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Early primary states will lose delegates if they move their dates ahead of Florida
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Oct 01, 2011 07:23am |
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| News Date | Friday, September 30, 2011 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The early-voting states of New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina will lose half of their Republican convention delegates when, as expected, they move their primary dates up to be ahead of Florida, according to Republican National Committee officials.
Florida Republicans voted to move their primary to Jan. 31 on Friday, which will cost them half of their delegates under RNC rules. The rules allow only Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to hold their primaries before March 6. Arizona and Michigan will also hold late February primaries, each sacrificing half its GOP delegates.
Trying to stay ahead of Florida will now cost New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, too.
Senior RNC officials said on a Friday conference call that despite their intention to keep those states and Iowa at the front of the nomination process, "there is no waiver in the rules" for them to move up from February to January. |
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