MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(ii) If provided for in the party
constitution, the national committeeman, the national
committeewoman and the State party chairman of each party
shall be ex officio delegates.]

THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL DESIGNATE EX
OFFICIO DELEGATES, IF ANY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES
OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

(4)    Selection of Alternates for Elected
Delegates. The elected delegation to the national party
convention shall elect the alternate delegates to the
convention.

(5)     Filling of Vacancies. The entire
delegation to a national     party convention shall fill
vacancies occurring in the office of delegate or
alternate delegate.

(6)   Conflict   with Other Subsections. In the
event of any conflict     between this subsection and any
other subsection of this     section the other subsection
shall prevail.

(b) All the district delegates to a national
convention shall be bound to vote for the candidate of
their party for the office of President of the United
States who receives the highest number of votes within
their respective congressional district at the primary
election, and the ex officio delegates and the at—large
delegates elected by the district delegates as herein
provided shall be bound to vote for the candidate who
receives the highest total number of votes at the primary
election in the State. All delegates shall be so bound
until the candidate for President of the United States is
nominated by the convention, receives less than 35
percent of the votes for nomination by the convention, or
releases the delegation, or until two convention
nominating ballots have been taken. THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO ANY DELEGATES TO
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 756
(House Bill 1132)