Democrats Set to Shake Up Primary Calendar

[Judi Lynn]

Democrats Set to Shake Up Primary Calendar
Democrats on Track to Jumble the States in the Presidential Primary Calendar

By WILL LESTER

WASHINGTON Jul 21, 2006 (AP)— Democrats are on track to jumble the states in the presidential primary calendar in response to growing criticism that the same predominantly white states hold many of the cards in early voting.

And not even complaints from a former president and a half-dozen White House hopefuls can stop them.

Iowa would still go first in the new calendar, but a Western state possibly Nevada or Arizona would be wedged in before the New Hampshire primary. A Southern state possibly Alabama or South Carolina would follow New Hampshire.

The national Democrats' rules and bylaws committee expects to vote on the proposal this weekend.
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