Primary elections unquestionably offer a way of calming the perennially troubled waters of Italian politics.
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In three months, with three major holidays intervening, the first primary elections will take place.
That commission recently delivered its final certified district maps for the June 2012 primary elections.
He faces a key test in primary elections in Arizona and Michigan on 28 February.
Only 13% of the state's voting age population voted in primary elections two years ago.
It was obvious during the Republican primary elections that the conservative grassroots felt very strongly about this.
He has now gone through two primary elections without compromising an inch of his character or his philosophy.
In the primary elections, bailouts have been peripheral, because all the candidates agree that such moves were wrong.
That does not mean their states will go Republican, of course, but it helps, especially in the primary elections.
Where else do primary elections go on for well over a year?
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The ruling says that to allow the parties to replace candidates after primary elections had occurred would constitute a fraud on voters.
The term alludes to the primary elections in each state as the Democrats and Republicans begin the process to choose their presidential candidates.
However, as actual voting began in the Primary elections - which decide which candidate secures the party's nomination - there was a shift.
In another promising sign for the Democrats, there was a sharp increase in participation by many Latino voters in the party's 2008 primary elections.
He points out that cell phone-only users are still a small group, and they are less likely to actually vote, especially in primary elections.
The early 20th century brought popular elections to the Senate (before, senators had been chosen by state legislatures), as well as primary elections in state races.
Whereas the record of polls in predicting general elections (especially presidential elections) has been pretty good, their record in primary elections has often been bad, and probably always will be.
Turnouts are higher in primary elections, but even in South Carolina and Florida, where millions were spent on campaign ads, the primary electorate represented no more than 25% of all registered voters.
The state's demographics were in her favour, with a population that is 95% white, largely blue collar and culturally conservative, groups which have tended to support Mrs Clinton in previous primary elections.
The foreshortened primary calendar, under which a decision may well be made by March 7th, when California and 11 other states hold their primary elections, leaves little time to build up momentum.
Hillary Clinton halted the momentum built up by Barack Obama over the past month by winning primary elections in Ohio and Rhode Island by double-digit margins and in Texas's primary by rather less.
So if Kerry were nominated, confirmed, and then stepped down on January 21 (Inauguration Day), the election would take place between June 14 and June 29, with primary elections being held six weeks earlier.
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It marks the start of the six-month period during which each US state will hold primary elections or caucuses to pick a Republican candidate, who will be officially nominated at the party convention in August.
Johnson did have his moment in the spotlight on TV primetime last year when sharing a stage with the likes of Romney in the Republican primary elections, he cracked a joke that made headlines.
Actual elections yesterday in the state of Texas, primary elections, and no more interesting than the one in Sugar Land, Texas, where the former House majority leader Tom DeLay faced a challenge from three other Republicans.
Obama will have to face increased criticism from Republican presidential hopefuls, battling it out ahead of coming primary elections, which include Texas Governor Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, among others.
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Candidates who fail to receive at least 10% of the popular vote in two successive primary elections lose their eligibility for continued payments, unless and until they receive at least 20% of the vote in a later primary.
Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida and South Carolina will hold their primary elections or caucus by Feb. 2. (Wyoming's Republicans will also hold a primary in January.) But by Feb. 5, 2008, the eventual nominees could be decided, as 21 states--including California, New York and Texas--host primaries.
Would require vote by mail in biennial primary and general elections.
In an era where Congressional elections in Republican districts are far more about primary challenges to incumbents than they are about general elections against a Democratic challenger, the traditional Republican commitment to protecting defense spending is a luxury no Republican Member of Congress can afford.
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