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...first solution, state primaries could be arranged on a rotating basis, or perhaps in descending order of voter turnout in the previous election. This would prevent domination of the political process by any particular state or states...
...even this solution would result in a few states receiving disproportionate attention. Another possibility is to group primaries on several dates so that no single state or group of states will receive disproportionate attention...
...main drawback to this approach is that by having so many states' primaries on the same date, candidates would be unable to campaign state to state and city to city. Consequently, they would be forced to rely heavily on mass-media advertising, giving an even greater advantage to those candidates with the largest war chest and turning elections into fundraising battles rather than old-fashioned stump-debates. For a system of group primaries to work, there would have to be substanial campaign finance reform that would allow legitimate candidates free air time to counter their financial advantage...
Either of these solutions would make the primary system more nationally relevant and representative. The parties and state legislatures must begin to give serious consideration to such reforms. American democracy would be the better...
While the closest Lambda Delta Lambda colony is at Penn State, Mercurio said a number of women have approached him about helping them form a chapter...