Under current Missouri law, the 2012 presidential primary will be in early February. The two major parties have said they won’t recognize primaries that early, except for the New Hampshire and South Carolina presidential primaries. So Missouri Senator Kevin Engler introduced SB 282, to move Missouri’s presidential primary to March.
However, on March 16, the Missouri Senate voted for an amendment to the bill, to move the presidential primary to one week after the New Hampshire primary. The vote on the amendment was 16-14. Senator Engler opposed the motion. In effect, his bill has been altered against his wishes. The bill will be on third reading in the Senate next week. In the meantime, HB 503 in the House sets up a March presidential primary, and has passed all the House committees, but is not set for a vote in the House.
In 2008, the New Hampshire presidential primary was on January 8. No one knows when it will be in 2012. The New Hampshire Secretary of State has authority to set the date, without input from the legislature. Thanks to Frontloading HQ for this news.
Why does it seem like we may see primaries a year before the general election.
How EVIL INSANE is it to be having elections in the DEAD of WINTER ???
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Abolish the EVIL insane Electoral College.
Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the U.S.A.
P.R. and App.Vote — to END the worse and worse robot party hack predictable left/right INSANITY in the U.S.A. regime.
How come the large States permit the party hacks in the snow in NH to have ANY power whatever regarding Prez primaries ???
How can such such EVIL INSANITY be explained to SANE foreign adults ???
– i.e. how many foreign folks regard the U.S.A. regime as being totally N-U-T-S — besides now being totally bankrupt ???
See the various INSANE monarchs in the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages.
Some SANE reforms –
Uniform definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the U.S.A.
EQUAL ballot access stuff.
P.R.
App.V.
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NO EVIL INSANE primaries in the dead of winter.
Great!
This isn’t quite breaking the hegemony, but it’s a foot in the door for recognizing the worth of the American voter everywhere. The political classes in Nevada ans S.C. will just have to muddle through.