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  • Democrats Consider Revamping Primaries (rearranging Titanic's deck chairs exercise?)

    05/14/2005 5:26:20 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 19 replies · 685+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/14/05 | Mike Glover - AP
    CHICAGO - Democrats, looking to reverse their fortunes after two straight White House defeats, met Saturday to hear competing proposals to revamp the election calendar used to choose a presidential nominee every four years. The three major proposals would focus on regional primaries. Two of those proposals would allow Iowa and New Hampshire to retain their leadoff roles in the candidate selection process. A third plan, offered by Michigan Democrats, would create a rotating series of six regional primaries. A different region would launch each presidential nominating season. That plan would allow single-state contests to begin the process, but those...
  • CA: Voters' whim no way to run state - Revamping budget process, Recall laws are better changes

    08/10/2003 9:18:52 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 27 replies · 231+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 8/10/03 | Op/Ed
    <p>Now that Saturday's 5 p.m. deadline has passed, Californians should revisit the isle of sanity.</p> <p>While only about a fourth of the 500 people who had picked up filing papers actually turned them in, this ballot will still have more than a hundred candidates. Democrats ended up with only one prominent name on the ballot, improving their chances of holding the office against the four well-known Republicans.</p>