Your post today sounds as though you are saying the
Carter-Baker Commission is the source of the idea for
regional presidential primaries, but bills to set up
such a thing were introduced in congress in the 1980's
and early 1990's, by US Senator Alan Dixon, a
Democrat. I can't remember who introduced it in the
House, but it had a hearing in the House. The only
time I ever testified before a congressional committee
was because of this bill. I was trying to get across
the need to exempt smaller parties from the bill's
provision. Since the bills didn't advance, it didn't
matter anyway.
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