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RandySF

(83,213 posts) Sat Sep 16, 2017, 12:55 AM Sep 2017

California Assembly approves presidential primary in March [View all]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly has voted to move the 2020 presidential primary to March to give the nation’s most populous state more influence in choosing nominees.

The bill approved Friday will now go to the state Senate where it’s expected to pass. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he’ll sign it.

The bill would move the presidential primary to the Tuesday after the first Monday in March — three months earlier than the June contest held in 2016, when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were already the presumptive nominees.

http://kron4.com/ap/california-assembly-approves-presidential-primary-in-march/

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California Assembly approves presidential primary in March [View all] RandySF Sep 2017 OP

YEAH! Bitching about this for 30 years has finally come to an end. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #1

About damn time! zentrum Sep 2017 #2

Good. Ken Burch Sep 2017 #3

Hooray stuffmatters Sep 2017 #4

K&R Jamaal510 Sep 2017 #5

This March? Hooray!! C Moon Sep 2017 #6

"the 2020 presidential primary to March" left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #9

I was being silly. C Moon Sep 2017 #19

Good, but also make it on a Saturday n/t greeny2323 Sep 2017 #7

Why? We already have early voting Retrograde Sep 2017 #28

Great to hear. jalan48 Sep 2017 #8

Excellent idea. dalton99a Sep 2017 #10

As the most populous and most diverse state we should be first. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2017 #11

+1 oasis Sep 2017 #17

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #12

This will help to separate the kooks and loons and other assorted time-wasters... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #13

No more caucuses in Minnesota. MineralMan Sep 2017 #15

Good. I didn't know that!! boston bean Sep 2017 #20

Yes. The MN state legislature passed that MineralMan Sep 2017 #21

Nice! ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #23

Oddly enough, the decision to dump the caucus system MineralMan Sep 2017 #24

well as much as I liked the idea at first, you're right, starting in a very rich and large state JCanete Sep 2017 #22

Well the only reason we had caucuses here was because the state REFUSED to pay for primaries Turn CO Blue Sep 2017 #25

I hadn't heard that before. Thanks for the info. That's got to be very frustrating. NurseJackie Sep 2017 #27

We are one of the mail-in states but we also have early voting super stations and Turn CO Blue Sep 2017 #30

Well, that will be a game-changer. MineralMan Sep 2017 #14

Not really RandySF Sep 2017 #16

I think the oft-criticized draw-out primaries generally do a very good job... Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #18

Good.... Adrahil Sep 2017 #26

We had an early primary in 2008 Retrograde Sep 2017 #29