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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 2 - Elections › Section 7227.

7227. In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 8, signed in his or her behalf by the voters of the Assembly or supervisorial district in which he or she is a candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 811, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 2 - Elections › Section 7228.

7228. If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a committee from an Assembly or supervisorial district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or supervisorial district, the designation of the office and the names of the candidates shall not be printed on this party’s ballot in the Assembly or supervisorial district. In lieu thereof, the board of supervisors shall declare elected the candidates who have been nominated.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 4. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 2 - Elections › Section 7229.

7229. Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if he or she had lived until after the election, a vacancy exists on the county central committee, which shall be filled by the committee in the same manner as other vacancies are filled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 2 - Elections › Section 7230.

7230. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention, or by using any other method of selection approved by the committee.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 5. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings › Section 7235.

7235. All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 3 - Meetings › Section 7236.

7236. The Department of General Services shall permit any committee to hold meetings in a state building within the county. At least one committee meeting each month shall be free of charge.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 4 - General Business › Section 7240.

7240. A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 4 - General Business › Section 7241.

7241. A committee may make rules and regulations providing:
(a) How officers of the committee may be removed.
(b) How meetings may be called, and any provisions so made shall supersede anything in this chapter to the contrary.
(c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under which they may be used.
Any rule adopted prior to statutory authorization by any committee by majority vote of the members elected to the committee is hereby validated and made of the same effect as if subsequently adopted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 4 - General Business › Section 7242.

7242. The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and exist until the election at the succeeding presidential primary, or the selection pursuant to Section 7230, and qualification of the members of the new committees.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 6. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 4 - General Business › Section 7243.

7243. If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 4 - General Business › Section 7244.

7244. Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the county elections official of his or her name.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 7250.

7250. This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and function of that political party known as the California Republican Party.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors › Section 7300.

7300. (a) In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Republican nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, the Republican nominees for United States Senator at the last two United States senatorial elections, the Assembly Republican leader, the Senate Republican leader, all elected officers of the Republican State Central Committee, the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, the President of the Republican County Central Committee Chairmen’s Association, and the chairperson or president of each Republican volunteer organization officially recognized by the Republican State Central Committee shall act as presidential electors, except that Senators, Representatives, and persons holding an office of trust or profit of the United States shall not act as electors. Each of those persons acting as electors pursuant to this subdivision shall also designate an alternate elector for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6 and notify the chairperson of the Republican State Central Committee of the name, residence address, and business address of the alternate elector.
(b) The remaining presidential elector positions, and any vacant positions, shall be filled by appointment of the chairperson of the Republican State Central Committee in accordance with the bylaws of the committee. The chairperson shall also appoint an alternate elector for each elector appointed by the chairperson. The name, residence address, and business address of each appointee and each alternate elector described in this subdivision and subdivision (a) shall be filed with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election year. The Republican State Central Committee shall adopt bylaws implementing this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 54. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7350.

7350. The membership of delegates to the state central committee, procedures for notification of members of appointments, proxy provisions, and form of appointment of delegate members shall be as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the California Republican Party. The California Republican Party shall maintain a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on the Internet.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7352.

7352. The officers, methods of electing officers, terms of officers, quorum requirements for meetings of the state central committee and procedures for the conduct of committee proceedings and adoption of a state party platform shall be as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the California Republican Party.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7353.

7353. The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the 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.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7354.

7354. (a) The state central committee may prohibit or limit the power of county central committees established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7400) to endorse, support, or oppose any candidate for nomination by the California Republican Party for partisan office in the direct primary election.
(b) The superior court, in any case brought before it by the state central committee or by any registered voter, may issue a temporary or permanent restraining order or injunction to prohibit the endorsement, support, or opposition by a county central committee of any candidate for nomination by the California Republican Party for partisan office in the direct primary election, if the endorsement, support, or opposition is in violation of the bylaws or rules of the state central committee. All cases of this nature shall be in a preferred position for purposes of trial and appeal, so as to ensure the speedy disposition thereof.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7400.

7400. In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-twentieth of the number of votes cast in that county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by such division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.
The committees in counties containing less than five Assembly districts shall be composed of not less than 21 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 21 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twentieth of the votes cast for Governor in that county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount which is greater than 21 members.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7400.1.

7400.1. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Sacramento, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in Sacramento County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.
(b) The Sacramento County Central Committee shall be composed of not less than 31 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 31 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in Sacramento County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 31 members.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7400.2.

