§ 2313. Filing of certificate of organization
(a)(1) Within 10 days after the first meeting of the State committee of a party, the chair
and secretary shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate stating
that the party has completed its organization for the ensuing two years and has substantially
complied with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) However, no State committee shall be eligible to file a certificate of organization
unless it has town committees organized in at least 30 towns in this State and county
committees organized in at least seven counties by January 1 of the year of the general
election.
(b) The certificate of organization shall:
(1) set forth the names, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and emails of the officers
and members of the State committee, together with the counties that they represent;
(2) contain a listing of the towns and counties in which committees have organized;
(3) designate, in not more than three words, the name by which the party shall be identified
on any Australian ballot; and
(4) be accompanied by a copy of the notice calling the meeting.
(c) The Secretary of State shall prescribe and furnish the form to be used for this purpose.
(d) Upon receipt of a certificate of organization, the Secretary of State promptly shall
notify all persons who have registered with the Secretary of State asking to be notified
of such filings.
(e)(1) Within 10 days, the Secretary of State shall accept a certificate of organization
if it appears to be valid on its face or reject it if it is not.
(2) The Secretary of State may reject a certificate of organization if the political or
other name is not substantially different from the name of any organized political
party.
(3) When a certificate is rejected, the Secretary of State promptly shall notify the chair
and secretary of the committee to inform them in writing of the reasons for rejection.
(f) A committee is not considered organized until the material required by this section
has been filed and accepted. (Added 1979, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1983, No. 90, § 3, eff. April 29, 1983; 2001, No. 5, § 16; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2019, No. 67, § 9.)