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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	1313
Proposal	By-Laws - Article 8 Amendment
Presenter	National Black Caucus
Floor Manager	Charles Ostdiek
Phase	Closed - Adopted
Discussion	07-06-2026 - 07-26-2026
Voting	07-27-2026 - 08-02-2026
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens Quorum	Two Thirds of Yes and No Votes

Background

This proposal makes formatting and language corrections to Article VIII. The substantive convention authority and proposal restrictions are unchanged.

Changes include: (1) capitalizing the full Article title to "PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION" for consistency with other Article headers; (2) standardizing decimal notation to hyphen format: 8.1 ā†’ 8-1 and 8.2 ā†’ 8-2, consistent with all other Articles; (3) removing the phrase "delegated decision-making body" as redundant with the Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention; (4) replacing "shall be as established" with "is outlined" for plain-language consistency throughout; (5) hyphenating "vice-presidential" for consistency with Article II, Section 2-2.4; and (6) correcting minor punctuation, including removing the redundant semicolon in 8-2 and replacing "; and not proposed by" with "and cannot be proposed by" for clarity.

ARTICLE VIII. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
https://gpus.org/bylaws/#08
New Anchor Link (suggestion) - http://gpus.org/bylaws/#Article8

No substantive rights, powers, or thresholds are altered by this proposal. Descriptive anchor links such as #Article8 follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines best practices and ensure that members with vision or hearing impairments can navigate directly to specific bylaw sections without difficulty. This is a suggestion to web administration/staff and has no bearing on the operative text of this proposal.

Proposal

Amend the GPUS Bylaws, Article VIII. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, (https://gpus.org/bylaws/)

Current Bylaw:

ARTICLE VIII. Presidential Nomination

8.1 The Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party is the delegated decision-making body responsible for nominating the national Green Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates. The process shall be as established in the Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention.

8.2. Proposals for date and location of the Presidential Nominating Convention (and the accompanying Annual National Committee) may only be made by the Annual National Meeting Committee to the National Committee; and not proposed by any state party or caucus.

New Bylaws:

ARTICLE VIII. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION

8-1 The Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party is responsible for nominating the national Green Party's presidential and vice-presidential candidates. The nomination process is outlined in the Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention.

8-2 Proposals for the date and location of the Presidential Nominating Convention (and the accompanying Annual National Committee) may only be made by the Annual National Meeting Committee to the National Committee and cannot be proposed by any state party or caucus.

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References

CONTACT: BLACK CAUCUS ADMIN - bcgpus@gmail.com

https://gpus.org/bylaws/

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