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H.R. 3487, The Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 3487 would provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to a national Presidential nominating convention.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogRegional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 - Divides the United States into four regions of specified states (including the District of Columbia) for holding presidential primaries in each presidential election year. Requires four successive presidential primaries in each such year, to edit the wiki and be held during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of March, April, May, and June and ending on the sixth day following such Tuesday.

Directs the Election Assistance Commission
to provideestablish procedures for the conduct of a detailed summarylottery by March 1, 2010, to select which of four regions will hold the bill!)first primary.

Sets forth a rule for subsequent election cycles.

Provides that, in the case where a state elects to select delegates to a political party's national presidential nominating convention through a caucus, the state shall hold a caucus during the period in which its region is scheduled to hold a primary.

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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 9/6/2007: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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