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Frontloading HQ: Massachusetts Presidential Primary Scheduled for March 1
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Massachusetts Presidential Primary Scheduled for March 1. Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin (D), in a surprise to literally no one, announced. On Thursday, August 6 that the 2016 presidential primary in the Bay state would be held on March 1. In the commonwealth call for the presidential primary to be held on the first Tuesday of March in every presidential election year. Though there is legislation. Over the level of funding allocated. That was the last remaining hu...
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Frontloading HQ: Budget Concerns May Affect Massachusetts Presidential Primary, 2016 Edition
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Budget Concerns May Affect Massachusetts Presidential Primary, 2016 Edition. Does Massachusetts Secretary of State, William Galvin (D) make some variation of this claim every four years? Furthermore, he has suggested - just as he did four years ago. Before a similar legislative hearing - that the parties in the state consider state party-funded caucuses in lieu of a state-funded presidential primary. Quotes from Secretary Galvin:. Via the Boston Globe. 8220;If this were to be the...
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Frontloading HQ: Kansas Republicans Set Delegate Allocation Rules for 2016
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Sunday, July 26, 2015. Kansas Republicans Set Delegate Allocation Rules for 2016. That the Kansas Republican Party set its caucus date at its midyear convention on Saturday, July 25, the real headline came from changes to the party's delegate allocation process. The Lawrence Journal-World ran a story late Saturday that Kansas Republicans had set the date of their 2016 caucuses for March 5 at their Saturday meeting. However, that decision was tentatively made back in January and formalized thereafter.
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Frontloading HQ: Minnesota Republicans Considering Skipping Presidential Preference Vote at Next Year's Caucuses?
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Minnesota Republicans Considering Skipping Presidential Preference Vote at Next Year's Caucuses? One of the stories that popped up over the last few months that FHQ thought was a really interesting story - but just was not getting much national coverage - is how Minnesota Republicans have been reacting to the new binding rules from the national party. The objective of the Republican National Committee coming out of the Tampa convention. Compliance is impossible". Impossible...
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Frontloading HQ: March 15 Presidential Primary Bill Unanimously Passes North Carolina State Senate
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. March 15 Presidential Primary Bill Unanimously Passes North Carolina State Senate. The North Carolina state Senate on Tuesday, July 21 passed the committee substitute to HB 373. By a 45-0 vote. On its second read and then without dissent on a voice vote on its third read. The measure to schedule the 2016 North Carolina presidential primary for March 15. Now heads to the House for concurrence. March 8 the Target Date for Washington State Presidential Primary. Slivers of the Vote.
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Frontloading HQ: 2012 Republican Delegate Allocation: Kansas
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Saturday, March 10, 2012. 2012 Republican Delegate Allocation: Kansas. This is the twentieth in a multipart series of posts that will examine the Republican delegate allocation by state. The main goal of this exercise is to assess the rules for 2012 - especially relative to 2008. For links to the other states' plans see the Republican Delegate Selection Plans by State section in the left sidebar under the calendar. But let's have a closer look:. 12 congressional district delegates. For the congressional ...
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Frontloading HQ: New York Has Reverted to a February Presidential Primary for 2016
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Friday, September 12, 2014. New York Has Reverted to a February Presidential Primary for 2016. FHQ has done some maintenance to our 2016 presidential primary calendar. This week. Mostly that meant repairing some broken links to the primary date statutes in the various states, but also included double-checking the language of those statutes. On that latter front, we came across an unusual situation/oversight concerning the positioning of the 2016 presidential primary in New York. Are you following FHQ on.
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Frontloading HQ: Minnesota Republicans Seeking Waiver from New RNC Delegate-Binding Rule
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Friday, February 20, 2015. Minnesota Republicans Seeking Waiver from New RNC Delegate-Binding Rule. Fresh off having agreed with. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party on a date for the 2016 Minnesota caucuses. The Republican Party in the Land of 10,000 Lakes is surveying its compliance with other guidelines in the Republican National Committee delegate selection rules. And that is not going over well in Minnesota. And other caucuses states led to endless misinterpretations. But that is the RNC per...
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Frontloading HQ: Republican Proportionality Rules Changes for 2016, Part One
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Republican Proportionality Rules Changes for 2016, Part One. These discussions never really go away, but with candidates officially announcing and 2016 drawing closer, the salience of the delegate selection rules has begun its quiet rise. Already, FHQ has seen snippets of comments and reporting out there building up the potential for rules changes - breaking with the typical rhythms of the nomination process - to increase the chaos of the 2016 Republican nomination process.
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