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Originally Posted by bluefish81
I can't answer that for PhiGam, but I can say that there are several states where the Democrats and Republicans hold their primaries and caucuses on different days. I live in one. However, I realize that wasn't the case in Florida, but nothing was stopping them from doing so.
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As this is about FL, there are several ways to locate the information about it:
Ths following just happened to be the very first on on the search engine results.
Florida Democratic primary, 2008
In August of
2006, the
Democratic National Committee adopted a proposal by its Rules and Bylaws Committee that only four states:
Iowa,
New Hampshire,
Nevada and
South Carolina would be permitted to hold primaries or caucuses before February 5, 2008.
[1].
In the spring of 2007, the Florida legislature passed by overwhelming majorities House Bill 537[2] which moved the date of the state's Republican and Democratic primaries to January 29th, a week before the earliest permitted date[3] of both parties.
In response, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee voted on
August 25,
2007 that Florida was in violation of its rules, and gave the state 30 days' notice to change the date of its primary.
[1] As Florida did not respond, the Committee stripped Florida of its delegates to the
2008 Democratic National Convention.
[4] On August 31, officials from the four approved early-voting states asked all the candidates to pledge not to campaign or participate in Florida, and all the major candidates signed the pledge.
[1]Despite the pledge, the major candidates remained on the ballot, as Florida rules do not allow candidates to remove their names without withdrawing completely from the general election.
[5]
In October 2007, Democrats from Florida's congressional delegation filed a federal lawsuit against the DNC to force the recognition of its delegates: however the suit was unsuccessful.[4][1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida...rimary%2C_2008
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