A. Elections. In the election of delegates and alternate delegates to a National Convention at the Post-Primary Election Convention, voting shall be non-secret and conducted according to Rule 18-6.B.2. and the Delegate Selection Plan submitted in accordance with Rule 8. Delegates and alternate delegates, asseparate classes, to a National Convention shall be equally divided between men and women within a variance of one (Appendix A). Methods of placing names on the primary election ballot and the designation of candidates by the Pre-Primary Election Convention are governed by Chapter 1, Article 8, paragraphs 21 and 21.1, respectively, Election Handbook of the State of New Mexico, 1999 Edition. Voting shall be non-secret and conducted according to Rule 18-6.B.2.
B. Alternate Delegates. An alternate delegate elected to a State Convention may vote if the alternate delegate has been designated by an absent delegate, elected or automatic, who is from the same county. A delegate is free to designate an alternate delegate of the delegate's choice. If delegates are absent and have not designated alternate delegates, the alternate delegates shall fill the delegates' positions according to Rule 7-1.D. If the rank ordering of alternate delegates at the preceding County Convention is not determinable, then vacancies that exist for which there have been no designations by the absent delegates shall be filled by the drawing of lots from the county pool of alternate delegates. If no alternate delegates are available to fill vacancies, the size of the county delegation is diminished accordingly.
C. Proxy. An accredited participant in the convention may, after having appeared at the convention and having established credentials, give a written proxy to another accredited participant from the same county, provided that no person may hold more than three (3) proxies at one time
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