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Old Parties Move to Overhaul Primary Process

Submitted by lpin on Wed, 08/27/2008 - 17:27 |

DENVER, CO -- Stateline.org reported today that efforts are underway by both of the older entrenched parties to revamp their current primary process in order to avoid the prolonged primary battles leading up to their conventions.

“The formal primary process teeters on the brink of chaos,” said Don Means, director of the Open Caucus Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advocates a change in the nominating process.

In fact, Stateline cites the move by a record 28 states in moving their primary election to February in order to provide a voice for their voters in determining the parties' general election candidates. By the end of February, voters in 39 states had expressed their presidential preferences, compared to just 19 in 2004.

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