A county convention must be held during a twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of each general election year during a month determined by the state committee as provided in Section 7-9-100. The county committee shall set the date, time, and location during the month designated by the state committee for the county convention to be held. The date set by the county committee for the county convention must be at least two weeks before the state convention. When a month in a nongeneral election year is chosen for the county convention, it must be held for the purpose of reorganization only. The date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election must be set by county committee. Notices, both for the convention to be held for reorganization and for the reconvened convention to nominate candidates, must be published by the county committee, once a week for two consecutive weeks, not more than three nor less than two weeks, before the day in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-259; 1952 Code Section 23-259; 1950 (46) 2059; 1954 (48) 1447; 1964 (53) 1831; 1968 (55) 2349; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 1; 1977 Act No. 133 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 173 Section 1, eff July 25, 1979; 1986 Act No. 327, Section 2, eff February 20, 1986; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 4, eff June 2, 2010.

Effect of Amendment

The 1976 amendment added after the word "year" in the third sentence "or based upon the number of votes for presidential electors at the last preceding general election therefor from the precinct as determined by the state committee; provided, the same basis shall be used in all precincts".

The 1977 amendment substituted the words "on a day from March first to March fifteenth to be determined by the county executive committee" for the words "on the first Monday in March; provided, that the county executive committee may set another day in March for such convention" in the first sentence of this section.

The 1979 amendment changed the time range for county conventions from "March first to March fifteenth" to "March first to March thirty-first".

The 1986 amendment substantially revised this section.

The 2010 amendment deleted the last four sentences of the section relating to convention delegates; and made other nonsubstantive changes to the section.