The Republican National Committee is forbidding states that aren't Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding primaries and caucuses in February 2012. Obviously, multiple states plan to flagrantly violate that rule. The RNC is also requiring that states finalize their primary dates by October 1 of this year. Florida has decided to wait until the last possible minute to announce their date, which will likely lead to other states selecting or moving their dates after the RNC deadline. Organizing a primary calendar is hard, when every state wants to vote early.
The committee in charge of selecting Florida's date postponed their decision until September 30, in order to see how this mess sorts itself:
Complicating their decision is the fact that Arizona has broken the primary calendar rules set by the political parties and set its date for Feb. 28, the same day as South Carolina, which is expected to move its date up earlier. Missouri has also broken the calendar rules and set Feb. 7 as its primary. Michigan is poised to move its date into early February as well. All states must report their primary dates to the parties by Oct. 1.
Florida is determined to maintain its "fifth in the nation" status, so they're waiting for South Carolina and New Hampshire, who in turn are waiting for everyone else to pick dates.
Foretelling republican hi jinx of the Florida primary date, Florida Democrats have submitted a delegate selection plan that will be approved by the National Democratic Party, thus, preventing, the total chaos caused by the Florida Republicans in 2008
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