Both Houses of the Nevada Legislature Have Bills for a January Presidential Primary

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By Richard Winger Currently, Nevada has no presidential primaries, and Democratic and Republican national party rules give Nevada the privilege of holding caucuses earlier than any other caucus state except Iowa. The 2016 Nevada caucuses are expected to be held on February 20.
Notwithstanding Nevada’s special privilege for its caucuses, there are bills in both houses to scrap caucuses and hold presidential primaries on the second-to-last Tuesday of January. AB 302 already had a hearing in the Assembly Committee on March 24, and the Senate Committee will hear an identical bill, SB 421, on April 1.
The bills would move the primary for …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/03/29/both-houses-of-the-nevada-legislature-have-bills-for-a-january-presidential-primary/