2010 California Code
Elections Code
Article 1. Members

7650.  In each county containing less than five Assembly districts
or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a
county central committee of at least 25 members shall be elected by
supervisor districts, and the number elected from each supervisor
district shall be determined as follows:
   The number of voters registered as members of the American
Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their
political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or
before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by
25. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of
American Independent Party voters registered in each supervisor
district, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the
number of central committee members to be elected to represent that
supervisor district.


7651.  In each county containing more than four Assembly districts
or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a
county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts, and
the number elected shall be that number derived by multiplying 7
times the number of Assembly districts in whole or in part within the
county. The number elected from each Assembly district shall be
determined as follows:
   The number of voters registered as members of the American
Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their
political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or
before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by
the total number of members to be elected in the county. The number
thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent
Party voters registered in each Assembly district or portion
thereof, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the
number of central committee members to be elected to represent that
Assembly district or portion thereof.



7652.  The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices
shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which
he or she resides:
   (a) Governor.
   (b) Lieutenant Governor.
   (c) Secretary of State.
   (d) Controller.
   (e) Treasurer.
   (f) Attorney General.
   (g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
   (h) United States Senator from California.
   (i) Representative in Congress from California.
   (j) All Members of the Legislature.
   (k) Any person nominated to a partisan office at a special
election to fill a vacancy in that office.
   Ex officio members shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges, including the right to vote, and shall have the same
standing in every way as other members of this committee, except they
shall not be entitled to a ballot designation of incumbent upon
seeking election to this committee in the next direct primary.




7653.  A committee may authorize any member of that committee,
whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member
desires to appoint an alternate. An incumbent of an elected partisan
office at the time of the meeting of the committee may appoint an
alternate member without authorization from that committee, if the
member desires to appoint an alternate.
   The alternate member shall have the right to vote only with the
written authorization of the member who appointed him or her. An
alternate member of a county central committee shall be subject to
the rules and regulations of the committee.
   An alternate member must meet the same qualifications as the
regular member and may vote only in the absence of the member who
appointed him or her.



7654.  A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to
a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at
the time of his or her appointment or election.



7655.  Each member of a committee, whether elected to the committee
or appointed to fill a vacancy, before he or she enters upon the
duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe the oath or
affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the Constitution.
   The oath or affirmation required by this section may be taken
before any officer authorized to administer oaths and no fee shall be
charged by any person before whom the oath is taken or subscribed.



7656.  In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from
a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which
that district is entitled to be represented under this chapter, a
vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between
the number of elected committeemembers and the number of
committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented.
When a vacancy or vacancies exist they shall be filled by the
committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner
provided for in Section 7657.


7657.  In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of
an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies,
resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the
jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of this
party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the
committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs. A vacancy
shall also exist on a committee when a member is removed from the
committee pursuant to Section 7658 or 7660.



7658.  Any member, other than an ex officio member, of a committee
who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may
be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless his or her
absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on
the date of the meeting.


7659.  The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of
a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from
which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that
committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from the
committee.



7660.  A committee may remove any member who during his or her term
of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another
party.
   A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio
member, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for
the nominee of this party for any office, or who gives support or
avows a preference for a candidate of another party who is opposed to
a candidate nominated by this party.



7661.  Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a
committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the
appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the
state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices
shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and the
name of the person replaced, and shall indicate the date of the
appointment.