B. The secretary of the committee must shall file a copy of the notice with the clerk who shall record it.

4. Procedure. The chairman chair of the municipal committee shall open the caucus. In his the chair's absence, the secretary or any resident voter enrolled in the party may open the caucus. The caucus shall elect a secretary and a chairman chair in that order. The chairman chair of the caucus shall then preside over the caucus and the secretary shall record the proceeding of the caucus. The caucus shall determine its own parliamentary procedure.

5. If no municipal committee. If there is no municipal committee, any resident voter enrolled in the party may call a special caucus for the purpose of electing the committee. He must follow following the notice procedure of subsection 3.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §321, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

§321. Time and place; procedure

Each party shall hold a state convention between March 1st and August 1st biennially during each general election year.

1. Time, place and representation. The party's state committee shall determine the time, place and basis of representation for the convention. Delegates must be qualified to vote in the party's primary election unless otherwise permitted by party rules.

2. Proceedings at convention. The convention shall do the following:

A. Elect a secretary and a chairman chair of the convention in that order;

B. Adopt a platform for the next general election;

C. Nominate the number of presidential electors to which the State is entitled;

D. Determine the size of the state, district and county committees and the method of their election.;

E. Elect a district committee for each congressional district; and