Convention 2010 Voting Rules
75 Right to attend and vote
(1) The following persons have the right to be delegates to each convention:
(a) each Honourary Member of the Party;(2) Every delegate who has paid the registration fee has the right to attend and vote at a convention.
(b) each member of the Party Executive;
(c) the Leader;
(d) each member of the Caucus;
(e) each person who has been selected as a candidate of the Party for election to the Legislative Assembly in the next election (Nominated Candidates);
(f) each person who was selected as a candidate of the Party for election to the Legislative Assembly in the immediate past election but who was not elected (referred to as “Defeated Candidates”);
(g) each Riding Association President;
(h) up to 20 persons accredited at the convention as delegates from each Riding Association;
(i) up to 25 persons accredited at the convention as delegates from each Commission.
(3) Every alternate delegate who has paid the registration fee has the right to attend the convention as an observer but may not vote.
(4) Persons will be accredited as delegates from a Riding Association or a Commission in the following order of priority until the full complement of delegates is reached (20 for each Riding Association and 25 for each Commission):
(a) Persons who have been selected as a delegate to the convention from that Riding Association or Commission.(5) The Credentials Committee may determine whether a person is a delegate selected at a meeting held in accordance with this Constitution
(b) Persons who have been selected as an alternate delegate from that Riding Association or Commission in order of their standing in the election.
(c) Persons chosen by the Credentials Committee from among those who have been selected as alternate delegates from another Riding Association.
(d) Persons approved in writing by:(i) a member of the Riding Association Executive or a principal officer of the Commission, as the case may be; and
(ii) a member of the Party Executive.
76 Delegate selection meetings
(1) Each Riding Association must hold a delegate selection meeting to select delegates and alternate delegates to conventions at the time, and in accordance with the procedures, established by the Party Executive.
(2) At each delegate selection meeting held for a biennial convention and general meeting, the Riding Association must also conduct the Leadership Endorsement Ballot.
(3) Each Commission that holds a delegate selection meeting in accordance with this section has the right to send delegates and alternate delegates to a convention.
(4) The following rules govern every delegate selection meeting:
(a) Every member of the Party has the right to attend a delegate selection meeting of the Riding Association that represents the electoral district in which that member lives, and has the right to vote at that meeting if that member(5) A notice referred to in paragraph (4)(e) must be in the form and by the method prescribed by the Party Executive.(i) is present at the meeting;(b) Every member of a Commission has the right to attend a delegate selection meeting of the Commission, and has the right to vote at that meeting if that member
(ii) has been a member of the Party in good standing for the 41 days immediately preceding the meeting.(i) is present at the meeting;(c) Each Riding Association and each Commission may elect any number of alternate delegates.
(ii) has been a member of the Party in good standing for the 41 days immediately preceding the meeting.
(d) Every member of the Party has the right to be selected as a delegate or an alternate delegate to any convention of the Party, if that member(i) has been a member of the Party in good standing for the 41 days immediately preceding the meeting;(e) At least 76 days before the convention and at least 27 days before the delegate selection meeting, the Riding Association President or a principal officer of the Commission, as the case may be, must notify all members who have the right to vote at the meeting and the Party Secretary of the date, time and place of the delegate selection meeting.
(ii) is present in person or consents in writing to be a delegate.
(f) At least 48 days before the convention, the Riding Association or Commission, as the case may be, must hold its delegate selection meeting.
(g) At least 41 days before the convention, the Riding Association President or the principal officer of the Commission, as the case may be, must deliver to the Party Secretary(i) a list of the names and addresses of the delegates and alternate delegates selected from the Riding Association or Commission; and
(ii) a certificate signed by the Riding Association President or a principal officer of the Commission, as the case may be, stating that the persons named on the list were elected as delegates and alternate delegates to the convention at a meeting held in accordance with this Constitution.
