Y'know how states get their back up when people mention a standardization of voting?

[SoCalDem]

Think about this:

Right now there is a stampede to "be first" in holding primaries. The rationale is that they are doing it so their elections "count", and so that other states don't get the "jump" on them. The states apparently recognize on a micro-level, that what OTHER states do, really DOES matter to them, so the argument they use for not wanting nationally standardized formats is baseless.

They want it both ways..

EVERYONE cannot be "first"..


The time has come ..for a regional primary system..



Draw numbers from a box to see who goes "first", and leave it at that.

These primaries should be at 1 month intervals, to allow travel within the region.. Starting in february, it would all be over by July, and would be infinitely cheaper and easier to figure out..

I think our whole election system should be turned over to a 5th grade class somewhere.. Kids seem to get it, when it comes to doing things fairly and easily :")

[LiberalFighter]

1. I suggested regional primaries a while back and also...

have the regions rotate each Presidential election. 2008: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 2012: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1

It should reduce campaign costs for the primaries by reducing the transportation needed to get from one site to another. The media costs that can be shared across state lines because those other states are also in the region.

It might result in more viable candidates staying in longer if the payoff is still possible in the last 1 or 2 regions.

[SoCalDem]

2. Yep.. and my regional split has major media in each one

and large cities , as well as rural.. I think we'd get a much better accounting ..

[left is right]

3. I like the rotational aspect, I also like the 6 voting days, and primaries lasting until July

but I am not too keen on the regional portion of the plan. I would like to see the states divided in such a way that each region has at least one state voting on each primary day and the number of electoral votes divided nearly evenly between the primaries, with no declarable winner until all states have cast their votes. I am in Indiana and Kerry had already been declared the nominee before I even got to vote. I voted for him in the national election--but he was not my choice--I never believed that he was the one and only person who could beat * but I did hope that he was after he gained the nomination.