§ 168.623aMailing or delivering certificate showing number of delegates to county

convention; time; notice; failure to forward certificate; allotment and apportionment of
 delegates; election of delegates by direct vote.
 Sec. 623a.
    (1) On or before April 1 in even numbered years, the chairperson of the county committee
 or district committee of a congressional district or a part of a congressional district considered
 a county under section 592 of each political party shall forward by mail or otherwise deliver to
 the board of election commissioners in that county a certificate showing the number of
 delegates to the county convention to which each precinct of the county is entitled. The
 chairperson of the state central committee of a political party shall notify the chairperson of
 the county committee or district committee of a congressional district or a part of a
 congressional district considered a county under section 592 of that political party no later
 than March 1 in even numbered years that the certificate required by this subsection is to be
 delivered to the board of election commissioners on or before April 1 of that year.
    (2) If the chairperson fails to forward the certificate required by subsection (1) by the day
 specified, the board of election commissioners shall immediately determine the number of
 delegates to the county convention that each precinct should elect for the implementation of
 this act.
    (3) The allotment of delegates to all precincts in the state shall be made to insure, as near as
 is practicable, equal apportionment based upon the total vote cast for the candidate of each
 political party for either president of the United States or secretary of state at the last general
 November election when elections for those offices were held, whichever is later. However,
 each precinct shall have at least 1 delegate.
    (4) The apportionment shall be based on the precincts as they exist 180 days before the
 August primary election in even numbered years.
    (5) As many delegates in each precinct as a political party is entitled to according to the
 certificate authorized by the chairperson of the county committee or the board of election
 commissioners shall be elected at the August primary in even numbered years by direct vote of
 the registered electors of each political party in the county.