question about California's place in the primary schedule

[steve2470]

Hello all. I've read a lot of complaints about CA being so late in the primary schedule. It is the largest state, by population. Has anyone mounted a campaign to get the CA primary moved up to January or at least February ?

Thanks in advance, as always.

Steve

[Skink]

1. That could be good this time

Let's think about moving the Deep South to last though.

[dana_b]

8. I agree

especially for Bernie.

[SwankyXomb]

2. We went to February in 2008

Lawmakers figured it cost the state about $100 million extra, so they went back to June.

[TDale313]

3. Why would it cost that much more?

Personally I think it'd be worth it for us to have an actual say in who the nominee is.

[SwankyXomb]

4. Some decent info here:

http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/15/why-is-californias-presidential-primary-so-late

[TDale313]

5. Thanks. Still think we should go earlier.

A March consolidated primary would be great. Really irritating to essentially disenfranchise the millions of voters in California.

[Auggie]

6. Agree

[TeamPooka]

7. "legislators felt the large gap between the March primary and the November general election was...

...contributing to increasing campaign costs, so they pushed the primary back to June."
This makes no sense to me and it sounds like our State House just wants us to vote late in the cycle when it's all over.