Colorado Freedom Party

Rules

National Convention Delegate Selection Rule

Adopted Saturday, June 3, 2000

Section 1: Compliance with Reform Party of the United States of America Constitution

Under The Reform Party of the United States Constitution and Bylaws, each State is entitled to send delegates to National Conventions.  Each States delegates are to consist of three delegates at large plus one delegate from each Congressional District at the National Convention.  Thus, Colorado is entitled to send nine.

Section 2: Compliance with Colorado Freedom Party By-Laws

This rule is adopted in compliance with Article V, Section 5 and Article IX of the By-Laws of the Colorado Freedom Party, which requires that rules be developed and disseminated to be used in review of nominated delegates including qualifications required for said delegates.

Section 3: Nomination Procedure

  1. A Delegate Qualification Review Committee shall be created by the State Executive Committee of the Colorado Freedom Party no less than 21 days prior to the convening of a state convention which shall select delegates to a Reform Party National Convention.
  2. Party Members must be notified no less than 15 days prior to a State Convention at which delegates will be selected of these rules.
  3. Nomination of delegates may be made by any Party Member of the Colorado Freedom Party.
  4. All nominations which may appear on preprinted ballots shall be submitted in writing to the Delegate Nominee Review Committee not later than 5 days prior to the State Convention.
  5. The Delegate Nominee Review Committee shall evaluate all nominees and advance to the ballot all that meet the qualifications defined in Section 4.  Nominee Candidates who do not qualify must be notified before noon on the Friday prior to the convention.
  6. The Delegate Nominee Review Committee shall only consider nominations from actual persons who are Party Members of the Colorado Freedom Party.
  7. Nominations shall be accepted from the floor one hour prior to the commencement of voting on any delegate.  The Delegate Nominee Review Committee shall meet and assure that those nominated from the floor meet the requirements defined in Section 4.

Section 4: Delegate Qualifications

  1. All nominees shall be qualified in accordance with the qualifications set forth in the by-laws of the Colorado Freedom Party.
  2. If there is a question regarding qualifications, the nominee shall be given an opportunity to prove their qualifications by submitting documents which prove qualification to the Delegate Nomination Review Committee prior to the opening of the floor nomination process.

Section 5: Voting and Ballots

  1. To be eligible to vote, a person must be Party Member prior to the offering of floor nominations at the State Convention and be present at the State Convention.
  2. All eligible voters are permitted to vote on all At-Large nominees.
  3. Only those eligible voters who reside in a given congressional district and are registered to vote in that district shall be permitted to vote for delegates who represent the given district unless the total number of eligible voters from that district shall be less than ten percent of the total eligible voters at the State Convention.
  4. All voting shall be secret and on paper with ink.
  5. Each nominee shall be permitted to present a written statement of no more than 50 words for inclusion on ballots printed prior to the opening of the state convention.
  6. The Convention Committee shall be responsible for production of all ballots produced prior to or during the State Convention.
  7. All nominees shall be permitted to make a statement of support lasting no more than one minute, prior to the distribution of the ballots.
  8. Balloting for a particular position shall conclude 5 minutes after the last ballot has been issued for that position.
  9. All votes shall be counted by the members of the Delegate Qualification Review Committee or persons designated by the Committee who are not Party Members of the Colorado Freedom Party, upon completion of the balloting for a given delegate position.
  10. All vote counting shall be witnessed by either the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Colorado Freedom Party,  The nominees involved are permitted to witness, if they so desire.  Witnesses shall not be allowed to touch the ballots until after the results have been announced and then only in the presence of at least two members of the Delegate Qualification Review Committee or the assigned ballot counters.