The Elections Code provisions regulating party governance are byzantine in their complexity
and vary in extent and detail from party to party.
See, e.g., Cal.Elec.Code §§ 8500—
8945 (Democratic Party), 9000—9510 (Republican Party), 9600—9745 (American Independent Party), 9750—9855 (Peace and Freedom Party). To take the Democratic party as an illustration, the Code establishes party central committees at the county,
id. § 8820, and state-wide levels,
id. § 8660; it dictates the size, membership, and apportionment of these committees,
id. §§ 8660—8672 (state committee), 8820—8834 (county committees); it mandates the place and time of committee meetings,
id. §§ 8710—8711, 8920—8922; it enjoins the state central committee to observe standard parliamentary procedure,
id. § 8778; and it provides for the election of a state chair and vice-chair and requires that they be selected alternately from the northern and southern sections of the state.
Id. § 8774.