HM 913

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to adopt legislation that would provide for a
4	rotating regional presidential primary system.
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6	WHEREAS, the current method by which presidential nominees
7	are selected in the United States does not allow every state an
8	opportunity to participate meaningfully in the process of
9	selecting presidential candidates, and
10	WHEREAS, a regional presidential primary system would end
11	the current practice of states attempting to "front load" the
12	presidential primary calendar, and
13	WHEREAS, a plan providing for rotating regional
14	presidential primaries would allow the selection of national
15	convention delegates to be grouped by region beginning in 2012,
16	and
17	WHEREAS, the order in which regional primaries would be
18	conducted could be rotated among the regions, with the region
19	conducting the first primary in 2012 conducting the last primary
20	in 2016, and the region conducting the second primary in 2012
21	conducting the first primary in 2016, NOW, THEREFORE,
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23	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25	That the Congress of the United States is requested to
26	provide for a rotating regional presidential primary system to
27	begin in 2012.
28	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
29	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
30	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
31	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
32	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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