[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9032.7]

[Page 328]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9032_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9032.7  Primary election.

    (a) Primary election means an election held by a State or a 
political party, including a run-off election, or a nominating 
convention or a caucus--
    (1) For the selection of delegates to a national nominating 
convention of a political party;
    (2) For the expression of a preference for the nomination of 
Presidential candidates;
    (3) For the purposes stated in both paragraphs (a) (1) and (2) of 
this section; or
    (4) To nominate a Presidential candidate.
    (b) If separate primary elections are held in a State by the State 
and a political party, the primary election for the purposes of this 
subchapter will be the election held by the political party.