South Carolina: will the Christmas decorations be down before the first primary?
The Caucus on NYTimes.com reports: Now, Democrats in South Carolina may try to move up their voting day to Jan. 19 from Jan. 29.
The state’s Republicans have already moved their primary to Jan. 19.
South Carolina Democrats are worried that if the Republicans vote before they do, voters will think the election is over, the media carnival and the candidates will move on, and Democratic voters won’t turn out 10 days later. So state Democrats expect to ask the Democratic National Committee to let them join the Republicans and vote on Jan. 19. The national party would then have to approve the move.
Joe Werner, executive director of the South Carolina party, said that the party’s executive committee is to meet Oct. 16 to discuss the matter. There may be some dissent, he said, but he expected the committee would agree to move forward and make the request. -- South Carolina Democrats Join the Primary Shuffle