§ 5006 New Party Primary Procedures

• •New political parties must follow the same rules as other parties when holding their presidential primary election.
• •If the new party doesn’t have permanent leaders yet, the temporary leaders must tell the Secretary of State how they will run their primary.
• •The party must tell the state their plan at least 125 days before the primary election.

A new political party called the 'Future Party' just formed and wants to hold a presidential primary.

The Future Party must follow the same rules as big parties like Democrats or Republicans. If they don’t have official leaders yet, their temporary leaders must tell the state how they’ll run their primary, and they have to do this 125 days before the election.