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Democrats Propose Moving Up Nevada in Presidential Caucuses
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jul 23, 2006 06:42pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, July 24, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: July 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, July 22 — The Democratic Party moved toward the most significant changes in its presidential nomination process in 30 years on Saturday, a rewriting of its election-year calendar for 2008.
The party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, in a decision that is likely to alter fundamentally the way the party chooses its nominee, voted for early contests in two new states — a caucus in Nevada and a primary in South Carolina. Party officials said the change was almost certain to be ratified by the Democratic National Committee next month.
The immediate effect would be to decrease the influence of Iowa and New Hampshire, the two states that have started — and some party officials argued, unfairly dominated — the nominating process since 1976.
The change was resisted by officials in New Hampshire, which would be sandwiched between a caucus on the Saturday before its famous primary and another primary on the next Tuesday. Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, warned in a private letter to Democratic officials that the state party might defiantly try to invoke a New Hampshire state law to move the primary earlier.
Republican Party officials said that they were watching the Democratic maneuvering closely, and that it was likely, but not certain, that Republicans would also change their calendar along these same lines. |
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