[EL] Fwd: Split primaries

[Rob Richie]

Based on Josh Putnam's Frontloading site and the Greenpapers.com site,South
Carolina is the only state with separate primaries-  Republicans on Feb
20th and Democrats on the 27th. In the other states with different dates,
parties are paying for their own contests - typically caucuses.

South Carolina in the past has had disputes over who should pay for
presidential nomination contests. A 2014 law
<http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/bills/4732.htm> requires the
state to pay for it.

As an aside, the United States remains a real outlier in having the
government pay for and regulate party nomination contests.

Rob Richie

On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Margaret Groarke <
margaret.groarke at manhattan.edu> wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> A colleague noticed that there are several states this year in which the
> Democrats and Republicans will hold their primaries on different dates.
> Isn't this a major expense for the states, which have to arrange polling
> sites on two different dates?
>
> --
> *Margaret Groarke*
> *Associate Professor, Government*
>
>
> Riverdale, NY 10471
> Phone: 718-862-7943
> Fax: 718-862-8044
> margaret.groarke at manhattan.edu <name.name at manhattan.edu>
> www.manhattan.edu
>
>
>
>
> --
> *Margaret Groarke*
> *Associate Professor, Government*
>
>
> Riverdale, NY 10471
> Phone: 718-862-7943
> Fax: 718-862-8044
> margaret.groarke at manhattan.edu <name.name at manhattan.edu>
> www.manhattan.edu
>
>
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