2012 Primary Schedule Important Dates

[civusamericanus]

2012 Primary Schedule
Note: Some of these dates are tentative as some states are, messing with their primary dates to jockey for a superior position.

Monday, January 16, 2012: Iowa caucuses

Tuesday, January 24: New Hampshire

Saturday, January 28: Nevada caucuses, South Carolina

Tuesday, January 31: Florida

Tuesday, February 7 (Super Tuesday): Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Montana Republican caucuses, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah

Saturday, February 11: Louisiana

Tuesday, February 14: Maryland

Tuesday, February 21: Hawaii Republican caucuses, Wisconsin

Tuesday, February 28: Arizona, Michigan

Tuesday, March 6: Minnesota caucuses, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Virginia

Tuesday, March 13: Mississippi

Tuesday, March 20: Colorado caucuses, Illinois

Tuesday, April 24: Pennsylvania

Tuesday, May 8: Indiana, North Carolina and West Virginia

Tuesday, May 15: Nebraska, Oregon

Tuesday, May 22: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky

Tuesday, June 5: Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota

More information on the 2012 Republican Primary schedule and the changes which will happen to the 2012 schedule:

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Republican National Committee adopted a new schedule for the 2012 presidential primaries Friday, agreeing to a plan worked out in concert with Democrats and designed to delay the start of the campaign season.

The proposal, drafted by a special RNC panel, gained approval from more than the necessary two-thirds of the committee's 168 members.

Party leaders hailed the vote as a historic change in the presidential selection process, one that would avoid the development of a single national primary in which states choose to hold their nominating contests on the same day.

The new schedule is designed to make it difficult for a candidate to rack up an insurmountable number of delegates early in the process, forcing candidates to campaign across the country.

Under the new schedule, no state would hold a primary or caucus before the first Tuesday in February 2012, in attempt to avoid a repetition of 2008, when the Iowa caucuses were held Jan. 3.

Iowa and New Hampshire would retain their status as the nation's first contests, held in February, joined by South Carolina and Nevada.

Other contests would generally be held in April or later, although states would have the option of holding votes in March, provided convention delegates chosen at those elections were awarded to candidates in proportion to the percentage of the vote they received, rather than in a winner-take-all system.

[jeremiahj13]

Wisconsin changed its date though ^^

[libertybrewcity]

I think the Washington caucus is missing..

[RDM]

Updated Schedule:

January 2012

January 16th – Iowa Caucuses*
January 24th – New Hampshire Primary*
January 28th – South Carolina Primary, Nevada Caucuses*
January 31st – Florida Primary

February 2012

February 7th (Super Tuesday) – Alabama Primary, California Primary, Connecticut Primary, Delaware Primary, Georgia Primary, Minnesota Caucuses, Missouri Primary, New Jersey Primary, New York Primary, Oklahoma Primary, Tennessee Primary
February 11 – Louisiana Primary
February 14 – Maryland Primary, Washington D.C. Primary
February 21 – Hawaii Republican Caucuses, Wisconsin Primary
February 28 – Arizona Primary, Michigan Primary

March 2012

March 6 – Massachusetts Primary, Ohio Primary, Rhode Island Primary, Texas Primary, Vermont Primary, Virginia Primary
March 13 – Mississippi Primary
March 20 – Colorado Caucuses, Illinois Primary

April 2012

April 3 – Kansas Primary*
April 24 -Pennsylvania Primary

May 2012

May 8 -Indiana Primary, North Carolina Primary, West Virginia Caucuses
May 15 – Idaho Primary, Nebraska Primary, Oregon Primary
May 22 -Arkansas Primary, Kentucky

June 2012

June 5 – Montana Caucuses, New Mexico Primary, South Dakota Primary

*Tentative dates

[JS4Pat]

Does anyone have the registeration requirements for the first 6 Primaries?


January 16th – Iowa Caucuses* - Must be registered to vote by ???? / Must be a registered Republican?

January 24th – New Hampshire Primary* - Must be registered to vote by ???? / Must be a registered Republican?

January 28th – South Carolina Primary, Nevada Caucuses*- Must be registered to vote by ???? / Must be a registered Republican?

January 31st – Florida Primary - Must be registered to vote by ???? / Must be a registered Republican? YES

[JS4Pat]

Bumping to get registeration deadlines.