(a) Whenever a
Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or
by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid
designating petition is filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made
by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled
by the voters of a
political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled
by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed
by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made
by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled
by the voters of a
political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled
by a subcommittee appointed
by said District Committee for that purpose.
(b) Each Democratic organization shall have a written constitution which provides among other things (i) that the annual election of officers be
by a secret ballot of the members of the organization; (ii) that membership in the organization be open to all enrolled Democrats residing in the
political subdivision for which the organization is to function; (iii) that there be periodic financial reports to the membership, with at least one report each year and that the receipts and expenditures of the organization may be reviewed upon the written request of any member of the organization at a reasonable time and place fixed
by an officer of the organization
designated for that purpose; (iv) that endorsement of all candidates for
party position or public office in the
party primary be
by a secret ballot of the members of the organization.