http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/02/washington-primary-deadlines-move/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=334 http://www.ballot-access.org/2006/03/02/washington-primary-deadlines-move/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Juan Jose Nolla Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:57:49 +0000 http://ballot-access.org/2006/03/02/washington-primary-deadlines-move/#comment-1201 What is going on? Despite the fact that the major parties seem to be trying to nominate their candidates later and later (take for example that the GOP formally renominated George W Bush in September 2004, just before the Labor Day weekend), some states want to force minor parties to choose their candidates sooner and sooner. It doesn't make sense to me. With the technological advances, I think early to mid-September should be a reasonable date for all parties, major and minor, to inform their final lists of candidates, so the ballots can be printed and sample ballots can be distributed among voters during October. In some extreme circumstances, the authorities could amend the ballot as late as the end of October. What is going on? Despite the fact that the major parties seem to be trying to nominate their candidates later and later (take for example that the GOP formally renominated George W Bush in September 2004, just before the Labor Day weekend), some states want to force minor parties to choose their candidates sooner and sooner.
It doesn’t make sense to me. With the technological advances, I think early to mid-September should be a reasonable date for all parties, major and minor, to inform their final lists of candidates, so the ballots can be printed and sample ballots can be distributed among voters during October. In some extreme circumstances, the authorities could amend the ballot as late as the end of October.

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