Caucus
Caucus: (1) A closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy.
Definition
(1) A closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy. (2) A group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
A closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy. (2) A group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause.
- Definition 3
“A meeting of a political party or committee.” Me. Rev. Stat. §21-A-1(6). An “open meeting held in a political subdivision to nominate the candidates of a political party for public office to be elected in such subdivision at which all the enrolled voters of such party residing in such subdivision are eligible to vote.” N. Y. Elec tion Laws (consol.) §1-104(28). Any “meeting, at a designated hour and place, or at designated hours and places, of the enrolled members of a political party within a municipality or political subdivision thereof for the purpose of selecting party-endorsed candidates for a primary to be held by such party or for the purpose of transacting other business of such party.” Conn. Gen. Stat. §9-372(1).