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1999 SESSION
SB 1287 Presidential election year primaries.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:
Presidential election year primaries. Permits, but does not require, a political party to elect delegates to its national convention at a presidential primary to be held on the last Tuesday in February. The party may also choose to elect its delegates apart from the primary, and they will be bound to vote on the first national convention ballot for the primary winner unless he or she releases the delegation. The bill changes the date for municipal primaries in presidential election years from the first Tuesday in March to the last Tuesday in February to coincide with the presidential primary. The bill retains the usual June primary date for all other primaries to nominate candidates for the November election and the usual June deadlines for party nominations by non-primary methods. The costs of a presidential primary will be paid, as is the case for other elections, by the counties and cities.
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Presidential election year primaries. Permits, but does not require, a political party to elect delegates to its national convention at a presidential primary to be held on the last Tuesday in February. The bill changes the date for municipal primaries in presidential election years from the first Tuesday in March to the last Tuesday in February to coincide with the presidential primary. The bill retains the usual June primary date for all other primaries to nominate candidates for the November election and the usual June deadlines for party nominations by non-primary methods. The costs of a presidential primary will be paid, as is the case for other elections, by the counties and cities.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Presidential election year primaries. Permits, but does not require, a political party to elect delegates to its national convention at a presidential primary to be held on the last Tuesday in February. The bill changes the date for municipal primaries in presidential election years from the first Tuesday in March to the last Tuesday in February to coincide with the presidential primary. The bill retains the usual June primary date for all other primaries to nominate candidates for the November election and the usual June deadlines for party nominations by non-primary methods. The costs of a presidential primary will be paid, as is the case for other elections, by the counties and cities.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Presidential election year primaries. Provides for the conduct of primaries in presidential years on the last Tuesday in February and for the holding of a presidential primary to select delegates to the national convention of the party holding the primary.