from Ballot Access News
Federal Legislation May Doom September Primaries
August 28th, 2009
The bill moving through Congress to fund the military has an amendment that requires states to postally mail ballots to overseas absentee voters no later than 45 days before the general election. This New York Times story says that New York state officials believe that if the bill passes, the state will be forced to move its primary (for office other than president) from September, to an earlier month. About a dozen other states also have September primaries, and what is true for New York will probably be true for them as well.
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