An election by the voters of a ward, precinct, or other small district, belonging to a particular party, of representatives or delegates to a convention which is to meet and nominate the candidates of their party to stand at an approaching municipal or general election . See State v. Hirsch, 125 Ind. 207, 24 N. E. 1002, 9 L. R. A. 170; People v. Cavanaugh, 112 Cal. 670,44 Pac. 1057; State v. Woodruff, 68 N. J. Law, 89, 52 Atl. 294.
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