Who Compose The Grand Lodge of Califorina
Grand Lodge Membership & Voting
Who compose the Grand Lodge of California?
Masonic Code Section §20.000. MEMBERS defines the membership of the Grand Lodge.
They are as follows:
(A) Elective and appointive Grand Lodge Officers
(B) Past Grand Officers
(C) Masters, Senior Wardens and Junior Wardens of chartered Lodges
(D) Past Masters collectively of each chartered Lodge.
Who compose the voting members of the Grand Lodge of California?
Except as provided in Sections 403.080 and 403.085 of this Code, the following shall each be entitled to one vote only:
A. Elective and appointive Grand Lodge Officers except the Grand Tiler and the Assistant Grand Tiler; (total of 31 votes)
B. Past Grand Officers; (total of 35 votes)
C. Masters, Senior Wardens and Junior Wardens of chartered Lodges (total of 975 votes);
D. Past Masters collectively of each chartered Lodge (total of 325 votes).
As you can see a majority of the voting authority at Grand Lodge (95%) rests collectively with the lodge Masters, Wardens and their Past Masters.