Recognized Political Party

“Recognized political party” means any political party, group or organization:

(a)having duly constituted leaders or officials, including a secretary; and CH. 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

(b)which shall have filed with the GEC under such uniform regulations as the Commission may prescribe, such evidence of its lawful creation and election of its chairman, secretary and treasurer, including their full names and addresses; and

(c)which shall have polled at the last general election, in the event it had a candidate for each of the offices to be filled, not less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast therein; or in the event it had a lesser number of candidates than there were offices to be filled, each such candidate received not less than ten percent (10%) of the total votes cast for the office to which he or she sought election; provided, that in the case of election to I Liheslaturan Guåhan of delegates at large, the ten percent (10%) shall be computed as follows: the total votes cast shall be divided by the total number of seats to be filled and the quotient multiplied by the party’s total number of candidates for such seats, which product shall not exceed ten

(10)times the aggregate vote of the party’s candidates for such seats.