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EDITOR'S NOTE: Political Notes is a periodic compilation of political news items. As expensive contested Democratic primaries for governor and U.S. Senate loom next year, party leaders are considering changing the date of the primary election to give nominees more time to raise money.
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blackwell.thomas@lee.net SPRINGFIELD - In a move aimed at helping U.S. Sen. Barack Obama seal up early support in the presidential primary season, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday approved a plan to move the 2008 Illinois primary voting date to Feb. 5.
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Election date Maryland Democrats are attempting to change the primary election date with the sole purpose of getting certain Democrat candidates elected. Why can't they just allow the voters a fair election and not try to fix elections to favor themselves?
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Workers in Kanawha County Clerk Vera McCormick's office are scrambling to pull off a special primary election by the Aug. 28 date set by state lawmakers, while other county officials worry the state has underestimated the election's price tag. McCormick said deadlines are tight, but she is confident in her staff.
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Over the past few months, Republican voter registration drives in San Bernardino County regained some of the ground lost to Democrats in 2008, but there is evidence of foul play. Nearly 10,000 San Bernardino County voters registered as Republicans between May, just before the June primary election, and Oct. 18, the cutoff date for voters to participate in the Nov. 2 election. In the same period, nearly 5,000 voters left the Democratic Party. But some recently registered Republican voters contacted by The Sun say they never intended to register as Republicans.
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Kanawha County officials will need to make emergency budget revisions to pay for a special governor's election. State lawmakers on Thursday set May 14 as the date for the special primary and Oct. 4 as the general election date for a replacement for former Gov. Joe Manchin. Former Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin has been acting as governor since Manchin was elected to serve out the term of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd, D- W.Va., who died in June 2010.
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Attorney Sean M. Ryan acknowledges he's not well known beyond the housing and child advocacy circles in which he has practiced law for the last 20 years. But the Windsor Avenue resident is about to become a very public figure as the leading Democratic contender to fill Sam Hoyt's seat in the Assembly on Sept. 13 -- the Primary Day date proclaimed Friday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for a special election.
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Finally, this state is going to have needed extra time between the primary and general elections each year. Both houses have now approved, and Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign, legislation that moves the annual primary election from the third Tuesday in September -- currently one of the latest in the nation -- to the third Tuesday in August. It's about time.
