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Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A. Elections § 321. Time and place; procedure

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Each party shall hold a state convention between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year.

1. 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.

2. Proceedings at convention. The convention shall do the following:

A. Elect a secretary and a chair of the convention in that order;

B. Adopt a platform for the next general election;

C. Nominate the number of presidential electors to which the State is entitled;

D. Determine the size of the state, district and county committees and the method of their election;

E. Elect a district committee for each congressional district; and

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.

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