tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post7852082384394851594..comments2024-03-18T07:11:29.068-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Chairman Bitner’s Statement on Florida’s Republican PrimaryJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-33339556360619977972011-04-05T10:12:49.992-04:002011-04-05T10:12:49.992-04:00I apologize for the delayed response. But in answe...I apologize for the delayed response. But in answer to your questions, MP:<br /><br />1) The remaining "clock is ticking" posts are still on my radar. They just weren't as pressing as the others in the series posted thus far. I'll try and get one or two of those up a week throughout April.<br /><br />2) Washington was added to that line on the calendar when I went back and looked at the law in the context of the series of bills there to cancel the 2012 primary. Previously, I had treated Washington as having been up in the air because the parties had continually proven since the 1990s that they would choose a date prior to that point. But the law does give the parties the option of using the May date or coming together to select an alternative. That alternative seems unlikely with the cancel bill in the state Senate gaining momentum in recent weeks. If the primary is postponed until 2016, then, the date change on the primary will change from May to the times in which the two parties decide to hold caucuses.Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-91859192280467716122011-04-02T07:52:00.530-04:002011-04-02T07:52:00.530-04:00Two questions (that are not actually about this po...Two questions (that are not actually about this post, but the blog in general):<br /><br />1) I was wondering if we could get a "clock is ticking" post on New York at some point. It's the biggest of the early primary states that we haven't heard anything from them yet. I know the legislature meets all year, but are there any particular deadlines in the state for the introduction of legislation?<br /><br />2) In the calendar on the lefthand sidebar, I notice that Washington is currently listed as May 22nd. When did this happen? I thought the bills in the legislature were just to eliminate the primary, and that it was tentatively still in February, like in 2008, when both the primary and caucus were in February.astrojobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643324377144064814noreply@blogger.com