Florida Bill to Change Primary Date (Don't blame Reps)

Florida Senate Website ^ | 05/03/2007 | Florida Legislature

[Moose Dung]

Florida House Bill 0537: Relating to Elections [LPCC]

Revises fines applicable to violations of requirements re third-party voter registrations; revises dates re presidential preference primary; authorizes municipalities to move their election date by ordinance to coincide with said primary; exempts persons seeking federal office from resign-to-run law; requires that all write-in candidates reside within district of office sought at time of qualification, etc. Amends FS. APPROPRIATION: $27,861,850. EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/01/2008 except as otherwise provided.

05/03/07 HOUSE Amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) failed -HJ 01064; Concurred -HJ 01050; CS passed as amended;

YEAS 118 NAYS 0

-HJ 01064; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 01065

[Moose Dung]

Recently several democrat talking heads in the Clinton camp have been floating the meme that the change in the primary date was engineered as a dirty trick by a republican dominated legislature and governor.

This post is intended to provide the link and vote talley from the Florida legislature. The bill passed unanimously -- and the Florida Democratic Party insisted it would never back down.

Don't let the Clintoons smear the republicans on this.

dung.

[ari-freedom]

I still don’t understand why they would do such a crazy thing

[Moose Dung]

In doing the research, I found this CNN article from October 2007 already starting the story line about Republicans forcing the change in the primary date.

Read down the story though, the Florida Dems didn’t see it that way at all.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/27/democratic-candidates-avoid-florida-convention/

dung.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Lay it out on the thread....lots of freepers never click on those links...

[Moose Dung]

From the CNN story here’s the money quote:

Florida Democrats were given 30 days to change their minds. They refused.

On Saturday morning, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman took the stage to raucous applause as she sang along with rock star Tom Petty: “I will stand my ground, and I won’t back down.”

— Doesn’t sound like Florida Republicans had any hand in this mess.

dung.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks....lays it out nicely....

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Thanks for posting.

The Democrats should’ve just cut their delegates in half like the GOP did and they wouldn’t have the mess they have now.

[poobear]

“Recently several democrat talking heads in the Clinton camp have been floating the meme that the change in the primary date was engineered as a dirty trick by a republican dominated legislature and governor.”

Sen. Bill Nelson D-FL said exactly that on CNN’s 360 with what's his name (rerun at 5 AM this morning). Then he turned around and said he sued the DNC because of their ruling to not count FL delegates and lost last December.

I mean if it were the evil Republican legislature and the evil Governor, why did he sue the DNC? Also, why should FL taxpayers have to fork over millions of dollars AGAIN for another primary.

Something doesn't pass the smell test here on either side.