On June 30, the Washington state legislature passed the budget bill, SB 6052. The Governor lined out a few appropriations but he did not line out funding for the presidential primary, so it will be held.

However, the date still is not determined. The existing law says it should be May 24 unless the Secretary of State and the two qualified parties agree to another date. It is likely the Republican Party will ask for an earlier presidential primary. The Democratic Party probably won’t want to use its presidential primary, but the Democratic Party is not likely to stop the Republicans from having an earlier primary. Thanks to Josh Putnam for this news.

Another state which hasn’t settled the date of its 2016 presidential primary is North Carolina. The legislature came back into session last week.