§ 168.622County conventions; time and place; election and duties of chairperson;

vacancies; rules and regulations.
 Sec. 622.
    The county conventions of each political party shall be held at the time and place that the
 county committee of each political party, through its chairperson, designates. County
 conventions at which delegates to a state convention are to be selected shall be held only at the
 times designated by the state central committee of the political party. The convention shall be
 called to order by the chairperson of the county committee of each political party. The
 chairperson shall act as temporary chairperson until the delegates elect a permanent
 chairperson. A permanent chairperson shall be elected before any other business is transacted.
 The election of a permanent chairperson shall be conducted as provided in this section. The
 chairperson of the county committee shall cause to be read the list of elected delegates and
 delegates at large under section 599(5) for the convention furnished to the chairperson by the
 county clerk under section 608. However, before reading the list, the chairperson of the county
 committee shall delete from the list the names of delegates that have been certified by the
 county clerk as disqualified under section 624a and shall add to the list the names of delegates
 elected to fill a vacancy for the balance of an unexpired term under this section, if any. When
 the name of each delegate on the list is called, the delegate shall state his or her choice for
 permanent chairperson. The person receiving a majority of the votes of the delegates present
 shall become permanent chairperson. The convention may fill any vacancy occurring in any
 delegation to a county convention by a majority vote of the delegates present. However, a
 vacancy shall not be filled by any person not a qualified, registered elector residing in the
 precinct in which the vacancy occurs. The convention shall prescribe the rules and regulations
 for the conduct of its affairs.