised by the officers of those committees insofar as may be consistent with this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7638 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7638.

7638.  This committee may select from its membership an executive committee, to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee grants any portion of its powers to an executive committee, it shall provide for the election to its executive committee of two members, one of each sex, from each senatorial district delegation. A senatorial district delegation shall consist only of those state central committee members who reside within that senatorial district.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7639 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7639.

7639.  The state central committee or its executive committee shall designate by resolution or bylaw the national committee or party organization with which the American Independent Party is affiliated and shall file a copy of the resolution or bylaw with the Secretary of State. In the event of controversy over the national affiliation of the party, the most recent resolution or bylaw filed shall be determinative.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7640.

7640.  The chairperson of this committee shall serve a two-year term, but shall not succeed himself or herself.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7641.

7641.  The elective officers provided for in the bylaws of this committee shall serve for two-year terms.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7642 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7642.

7642.  This committee may prescribe dues to be paid by those persons specified in Section 7600 in the manner and by the time prescribed by vote of the majority of the members of the committee. The dues charged shall not exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year.Any member of this committee who fails to pay the dues prescribed by the committee may, upon first notifying the delegate to the state convention who appointed that member, be removed from the committee in the manner provided by the committee.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7643 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7643.

7643.  This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ campaign directors and perfect whatever campaign organizations it deems suitable or desirable and for the best interest of the party.This committee shall have power to appoint interim county central committees in all counties in which the voters have not elected one or more county central committee members in the presidential primary preceding the organization of this committee. Persons appointed to interim county central committees pursuant to this section shall meet the qualifications otherwise required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7650) for appointees to fill vacancies on county central committees. Notice of all appointments pursuant to this section shall be filed by the state central committee with the elections official of the county for which that interim county central committee is appointed. Interim county central committees appointed pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and privileges afforded county central committees by the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7650), but members of interim county central committees shall not be designated as incumbents on the ballot in the succeeding primary election.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 13. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Elec Code § 7644 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7644.

7644.  A quorum of this committee is a majority of the entire membership, represented either in person or by proxy.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7645 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee|ARTICLE 4 - General Business|Section 7645.

7645.  The proceedings at all meetings of this committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedures designated by the committee.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7650.

7650.  In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at least 25 members shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number elected from each supervisor district shall be determined as follows:The number of voters registered as members of the American Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by 25. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent Party voters registered in each supervisor district, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the number of central committee members to be elected to represent that supervisor district.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7651.

7651.  In each county containing more than four Assembly districts or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts, and the number elected shall be that number derived by multiplying 7 times the number of Assembly districts in whole or in part within the county. The number elected from each Assembly district shall be determined as follows:The number of voters registered as members of the American Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by the total number of members to be elected in the county. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent Party voters registered in each Assembly district or portion thereof, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the number of central committee members to be elected to represent that Assembly district or portion thereof.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 7652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7652.

7652.  The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides:(a) Governor.(b) Lieutenant Governor.(c) Secretary of State.(d) Controller.(e) Treasurer.(f) Attorney General.(g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.(h) United States Senator from California.(i) Representative in Congress from California.(j) All Members of the Legislature.(k) Any person nominated to a partisan office at a special election to fill a vacancy in that office.Ex officio members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, including the right to vote, and shall have the same standing in every way as other members of this committee, except they shall not be entitled to a ballot designation of incumbent upon seeking election to this committee in the next presidential primary.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 14. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Elec Code § 7653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS|PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY|CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee|ARTICLE 1 - Members|Section 7653.

7653.  A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An incumbent of an elected partisan office at the time of the meeting of the committee may appoint an alternate member without authorization from that committee, if the member desires to appoint an alternate.The alternate member shall have the right to vote only with the written authorization of the member who appointed him or her. An alternate member of a county central committee shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the committee.An alternate member must meet the same qualifications as the regular member and may vote only in the absence of the member who appointed him or her.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)