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2016 Postmortem

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 03:36 PM May 2016

Caucuses are run by parties. Primaries are run by states.

National parties, especially ones that aren't in power in a state, have no control over how many polling places are open or closed in a primary election. That's determined by the Secretary of State and county elections boards.

Posted just because there seems to still be some confusion as to how primaries work nearly half a year after the contests have started.

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Caucuses are run by parties. Primaries are run by states. (Original Post) NuclearDem May 2016 OP

Good info to have! In a recent post, someone blamed Indiana's voting hours on the DNC ... NurseJackie May 2016 #1

NurseJackie

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1. Good info to have! In a recent post, someone blamed Indiana's voting hours on the DNC ...