Well, it *should* be sometime in June, or earlier.
Under the circumstances … could depress some turnout from folks who are still on vacation. It’s the first day of school in a lot of places; could be disruptive for schools used as polling places. Avoids the High Holy Days, as intended.
jconwaysays
I’m with Charley, it’s lousy. Super low turnout after Labor Day and it’s also a wicked late time to decide our nominee. June would align it more with the turnout model and campaign style of presidential campaigns.
JimCsays
I’m just glad we’re not having any specials.
Christophersays
I’m fine with September primaries. It gives new candidates more time to become known and I’ve never bought the idea that it’s too little time to bring the party back together. Yom Kippur doesn’t begin until sundown on the 18th so people can either vote before then or take advantage of our generously interpreted absentee voting laws, it would seem. Plus for statewide races with June primaries you are probably looking at an early spring convention with caucuses and signatures possibly pushed back to the previous fall, which seems like an awfully long campaign season.
bob-gardnersays
We’re heading for some record low turnouts. Holding an election the day after a holiday means that someone planning to vote absentee will have to get their absentee ballot even earlier than usual. And Labor Day is too early. As the saying goes, “No one is paying attention to elections before Labor Day.”
Again, this all could be averted simply by letting the early voter law apply to these elections. I don’t blame the legislature, after all how could they possibly have know what date the 2018 primary was going to fall on, when the law was passed way back in 2016? It would take a feat of supernatural omniscience to see into the future that far.
But now that the savants over at the Sec. of State’s office have done the heavy calculating, how about solving this problem with some early voting?
Well, it *should* be sometime in June, or earlier.
Under the circumstances … could depress some turnout from folks who are still on vacation. It’s the first day of school in a lot of places; could be disruptive for schools used as polling places. Avoids the High Holy Days, as intended.
I’m with Charley, it’s lousy. Super low turnout after Labor Day and it’s also a wicked late time to decide our nominee. June would align it more with the turnout model and campaign style of presidential campaigns.
I’m just glad we’re not having any specials.
I’m fine with September primaries. It gives new candidates more time to become known and I’ve never bought the idea that it’s too little time to bring the party back together. Yom Kippur doesn’t begin until sundown on the 18th so people can either vote before then or take advantage of our generously interpreted absentee voting laws, it would seem. Plus for statewide races with June primaries you are probably looking at an early spring convention with caucuses and signatures possibly pushed back to the previous fall, which seems like an awfully long campaign season.
We’re heading for some record low turnouts. Holding an election the day after a holiday means that someone planning to vote absentee will have to get their absentee ballot even earlier than usual. And Labor Day is too early. As the saying goes, “No one is paying attention to elections before Labor Day.”
Again, this all could be averted simply by letting the early voter law apply to these elections. I don’t blame the legislature, after all how could they possibly have know what date the 2018 primary was going to fall on, when the law was passed way back in 2016? It would take a feat of supernatural omniscience to see into the future that far.
But now that the savants over at the Sec. of State’s office have done the heavy calculating, how about solving this problem with some early voting?