South Carolina Bill to Pressure Both Major Parties to Hold Simultaneous Presidential Primaries

By Richard Winger South Carolina Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden) has introduced SB 204, concerning presidential primaries. Currently, the government pays most of the expenses of presidential primaries for parties that polled at least 5% of the presidential vote in the last election. The bill would require such parties to confer and agree on a common date for their(More)… …read more

Source:: http://www.ballot-access.org/2015/01/south-carolina-bill-to-pressure-both-major-parties-to-hold-simultaneous-presidential-primaries/