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ARTICLE 4-B.*

CONVENTIONS.

Section 110. How convention constituted; vacancies.

111. Organization of conventions.

112. Time of holding conventions.
113. Credentials of delegates; voting.

114. Unofficial conventions.

§ 110. How convention constituted; vacancies.

1. State conventions for the nomination of party candidates for public office to be voted for by all the voters of the state, and judicial district conventions for the nomination of party candidates for the office of justice of the supreme court shall be constituted by the election of delegates, and of any alternate delegates provided for by party rules and regulations, from each unit of representation. The assembly district shall be the unit of representation. The number of delegates, and of alternate delegates if any, from each unit of representation, shall be determined by party rules and regulations, subject to the following conditions: (a) the number of delegates from each unit of representation shall be substantially in accordance with the ratio which the number of votes cast for the party candidate for governor at the last preceding general state election in such unit bears to the total vote cast at such election for such candidate in the entire state; and (b) the number of alternate delegates from any unit of representation shall not exceed the number of regular delegates therefrom. If, by reason of a change in the boundaries of assembly districts after an election of governor, the exact vote at such election in the territory constituting an altered district is not ascertainable, such vote, for the purpose of this section, shall be estimated.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

2. The delegates, and the alternates, if any, for such unit shall be elected at the fall primary preceding the general election at which such public offices are to be filled. When a duly elected delegate does not attend the convention, his place shall be taken by one of the certified alternates to be substituted in his place, in the order in which the name of such alternate appears upon the certified list, and if no alternates shall have been elected or if no alternates appear at such convention, then the delegates present from the same unit of representation shall select a person to fill

the vacancy.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

Article added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

§ III. Organization of conventions.

The room designated for the meeting place of any such convention shall have ample seating capacity for all delegates and alter

nates.

Every such convention shall be called to order by the chairman of the committee with whom the call originates or by a person designated in writing for that purpose by such chairman, or, if he fails to make such designation, then by a person designated in such manner as the rules and regulations of the party shall prescribe. Such chairman or person designated shall have the custody of the roll of the convention until it shall have been organized. No such convention shall proceed to the election of a temporary chairman or transact any business until the time fixed for the opening thereof nor until a majority of the delegates or respective alternates named in the official roll shall be present. The roll call upon the election of temporary chairman shall not be delayed more than one hour after the time specified in the call for the opening of the convention, provided a majority of the delegates, including alternates sufficient to make up such majority by substitution, are present. The temporary chairman shall be chosen upon a call of the official roll, and as the name of each delegate is called he shall rise in his place and declare his choice for such officer. The person who calls the convention to order shall exercise no other function than that of calling the official roll of the delegates upon the vote for temporary chairman and declaring the result thereof. The committees of the convention shall be appointed by the convention, or by the temporary chairman, as the convention may order. Unless the convention shall otherwise order, the permanent chairman shall be chosen on roll call. The permanent officers shall keep the records of the convention.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

§ 112. Time of holding conventions.

Any such state or judicial district convention shall assemble on or after the seventh Tuesday preceding the general election. The convention shall not have power to authorize a committee to nominate candidates for public offices, except to fill vacancies in nominations made by the convention and caused by the death, declination or disqualification of a candidate. Within forty-eight hours after adjournment of the convention, the permanent records of the convention, duly certified by the chairman and secretary, shall be filed with the board or officer with whom a certificate of nomination by the same convention is required to be filed.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect' May 2, 1921.

§ 113. Credentials of delegates; voting.

The delegates certified or adjudicated to have been elected as such in the manner provided in this chapter shall be conclusively entitled to their seats, rights and votes as delegates to such convention. When the vote of such convention is taken upon the nomination of candidates for public office, the roll of the delegates shall be called and each delegate when his name is called shall arise in his place and announce his choice, except that the chairman of a delegation from any unit of representation may, unless a member of such delegation objects, announce the vote of such delegation.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

§ 114. Unofficial conventions.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a party from holding party conventions at such times and to be constituted and conducted in such manner as the rules and regulations of the party may prescribe; but a convention not constituted, held and conducted as provided in the preceding sections of this article shall have no power to nominate candidates for public office.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

ARTICLE 5.*

NOMINATING CERTIFICATES; EMBLEMS; VACANCIES.

Section 120. Certificates of nominations by party conventions and to fill vacancies therein.

121. Certification and filing of nominations for town, village and cer

tain other offices.

122. Independent nominations.

123. Independent certificates of nomination.

124. Emblems.

125. Conflict in names or emblems.

126. Supplying omitted emblems.

127. Places of filing certain certificates of nominatio...

128. Times of filing independent certificates and certain other certificates of nomination.

129. Certification of nominations by secretary of state.

130. Publication of nominations.

131. Lists for town clerks and aldermen.

132. Posting town and village nominations.

133. Declination of nomination.

134. Objections to certificates of nomination.

135. Filling vacancies in nominations.

136. Certificates of new nominations.

137. Death of candidate after printing of ballots, official pasters.

§ 120. Certificates of nominations by party conventions and to fill vacancies therein.

The certificate of party nominations made by a convention, or by a committee to fill vacancies in any such nomination caused by the death, declination or disqualification of a candidate duly nominated by the convention, shall contain the title of the office for which each person is nominated, the name and residence of each such person, and, if in a city, the street number of the residence of each such candidate and his place of business if any. It shall also designate, in not more than five words, the name of the party which the convention making such nomination represents. It shall be signed by the presiding officer and a secretary of such convention, or, if made by a committee, by a majority of the members thereof, or by such number as are authorized by this chapter to fill a vacancy, who shall add to their signatures their respective

* Title and schedule amended by L. 1913, ch. 820, in effect Dec. 17, 1913.

places of residence, and shall make oath before an officer qualified to administer oaths that the affiants were such officers, or that they are members of such committee and constitute either a majority or the number thereof authorized by this chapter to fill vacancies, and that such certificates and the statements therein contained are true to the best of their information and belief. A certificate that such oath has been administered shall be made and signed by the officer before whom the same was taken and attached to such certificate of nomination. When a nomination to fill any such vacancy is made by a committee other than one composed of members of a state or county committee, a duly certified copy of the rule or regulation by which such committee is constituted, and of any resolution provided for in the rules and regulations for the appointment of such committee, shall be attached to its certificate of nomination; provided that it shall not be necessary to attach a copy of a rule or regulation previously filed in the same office.

A certificate of nomination to which this section applies shall be filed with the board or officer with whom an independent certificate of nomination for the same office or offices is required to be filed.

Added by L. 1921, ch. 479, in effect May 2, 1921.

§ 121. Certification and filing of nominations for town, village and certain other offices.

A person nominated at a party primary for a town or village office or for a city office to be filled at an election held at a different time from the general election shall receive a certificate of such nomination. It shall be signed by the presiding officer and a secretary of such primary, or, if made by a committee, by a majority of the members thereof, who shall add to their signatures their respective places of residence, and shall make oath before an officer qualified to take affidavits that the affiants were such officers of such primary or that they are members and constitute a majority of such committee, as the case may be, and that such certificates and the statements therein contained are true to the best of their information and belief. A certificate that such oath has been administered shall be made and signed by the officer before whom the same was taken and attached to such certificate of nomination. Such certificate of nomination shall contain the title of the city, town or village office for which such person is nominated and his

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