DNC makes presidential primary changes -NV and SC added

Washington, DC - Today, the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee voted to add two states to the presidential primary calendar: Nevada will hold a caucus and South Carolina will hold a primary in the pre-window primary period. Iowa will remain the first caucus in the pre-window period and New Hampshire will remain the first primary.
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DNC Chairman Howard Dean made the following statement following the vote:

"From the beginning, I have strongly believed in the importance of broadening participation in the nomination process to better reflect the rich racial, regional, and economic diversity of the Democratic Party and ensure that our Party produces the strongest possible nominee. The Rules and Bylaws Committee has worked hard to achieve that goal while pacing the process more evenly and balancing the need for change with Iowa's and New Hampshire's important, traditional roles. This has been a long, thoughtful and rigorous process. I want to thank the members of the Rules and Bylaws Committee for their hard work. They have conducted this process with the highest integrity; I support this final recommendation to add Nevada and South Carolina in the pre-window period. I also want to thank all of the states who applied, their participation has been absolutely critical in ensuring the rigor and integrity of this process."

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/07/official_dnc_re.html

Vote totals-

NV -- 20 -- Dawson, Flournoy, Khare Fowler, Germond, Griffin, Huffman, Hynes, Ickes, Katz, King, Kleinfeld, McDonald, Pasquil, Shay, Smith, Steed, Stroschein, Ward, Segovia, Johnson (by proxy).

AZ -- 5 -- Fowler, Gonzales, Kamarck, Peterson, Reiley
DC -- 2 -- Brazile, Sullivan
MI -- 1 -- Brewer

SC -- 22 -- Dawson, Flournoy, Fowler, Khare Fowler, Gonzalez, Griffin, Huffman, Hynes, Kamarck, Katz, King, Kleinfeld, McDonald, Pasquil, Pederson, Reiley, Shay, Steed, Stroschein, Sullivan, Ward, Segovia.

AL -- 5 -- Brazile, Germond, Ickes, Johnson, Smith.

Put New Jersey where NH was.

NJ was moved up though from June 6th to sometime in Feb. the 15th I think.

strong support from Dem Machine there and has appeared there many times. Nevada might go for Richardson...

I wish they had included states besides Nevada and SC.. It swings the party to the Right...I would think with both being very conservative states.

And they'll be messing with this one in 2008 as well. Didn't Biden already drop out?

sad to think it's Repugs who decide but after SC lost Ernest Hollings and replace him with DeMint...I sort of gave up hope on that state I grew up in that's been take over by the RW Fundies/Repugs..:-(

I'm not all that happy about right leaning states playing a major role selecting our (Dem) candidate. Half of the Dem's are already to far to the right.

in my book. N.H. did go for Kerry and Iowa for Gore.

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Nevada has a high Latino population and South Carolina has a high African-American population. That's why those states were chosen. I could give a damn about who the state voted for in the general elections. But in the primaries, Latinos and African-Americans need to be given a greater voice in choosing our nominees.

I like the selections.

Just saying it's not official yet...