7400.2. Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Placer, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts and shall be composed of seven members elected from each of the supervisor districts.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 111, Sec. 1. (AB 1148) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7400.3.

7400.3. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Santa Clara, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows:
(1) There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone.
(2) This number shall be divided by one-twenty-second of the number of votes cast in Santa Clara County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.
(b) The Santa Clara County Central Committee shall be composed of not less than 23 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 23 members being elected to the committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twenty-second of the votes cast for Governor in Santa Clara County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 23 members.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7400.5.

7400.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of San Bernardino, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows:
(1) There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone.
(2) This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in San Bernardino County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.
(b) The San Bernardino County Central Committee shall be composed of not fewer than 30 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in fewer than 30 members being elected to the committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in San Bernardino County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 30 members.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 65, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7401.

7401. In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7402.

7402. In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the county. In an Assembly district that lies only partially within a county containing 20 or more Assembly districts, the seven members shall be elected from that portion of the Assembly district contained within the county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7403.

7403. (a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 25 members. Whichever of the two Assembly districts consists of the majority of the registered Republicans in the city and county shall elect 13 members plus one additional member for every 4 percent of the registered Republicans in the district above a majority of the registered Republicans in the city and county. The remainder of the members shall be elected from the Assembly district that consists of the minority of the registered Republicans in the city and county.
(b) Both of the following shall apply for purposes of this section:
(1) “Registered Republican” means any voter in the city and county who has expressed a preference for the Republican Party on his or her affidavit of registration pursuant to Sections 2150, 2151, and 2152 as of the 154th day prior to the first direct primary election after any redistricting of Assembly district boundaries.
(2) The City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections, or any comparable successor agency, shall calculate the percentage of the total registered Republicans in each Assembly district in the city and county.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the June 5, 2012, statewide primary election, signers of nomination papers for candidates for the county central committee shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the Republican Party and who are residents in the County of San Francisco, regardless of whether they are residents of the district in which the candidate is to be voted on.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 6. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7404.

7404. (a) In each county, the nominee of the party for State Senator, the nominees of the party for the Assembly, and any person nominated to either the Senate or Assembly at a special election to fill a vacancy in the house, and the nominee of the party for Representative in Congress shall be ex officio members of this committee. If the person most recently nominated or elected from one party at the special election for an Assembly or Senate seat, or for the House of Representatives shall be other than the nominee of that party for the same office at the earlier election, the ex officio membership of the latter nominee shall expire immediately upon certification by the Secretary of State of the nomination or, if there is no runoff, the election of the person most recently nominated or elected. 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. A person shall be entitled to ex officio membership upon receiving a certificate of nomination from the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 8147, at which time the term of the former nominee shall expire.
(b) If the person most recently nominated to the Senate, Assembly, or House of Representatives received fewer votes for the particular office at the ensuing general election than a write-in candidate for the same office, and the write-in candidate is elected to that office, the write-in candidate shall, for purposes of this part, be considered the ex officio member of each affected county, provided that the write-in candidate’s affidavit of registration reflects that that candidate has been affiliated with the party for at least six months prior to the general election.
(c) If a write-in candidate is entitled to ex officio membership on each affected county central committee pursuant to subdivision (b), each affected county central committee shall designate the party nominee described in subdivision (b) as an additional ex officio member to its committee. Any person designated as an ex officio member under this subdivision shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges as other ex officio members of the committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 7. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7405.

7405. The nominee for 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) Treasurer.
(d) Controller.
(e) Attorney General.
(f) Secretary of State.
(g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
(h) United States Senator from California. His or her rights and privileges, including the right to membership, shall be the same as those prescribed for other ex officio members in Section 7404.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7406.

7406. A committee may authorize each elected member and each ex officio member of that committee to appoint an alternate member. An ex officio member who is also an incumbent officeholder of any of the offices listed in Sections 7404 and 7405 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 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, except that an alternate member appointed by an incumbent Senator, Member of the Assembly, or Representative in Congress need not reside in the district of the appointing power but need only reside in the county of jurisdiction of the committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7407.

7407. A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment or election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7409.

7409. In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeemembers to which that district is entitled to be represented, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected committeemembers and the number of committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented. When a vacancy or vacancies exist they shall be filled by the committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner provided for in Section 7410.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7410.

7410. In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs. A vacancy shall also exist on a committee when a member is removed from the committee pursuant to Section 7411 or 7413.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7411.

