DNC chairman says 'time is ripe' to reexamine order of state primaries

[RandySF]

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Wednesday said he wants to talk about caucus reform and review the status of the primary cycle to reflect a more diverse voter base and representative candidates.

"I think the time is ripe for that conversation,” Perez said in an appearance on CNN. “I want to make sure that we reflect the grand diversity of our party in everything we do.”

"The candidate who is going to win this race ... is the candidate who does the best job bringing together this entire diverse coalition of the Democratic Party," he said. "African American voters are the backbone of the Democratic Party."

The chairman notes that after the 2016 election cycle, questions surrounded the idea of superdelegate reform as well as primary and caucus reformations.

Perez said 14 states had caucuses during the last election, and seven of those now have primaries instead. Three of the most recent switches to government-run primaries include Kansas, Maine and Hawaii.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482745-dnc-chairman-says-time-is-ripe-to-reexamine-order-of-state-primaries

[elleng]

1. Sadly, and as usual, time is OVERripe.

[honest.abe]

2. This is about 1 year too late.

[Cha]

3. Better late than Never!

[marlakay]

4. They should do a lottery and switch

Every election to make it fair. But I doubt they will.

[RandySF]

5. Hard to do

I believe primary dates are set by states.

[SMC22307]

6. IA, NH, SC and NV on the same day -- don't over-complicate things, Democrats.

Midwest, New England, South, and West represented. Problem solved. Throw in Maryland -- Mid-Atlantic -- for good measure.

[Scurrilous]

7. K&R

[Hekate]

8. Bloody well about time, I'd say, but at least he got the message!

Now make it happen.

[BootinUp]

9. good luck with that. nt