March 24, 2008
Puerto Rico, My Heart's Devotion ...
The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Cmte is hosting a call in a few minutes to announce that Puerto Rico's primary will be moved to June 1. Was June 7. PR has a law on the books requiring that the primary be held the first Sunday of June. Someone apparently forgot about Leap Year ...
The contest was also scheduled to be a caucus. But sources say party officials are likely to sanction a primary instead. A sign, perhaps, that PR doesn't have the infrastructure in place to run a caucus.
There are 55 delegates in play ...
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 02:54 PM
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Puerto Rico moved its primary back to June 1 about a month ago.
Jan | 03.24.08 06:25 PM
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What next?
Giving us last year's Super Bowl story as well?
This change was announced 18 days ago, on March 6th.
lestatdelc | 03.24.08 08:23 PM
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And it was validated today by the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the DNC ...
Scott | 03.24.08 09:03 PM
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Puerto Rico has always run caucuses, very sparsely attended ones, since in most cycles the nominees have long since been chosen.
This year they are switching to a primary because they expect record turnout, perhaps closing in on 1 million.
along | 03.25.08 12:28 AM
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