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« on: December 01, 2016, 05:18:25 PM »

Primaries should be divided into 5 "mega tuesdays".

Super Tuesday 1 (February)
-IA (Caucuses)
-NH
-NV
-SC

Super Tuesday 2 (February)
-Midwesterner states

Super Tuesday 3 (March)
-Northeasterner states
-American abroad
-American territories

Super Tuesday 4 (March)
-Southerner states

Super Tuesday 5 (April)
-Westerner states
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2016, 08:40:19 PM »
« Edited: December 02, 2016, 11:02:51 PM by MarkD »

Or, how about this?
No state holds a presidential primary or caucus before April 1.
1. Only the states with 3 or 4 electoral college votes hold them in April, on whichever dates the states want. (AK, DE, DC, HI, ID, ME, MT, NH, ND, RI, SD, VT, WY.)
2. The states with 5 to 11 electoral college votes hold them in May, on whichever dates the states want. (AL, AZ, AR, CO, CT, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MN, MS, MO, NB, NV, NM, OK, OR, SC, TN, UT, WI, WV.)
3. All of the rest hold them in June, on whichever dates the states want. (CA, FL, GA, IL, MI, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TX, VA, WA.)
(Of course, once every ten years, when the seats in the House are reapportioned, a state could change from one category to another, thus requiring that state to change which month it holds its presidential primary or caucus. West Virginia, for example, is likely going to lose one of its three seats in the House after the 2020 census, thus bringing it from #2 to #1 -- from May to April.)
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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 07:09:25 PM »

hold 'em all at once
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2016, 05:26:25 PM »

May 1: nationwide primary using approval voting or something. No delegates needed.
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2016, 11:56:33 AM »

Why not just have a huge top two primary?
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2016, 06:44:47 PM »

A nationwide primary sometime in May or June would be preferable.
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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2016, 07:23:32 AM »

Nationwide primaries are awful ideas...
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2016, 09:17:35 PM »

Just have a Mega Week in June.

Day 1: The South, Foreign Turf, Americans Abroad
Day 2: The Northeast and Midwest
Day 3: The West
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2016, 01:53:55 PM »

By week, on sunday of week

Week 1
IA (caucus)

Week 2
NV

Week 3
NM
MS

Week 4
TX

Week 5
SC
MA
TN
MT
ND
DE
OR

Week 6
ID
WY

Week 7
AL
GA
VA
NJ
MD
AZ
CO
OH

Week 7
NE
Territories
Abroad
UT
KS
OK
NH
VT
ME

Week 8
AK
HI
DC

Week 9
...

Week 10
NY
CA
FL
NC
LA
AR
WA

Week 11
...

Week 12
WI
MN
MI
PA
IL
IN

Week 13
MO
KT
WV
CT

Not sure how good this calender is.
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