According to this story, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin says it is not practical for the legislature to move the 2012 non-presidential primary, which is set for September 6, a Thursday. Many Democratic Party activists are upset with that date because it is also the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The Democratic Party presidential convention of 2012 is the latest national presidential convention ever held by a major party in the United States. Because that national convention is so late, all states have had to permit any qualified party to wait until September 6 to certify the names of their presidential and vice-presidential nominees. Until recently, Texas required such certification on an earlier date, but the state ignored that deadline in 2008 and since then has relaxed it.