7411. (a) Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses four regularly called meetings within one 12-month period shall be removed from the committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.
(b) A committee may, in its sole discretion and in accordance with its bylaws, remove a member who misses four or more regularly called meetings within one 12-month period, regardless of the reasons for the absences.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7412.

7412. The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from the committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7413.

7413. A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of this party for any office, or who gives support or avows a preference for a candidate of another party or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7414.

7414. Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and the name of the person replaced, and shall indicate the date of the appointment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 3 - REPUBLICAN PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 2 - Election › Section 7420.

7420. (a) At every presidential primary election, a member may be elected to a county central committee to replace a member whose term is expiring.
(b) When district boundaries are redrawn and districts are renumbered in accordance with the decennial census, a member of a county central committee may run for election in a newly numbered district at the next election even though his or her current term of office has not expired. If a person is elected in the newly numbered district and takes the oath of office, the person is deemed to have resigned from his or her previous district office at that time.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 8. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7421. The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each Assembly district or supervisor district, as the case may be, pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 9. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7422. In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 8, signed on his or her behalf by the voters of the Assembly or supervisorial district in which he or she is a candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 811, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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7423. If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a committee from an Assembly or supervisorial district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or supervisorial district, the designation of the office and the names of the candidates shall not be printed on this party’s ballot in the Assembly or supervisorial district. In lieu thereof, the board of supervisors shall declare elected the candidates who have been nominated.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 10. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7424. Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if he or she had lived until after the election, a vacancy exists on the county central committee, which shall be filled by the committee in the same manner as other vacancies are filled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7425. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may determine the number, the district allocation, and the manner of election of its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention, or by using any other method approved by the committee.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a county central committee to remove an ex officio member of the committee.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 11. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7430. The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of which meetings each month shall be without charge.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7431. All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7440. A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7441. At the first meeting, a committee shall organize by selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other officers and committees as it deems necessary for carrying on the affairs of this party.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. (AB 334) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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7442. A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following:
(a) How officers of the committee may be removed.
(b) How meetings may be called, and any provisions so made shall supersede anything in this chapter to the contrary.
(c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under which they may be used.
Any rule adopted prior to statutory authorization by any county central committee by majority vote of the members elected to the committee is hereby validated and made of the same effect as if subsequently adopted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7443. The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. Members of a county central committee may serve after the expiration date of their terms until the election, or the selection pursuant to Section 7425, and qualification of the new members replacing them on the county central committees.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 12. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7444. If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 8. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
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7460. This article applies only to committees established by Assembly districts or supervisorial districts within a county pursuant to the bylaws of the county central committee of that county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7461. The committees shall be called county Assembly district committees or county supervisorial district committees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7462. Each committee shall consist of the persons elected to the county central committee of a single Assembly or supervisorial district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7463. The district committees of a county and the ex officio members of the county central committee constitute the county central committee of that county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7464. The district committees may elect any officers and undertake any action as the bylaws of the county central committee of which they are a part provide.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7465. In the event that the candidates elected to a district committee do not equal the number of party committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented under Article 1 (commencing with Section 7400), a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected committeemembers and the number of committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented. When a vacancy or vacancies exist, they shall be filled by the district committee to which insufficient members were elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7466. In the event of the appointment or election to a district committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, is removed from office, or removes from the jurisdiction of the district committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the district committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7467. Any member of a district committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings of the county central committee may be removed by a vote of that district committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7468. The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a district committee from the Assembly district or supervisorial district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from that committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7469. A district committee shall remove any member of that committee who is required to be removed under Section 7413.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7470. Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a district committee, the district committee shall notify within 10 days the chairperson of the county central committee who shall file a notice of the appointment with the elections official within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and the name of the person replaced, and shall indicate the date of the appointment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7500. This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the American Independent Party of California.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 4 - AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY › CHAPTER 2 - State Convention › ARTICLE 1 - Delegates › Section 7550.

7550. The state convention shall consist of one delegate for each of the following officers:
(a) Governor.
(b) Lieutenant Governor.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Controller.
(e) Attorney General.
(f) Secretary of State.
(g) All members of the State Board of Equalization.
(h) All Senators and Representatives of Congress from California.
(i) All Members of the Legislature.
(j) National committeemen and committeewomen.
(k) Chairperson and state vice chairperson of the state central committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)