However, they haven’t specified the dates for that mail process, and without that information, the DNC panel declined to approve the plan at last month’s meeting. The presidential preference vote would be a separate process, conducted entirely by mail. In response, the state party proposed a plan under which it would hold caucuses on the same day as Republicans but would only use them to conduct party business, not to vote for president.
Iowa Democrats, meanwhile, were removed from the group of early states entirely, despite a state law that requires the caucuses be held before any other contest. The need to go before South Carolina Democrats is what pushed Republicans in Iowa and, presumably New Hampshire, into January.Ī New Hampshire Democratic primary held before South Carolina would open the state party up to penalties from the Democratic National Committee, but last month, the national party’s rules panel gave the state more time to comply.ĭemocrats in Nevada and Michigan will vote on the days assigned by the party plan, but Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, scheduled his state’s primary for March 12 to avoid violating GOP rules. But that calendar won’t entirely come to pass. Under the Democratic plan approved earlier this year, which was largely proposed by Biden, South Carolina would be the first approved nominating contest on February 3, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on February 6, and Georgia and Michigan before Super Tuesday. But those revisions won’t directly apply to Republicans. The early start date for the Republican Iowa caucuses is also a partial result of changes Democrats are making to their primary calendar – changes that have made the status of the Iowa Democratic caucuses unclear. Republican state parties are required to submit their plans to the RNC by October 1, so it’s possible even more states could hold contests before March 5. A longer gap between states could have made it a challenge for candidates who perform poorly in one state to have the resources to make it to the next. With as many as seven or more GOP contests taking place over the seven weeks before Super Tuesday, the early 2024 primary calendar will be more drawn out than it has been recent years. Republicans in the US Virgin Islands say they’re going to hold a caucus no later than March 2 but haven’t announced a final date. Idaho Republicans are also planning caucuses on March 2, the first day most states are allowed to vote under national GOP rules.
The Michigan GOP is advancing a plan to split its nominating process between the state-run primary on February 27 and caucuses on March 2, although that plan would need special approval from the Republican National Committee to avoid sanctions. South Carolina Republicans decided last month to hold their primary on February 24, which would be a slight change from recent Republican calendars, when Nevada was the last of the traditional “first four” early states to vote before the first major day of primaries on Super Tuesday.
Nevada Republicans plan to forgo their state’s presidential primary (at least for the purposes of awarding delegates) and hold caucuses in early February, Alida Benson, the party’s executive director, told CNN. The New Hampshire primary, which under state law must be held before any other primary, doesn’t yet have an official date but is expected to be the second contest on the GOP calendar, before the end of January.
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