Florida officials have been told by the Democratic National Committee that they will not have a single vote counted during the primary elections if it doesn't move it's primary into February. The DNC has a rule that says only certain primaries are to be held in January of an election year; Florida chose to ignore the rule.
It's actually a continuation of a double-standard. Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina are the only states allowed to have a primary election in January.
There should be no primaries earlier than June 1st. Does anyone out there really have the stomach for Clinton/Obama vs. Guiliani/McCain for nine months, following a too-long primary season with too many candidates? BLEAH!
A three month Presidential campaign is much more preferable.
But Michigan is heading into trouble as well, if their proposal to move their primary into mid-January passes. It probably won't, but it's passed one house already. I don't think the other house of the Michigan legislature and Democratic Governor Granholm would allow this to move forward.
Disenfranchisement of voters on either side is not a good thing. Elections need to be free of this perception, or else we'll have a repeat of the 2000 Presidential Election fiasco in Florida. It's unlikely that the DNC will back down, so I hope Florida does.
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