Elections date fix headed for vote
A bill that would solve an unintended problem with North Carolina's primary election date is moving to the House floor.
Posted — UpdatedWhen South Carolina scheduled its 2016 primaries for February, North Carolina's presidential primary would have moved up several weeks. That would have broken the rules laid out by both national parties in their attempts to prevent states from "front-loading" the primary process. North Carolina's Republican and Democratic parties could have both lost delegates to their national conventions as a result.
The measure passed the House Elections Committee on Thursday morning with no debate and could be on the governor's desk by Friday. It cleared the Senate in April.
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