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Senate Memorial

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A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging

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Congress to adopt legislation that would provide for a

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rotating regional presidential primary system.

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     WHEREAS, the current method by which presidential nominees

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are selected in the United States does not allow every state an

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opportunity to participate meaningfully in the process of

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selecting presidential candidates, and

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     WHEREAS, a regional presidential primary system would end

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the current practice of states attempting to "front load" the

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presidential primary calendar, and

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     WHEREAS, a plan providing for rotating regional presidential

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primaries would allow the selection of national convention

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delegates to be grouped by region beginning in 2012, and

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     WHEREAS, the order in which regional primaries would be

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conducted could be rotated among the regions, with the region

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conducting the first primary in 2012 conducting the last primary

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in 2016, and the region conducting the second primary in 2012

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conducting the first primary in 2016, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     That the Congress of the United States is requested to

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provide for a rotating regional presidential primary system to

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begin in 2012.

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     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

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dispatched to the President of the United States, to the

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President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the

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United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the

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Florida delegation to the United States Congress.