11 CFR 9002.6
§ 9002.6 Major party.
United States · 11 CFR — Federal Elections · Status: effective
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- 11 CFR 9002.6, § 9002.6 Major party, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/42460
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Major party means a political party whose candidate for the office of President in the preceding Presidential election received, as a candidate of such party, 25 percent or more of the total number of popular votes received by all candidates for such office. For the purposes of 11 CFR 9002.6, candidate means, with respect to any preceding Presidential election, an individual who received popular votes for the office of President in such election.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.