Section 115.371

Title IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 115

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   

  115.371.  Majority of committee present required to nominate, exception. — 1.  To select a candidate under the provisions of section 115.363, a majority of the members of the nominating committee must be present.  Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, a member must be present in person to vote, and a majority vote of the members present shall be sufficient to nominate a candidate.  In accordance with section 115.627, a party state committee may provide for weighted or fractional voting.  The committee shall have no power to delegate its authority to any other person or group.

  2.  If a member of one nominating committee is a member of one or more additional nominating committees meeting on the same day, the member may, if he or she attends one of the meetings, select a person to participate and vote at each additional meeting in his or her stead.

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(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.129, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al.)