Thursday, 29 September 2011

Happy Holidays, and Don't Forget to Vote? GOP Scrambles to Resolve Election Calendar Chaos

The confetti is thrown. The champagne is raised. The New Year has arrived. Time to vote?

The accelerated election schedule may not be that jarring, but it could be close. States pushing up the dates of their primaries in an effort to gain more influence could mean the contests to select a Republican challenger to President Obama would start a full 11 months before the general election.

Even though both political parties tried to avoid a repeat in 2012 of a similar scenario in 2008 by delaying early presidential primaries and caucuses, states are leapfrogging their dates, threatening to push the first Republican contests into the early part of next year.   Read More

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