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2012 State Election Calendar
General election: November 6

State

Presidential
Primary      

 State
Primary

Alabama

March 13

March 13

Alaska

March 6 (Republican Caucus)
April 15 (Democrat Caucus)

August 28

Arizona

Februray 28

August 28

Arkansas

May 22

May 22

California

June 5

June 5

Colorado

Feb. 7 (Republican caucus)
March 6 (Democrat caucus)

June 26

Connecticut

April 24

April 24

Delaware

April 24

Sept. 11

District of Columbia

April 3

April 3

Florida

Jan. 31 (Republican caucus)
April 15-May 5 (Democrat caucus)

Aug. 14

Georgia

March 6

July 31

Hawaii

March 7 (Democrat caucus)
March 13 (Republican caucus)

Aug. 11

Idaho

March 6 (Republican caucus)
April 17 (Democrat caucus)

May 15

Illinois

March 20

March 20

Indiana

May 8

May 8

Iowa

Jan. 3 (Republican caucus)
Feb. 6 (Democrat caucus)

June 5

Kansas

March 10 (Republican caucus)
April 14 (Democrat caucus)

Aug. 7

Kentucky

May 22

May 22

Louisiana

March 24

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Maine

Feb. 4-11 (Republican caucus)
March 11 (Democrat caucus)

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Maryland

April 3

April 3

Massachusetts

March 6

Sept. 18

Michigan

Feb. 28 (Republican primary)
May 5 (Democrat caucus)

Aug. 7

Minnesota

Feb. 7 (caucuses)

Aug. 14

Mississippi

March 13

March 13

Missouri

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Aug. 7

Montana

June 5

June 5

Nebraska

April 14 (Democrat caucus)
May 15 (Republican primary)

May 15
Nevada

Jan. 14 (Republican caucus)
Feb. 18 (Democrat caucus)

June 12
New Hampshire

January 10

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New Jersey 

June 5

  June 5

New Mexico

June 5

June 5

New York

April 24

Pending lawsuit

North Carolina

May 8

May 8

North Dakota

March 6 (Republican caucus)
June 5 (Democrat caucust)

June 12

Ohio

March 6

March 6

Oklahoma

March 6

March 6

Oregon

May 15

May 15

Pennsylvania

April 24

 April 24

Rhode Island

April 24

Sept. 11

South Carolina

Jan. 21 (Republican primary)
Jan. 28 (Democrat primary)

June 12

South Dakota

June 5

June 5

Tennessee

March 6

Aug. 2

Texas

March 6

March 6

Utah

March 13 (Democrat caucus)
June 26 (Republican primary)

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Vermont

March 6

March 1
(Town Mtg)

Virginia

March 6

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Washington

March 3 (Republican caucus)
April 15 (Democrat caucus)

Aug. 7

West Virginia

May 3

May 8

Wisconsin

April 3

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Wyoming

March 6-10 (Republican caucus)
April 14 (Democrat caucus)

Aug. 21

Notes:
This calendar will be updated as needed.

electionlineWeekly

May 16, 2013

First Person Singular: Gary Bartlett
KISS for a better today and tomorrow

By Gary Bartlett
North Carolina State Board of Elections

This article is going to be about my thoughts on effectively managing the elections process. I’ll tell you that from the start in case you had other ideas. As I sat down to write this article, I started kicking around some thoughts on what was going to be my hook. How do I capture your attention in order to get my points across?

My first thought was to entitle this article: Weathering the Tides of Political Influence and Change. And while the weather presents great opportunities to present analogies about the ebb and flow of the elections process or managing political storms, I felt that this was too cliché.

So how about comparing the elections process to a playground? On a playground, there are swings and slides and see saws, monkey bars and of course, the sandbox. A playground analogy could offer up nice realisms like “take turns” or “let everyone have a turn”, “stay in line,” “play nice,” and of course, “don’t touch the metal when it’s hot.” Effective messages, but again, it’s been done before.

Instead, I want your attention; so I’m going to use the hook that always works –KISSing. Sorry, no juicy or salacious stuff will be forthcoming from me. Remember, I warned you from the beginning? I’m going to hook you by speaking plain simple truths. In essence, I will be keeping it simple –because I’m not stupid. Read More…

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electionlineToday

May 18-20, 2013

Voter fraud is easy with 13K in Maryland still on D.C. rolls
Washington, D.C., has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George’s County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to the polls in their old neighborhoods, The Washington Times found in a review of records. Luke Rosiak and Jeffrey Anderson, The Washington Times.

No reform in sight for bumbling NYC board of elections
They’ve bungled election after election, wasted millions of dollars and filled jobs with relatives - but there’s no reform in sight for the city Board of Elections. Mayor Bloomberg fumed the board “better get its act together next year” after an Election Day debacle that featured hours-long lines at the polls, hordes of befuddled poll workers and the collapse of the board’s web site and phone lines. The year? 2004. Celeste Katz and Erin Durkin, The New York Daily News.

Also in electionlineToday news: California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin (7:15 a.m. 05/20/13).