The time and place of meeting of a state or district convention shall be fixed by the state central committee or other authority of the party holding such convention, in accordance with the rules of such party; provided each such convention held to endorse candidates for state or district office to be voted upon at a state election shall be convened not earlier than the ninety-eighth day and closed not later than the seventy-seventh day preceding the day of the primary for such office.
(June, 1955, S. 574d; November, 1955, S. N46; 1958 Rev., S. 9-75; 1963, P.A. 17, S. 11; P.A. 74-25, S. 2, 13; P.A. 77-39; 77-583, S. 3; P.A. 89-297, S. 15, 18; P.A. 03-241, S. 19.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions; P.A. 74-25 charged time limitation from between June 1 and July 15 to between fifty-fourth and forty-seventh day preceding primary day for such office; P.A. 77-39 substituted “sixty-first” for “fifty-fourth”; P.A. 77-583 substituted “forty-third” for “forty-seventh”; P.A. 89-297 changed “sixty-first day” to “sixty-eighth day” and “forty-third day” to “fiftieth day”; P.A. 03-241 changed “sixty-eighth day” to “ninety-eighth day” and “fiftieth day” to “seventy-seventh day”, effective January 1, 2004, and applicable to primaries and elections held on or after that date.
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