The Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee is meeting April 1-4 near Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the agenda is a determination to work out a recommended plan for presidential primary schedules in 2012. The Republican Party can only change its rules at its national convention. The Rules Committee, therefore, hopes to come up with a plan that the national convention can approve, when it meets September 1-4 in Minnesota.
The Rules Committee is considering five various plans. Some of them organize the nation by region and allow for a lottery to determine which region goes first. Another plan groups the states by population, and provides that the smallest states go first, and the largest states last. Most of the plans allow New Hampshire and South Carolina the right to go ahead of all other states.
time for a national primary.
I hope both paries accept a plan like this. I think Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina should be allowed to go first, followed by four regional primaries determined by lottery the first time and rotating every four years continuously.
General election ballot access using EQUAL nominating petitions.
NONPARTISAN Approval Voting for executive and judicial offices.
Vote for 1 or more, highest win.
Abolish all party hack caucuses, primaries and conventions — i.e. put the party hacks OUT of business permanently.
Time to break the stranglehold of Iowa and New Hampshire. Let’s have a national primary.
Am I the only one who sees that a single national primary will hugely elevate the importance of fundraising and virtually eliminate any chance for the “little guy”? Or am I simply the only one who cares?
Sorry – the defense of Western Civilization no longer permits yahoo little guys/gals coming out of thin air to become a Prez.