[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9002.7]

[Page 283]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9002_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9002.7  Minor party.

    Minor party means a political party whose candidate for the office 
of President in the preceding Presidential election received, as a 
candidate of such party, 5 percent or more, but less than 25 percent, of 
the total number of popular votes received by all candidates for such 
office. For the purposes of 11 CFR 9002.7, candidate means with respect 
to any preceding Presidential election, an individual who received 
popular votes for the office of President in such election.