LD 1686
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Page 1 of 5 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Political Caucuses, Conventions and Committe... Page 3 of 5
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LR 2403
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1. Call. The caucus may be called by the chairman chair or a
majority of the members of the municipal committee of a political
party. If the municipal committee fails to call a caucus, the
county committee may call the caucus. At the request of that
committee municipal officers shall provide available space in a
public building for a caucus. A municipality may hold its caucus
outside the municipality if several municipalities elect to meet on
a consolidated basis or if the committee calling the caucus
determines that a facility outside the municipality is more
suitable.

 
2. Time. A biennial municipal caucus of any party held
biennially during the general election year for the purpose of
electing delegates to a state convention and for any other
business must be held during the general election year before
March 20th.

 
3. Notice. The secretary of the committee must shall have a
notice of the caucus published in a newspaper having general
circulation in the municipality at least 3 and not more than 7
days before it is to be held, or must shall post a notice in a
conspicuous, public place in each voting district in the
municipality at least 7 days before the caucus. The notice must
contain the name of the party, the time and place of the caucus
and the name of the person calling it.

 
A. If the notice is not published as required by this
subsection, the caucus is void if challenged by any voter
eligible to participate in the caucus who was prejudiced by
the failure to publish notice.

 
B. The secretary of the committee must shall file a copy of
the notice with the clerk who shall record it.

 
4. Procedure. The chairman chair of the municipal committee
shall open the caucus. In his the chair's absence, the secretary
or any resident voter enrolled in the party may open the caucus.
The caucus shall elect a secretary and a chairman chair in that
order. The chairman chair of the caucus shall then preside over
the caucus and the secretary shall record the proceeding of the
caucus. The caucus shall determine its own parliamentary
procedure.

 
5. If no municipal committee. If there is no municipal
committee, any resident voter enrolled in the party may call a
special caucus for the purpose of electing the committee. He
must follow following the notice procedure of subsection 3.


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