California Republican Party Statement Concerning Adoption Of New Rules Governing The 2012 Presidential Primaries
KANSAS CITY, MO – California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring today issued the following statement from the Republican National Committee meeting in Kansas City concerning the adoption of new rules concerning the 2012 Republican presidential primaries:
"Today the Republican National Committee took historic action to stop and reverse the trend to a national primary day. A national primary day, the result of more than 30 states - including California - moving their 2012 presidential primary to early February, would produce a nationalized primary contest that is television-centric, bypasses grassroots campaigning, and denies voters the proper vetting offered by a longer process.
"I'm pleased that California's National Committeeman Shawn Steel and National Committeewoman Linda Ackerman joined me in supporting this historic reform.
"Under the rule just adopted, the California legislature will need to move the 2012 California presidential primary from the first Tuesday in February to no sooner than the first Tuesday in March. Because the California Republican Party and the California Democratic Party both allocate their national delegates by proportional representation, California will not need to move its primary to April or later, which would be the case if either party awarded delegates by winner-take-all."
