Overview of the Change Commissions Issues

For 2012 – the opening of window must move to

• Pre-window events : Feb 1
• Window first Tues in March

Issue: window timing

Advanteges:

• addresses concerns that nominating process begins too early in the calendar

Challenges:

• How do we get states to move to march
• 20 states hheld government run/finance primaries in February
• 14 states held party run events

Issue: frontloading

• 23 states on the opening day of the calendar in 2008
• Consider:
• Does frontloading have negative impact on calendar

Issue: enforcement:

• Are the current sanctions in place sufficient – should there be add’l ones in plcace

Issue: collaborating with the RNC:

 (this year, for the first time, they have a commission as well)

• RNC has ruled their window opening on Feb 7, 2012.