11 CFR § 9002.7 - Minor party.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t11/s9002.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "11 CFR § 9002.7 - Minor party."
title_number: 11
title_name: "Federal Elections"
section_number: "9002.7"
section_name: "Minor party."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND: GENERAL ELECTION FINANCING"
part_number: "9002"
part_name: "DEFINITIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 9002 and 9009(b)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 35911, July 29, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "9002"
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# 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.