Nevada Democrats move to end presidential caucuses
Nevada Democrats moved Monday to end the use of caucuses in presidential nominating contests, part of a concerted effort to push the state to the front of the primary calendar.
The bill, which was introduced in the Assembly, would convert the nominating system in the state to a primary election instead of caucuses, a move former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threw his support behind immediately following last year’s caucuses.
The jockeying over the primary calendar follows a turbulent Democratic primary last year, in which the caucus system and the order of nominating contests came under intense scrutiny. The Iowa caucuses ended in disarray after technological issues delayed the reporting results, and calculation errors resulted in the Associated Press never calling a winner of the contest.
Iowa and New Hampshire, the two states that have historically kicked off the primary calendar, also came under fire among Democrats for not being demographically representative of the country. The populations of both states are predominately white, unlike Nevada which is more diverse.
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