The Great Primary Calendar re-shuffle Megathread

[The Mikado]

So what penalties would there be?  Half-delegates?

[The Mikado]

It occurs to me that if a lot of states (including big ones like FL, MI, and NY) take the 50% delegate penalty, then if their gamble fails and the race is still competitive by Super Tuesday, the leftover big states will have vastly disproportionate influence (like TX).

[The Mikado]

Yeah, the Utah legislature only meets for about six and a half weeks a year (between January and March):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Legislature

There are several other states that only meet between January and April.  And on the other end of the spectrum, you've got states whose legislatures are in session pretty much year round.

And then, of course, there's Texas, whose legislature only meets every other year.

They'll likely have a bunch of special sessions this term, though.

[The Mikado]

So, should all this happen, we'd be looking at the first 10 or so states having half-delegates?  Wouldn't big states like FL, MI, and others, besides, having half delegates mean that the later states would have that much more weight if the contest ends up split like 2008?  (Texas, especially, will be a heavyweight)