The bill in the Michigan legislature to abolish the 2008 presidential primary, HB 5353, was introduced 8 days ago, and so far it has not made any headway. If the bill were to pass, Michigan Democrats would try to schedule a presidential caucus for the same day as the New Hampshire presidential primary.

New Hampshire hasn’t set the date for its presidential primary, and will not do so, until Michigan’s actions are known. Now that filing has closed for the New Hampshire primary, it may be presumed that New Hampshire has already started printing the ballots. That job will probably be done by November 12. Federal law requires that absentee ballots be made available 30 days before election day itself.