Moving On Up

by: Juan Melli

Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 12:51:03 PM EST

The bill is sponsored by Speaker Joe Roberts and is the complement of the Senate version sponsored by President Dick Codey and Senator Ellen Karcher. It passed in the Senate in December by a vote of 33-5 and the Assembly version is expected to pass easily.

In 2004, New Jersey and Montana were the last two states to hold a presidential primary in June. Candidates used New Jersey as a giant ATM, but did little to court our votes. In 2004, the Princeton zip code alone was responsible for over $300,000 in contributions to John Kerry - ranking it #33 out of over 47,000 zip codes in the country.

Thanks to the front-loading taking place this year, even the currently improved February 26th primary date would probably be meaningless since it's likely the nominee will have been decided already. As of now, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina and Utah will have their primaries on February 5th. Several other states are considering moving up, too.