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House Bill 630 |
House Author: Larson |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 630 amends the Election Code to require that a majority of a political party's county executive committee membership must participate in filling a vacancy in the office of precinct chair and that a person, in order to be elected, must receive a favorable vote of a majority of the members voting. The bill requires each party to determine a percentage of committee membership that constitutes a quorum for the purposes of filling the vacancy, and, for a county with a population of less than 5,000, authorizes a state chair to fill a vacancy in the office of county chair by appointing a person who is not a resident of the county, subject to specified requirements.
House Bill 630 authorizes the state chair of a political party, under certain circumstances, to contract with an appropriate county officer to hold a primary election that is required for the nomination of a political party to a statewide office.