Thursday, January 10, 2008

Get the vote out: Presidential primary schedule



Everyone knows that the election is approaching, and I've mentioned that the primaries are in full swing, but it just occurred to me that many of you may not know when voting occurs in your state. For that reason, I thought it would be beneficial to post a calendar listing the tentative schedule.

JANUARY 2008
3: Iowa (caucuses)
5: Wyoming (GOP caucuses)
8: New Hampshire (primary)
15: Michigan
19: Nevada (precinct caucuses), South Carolina (R primary)
26: South Carolina (D primary)
29: Florida

FEBRUARY 2008
1: Maine (R)
5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado (caucuses), Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho (D), Illinois, Kansas (D), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico (D), New York, North Dakota (caucuses), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah
9: Louisiana, Kansas (R), Nebraska (D)
10: Maine (D caucuses)
12: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia
19: Hawaii (D), Washington, Wisconsin

MARCH 2008
4: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont
8: Wyoming (D)
11: Mississippi

APRIL 2008
22: Pennsylvania
23-26: Constitution Party Convention in Kansas City, Missouri

MAY 2008
6: Indiana, North Carolina
13: Nebraska (primary), West Virginia
20: Kentucky, Oregon
22-26: Libertarian National Convention in Denver, Colorado
27: Idaho (R)

JUNE 2008
3: Montana, New Mexico (R), South Dakota

JULY 2008
10-13, Green Party Convention in Chicago

AUGUST 2008
25-28: Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado

SEPTEMBER 2008
1-4: Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul

OCTOBER 2008
15: Final Presidential Debate at Hofstra University

NOVEMBER 2008
4: Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections

Now that you know when you can vote, you have no excuse not to! Let me know what you think about the election and the candidates by leaving me a comment below. Are you going to vote?

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