National Journal: “Unlike in recent election cycles, the 2016 calendar has so far fallen into place the way party leaders had hoped, with the traditional four early-voting states (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada) on track to hold their primaries in February and others set to start in March. The notable exception, however, is North Carolina, where Republican state Sen. Bob Rucho wrote a law two years ago to move his state up and is now leading a charge to keep it there—in violation of party rules designed to preserve the early states’ prestige.”
“Rucho’s legislation in 2013 tethered North Carolina’s primary date to South Carolina’s in order to give his state more influence in selecting presidential nominees. Since South Carolina’s 2016 primary is expected to take place on Feb. 20, North Carolina’s would be on Feb. 23 under that law.”
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