Section 2-102. State committee; creation

1.  The  members of the state
  committee  of  each  party  shall  be  elected  from   such   units   of
  representation  as the state committee shall by rule provide. The number
  of members representing each unit may vary, but  each  member  shall  be
  entitled  to  an  equal  vote within his unit.  Each member of the state
  committee shall be entitled to cast one vote unless  the  rules  of  the
  party shall provide otherwise.
    2.  Each member shall be, at the time of his election and continuously
  thereafter, an enrolled member of the party and a resident of  the  unit
  from which he is elected except as hereinafter provided.
    3.  To  be eligible for election as a member of the state committee at
  the first election next ensuing after a readjustment  or  alteration  of
  the  units  of  representation  becomes effective, a candidate must only
  have been a resident of the county  in  which  the  unit,  or  any  part
  thereof,  is  contained  for the twelve months immediately preceding the
  election.
    4. The state committee may provide by rule for equal representation of
  the sexes on said committee. When  any  such  rule  provides  for  equal
  representation  of  the  sexes,  the  designating  petitions and primary
  ballots shall list candidates for such  party  positions  separately  by
  sexes.
    5.  The  state  committee  may  provide  for  the  holding  of a state
  convention and the election of delegates and alternate delegates thereto
  in any year and may empower such convention to adopt party platforms and
  policies and to transact such other business as it may prescribe.