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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1523 

To provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses for the selection 

of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2007 

Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on House Administration 

A BILL 

To provide for interregional primary elections and caucuses 

for the selection of delegates to political party Presidential nominating conventions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interregional Presi5 dential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERREGIONAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND CAU7 CUSES. 

8 (a) SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS.— 

9 The delegates to each national convention for the nomina10 tion of candidates of a political party for the offices of 


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1 President and Vice President shall be selected by primary 

2 election or by caucus, as provided by State law. Such State 

3 law shall conform to the requirements of the national po4 litical executive committee and the national nominating 

5 convention of the political party involved. 

6 (b) TIMING OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND CAU7 CUSES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In each region described in 

9 subsection (c), the primary elections and caucuses 

10 (as the case may be) in a subregion (comprised of 

11 a State or a group of States) shall be conducted on 

12 each of the following days of each Presidential elec13 tion year: the second Tuesday in March, the first 

14 Tuesday in April, the fourth Tuesday in April, the 

15 second Tuesday in May, the fourth Tuesday in May, 

16 and the second Tuesday in June. 

17 (2) INITIAL ORDER OF PRIMARIES AND CAU18 CUSES.—For the first Presidential election with re19 spect to which this Act applies, the Election Assist20 ance Commission shall determine by lot the order of 

21 subregions in each region for conduct of primary 

22 elections and caucuses by the States under para23 graph (1). 

24 (3) ORDER OF PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES FOR

25 SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS.—The subregions deterVerDate Aug 31 2005 18:48 Mar 16, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1523.IH H1523

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1 mined under paragraph (2) to be first in order for 

2 the first Presidential election to which this Act ap3 plies shall be last in order with respect to the next 

4 such election, and the other subregions shall advance 

5 in the order accordingly. The order shall change 

6 with respect to subsequent elections in a like man7 ner. 

8 (4) SPECIAL RULES FOR DISTRICT OF COLUM9 BIA, PUERTO RICO, AND TERRITORIES.—Any pri10 mary election or caucus for the District of Columbia 

11 shall be conducted on the same day as a primary 

12 election or caucus for the State of Maryland. Any 

13 primary election or caucus for the Commonwealth of 

14 Puerto Rico shall be conducted on the same day as 

15 a primary election or caucus for the State of Flor16 ida. Any primary election or caucus for any other 

17 territory, possession, or other entity entitled under 

18 the rules of a political party to delegate representa19 tion at the national convention of that party shall be 

20 conducted on the same day as a primary election or 

21 caucus for the States of Alaska and Hawaii. 

22 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONS.—The regions 

23 (designated by number) and the subregions (designated by 

24 letter) referred to in subsection (b) are as follows: 


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1 (1) Region 1: (A) Maine, New Hampshire, 

2 Vermont; (B) Massachusetts; (C) Connecticut, 

3 Rhode Island; (D) Delaware, New Jersey; (E) New 

4 York; (F) Pennsylvania. 

5 (2) Region 2: (A) Maryland; (B) West Virginia; 

6 (C) Missouri; (D) Indiana; (E) Kentucky; (F) Ten7 nessee. 

8 (3) Region 3: (A) Ohio; (B) Illinois; (C) Michi9 gan; (D) Wisconsin; (E) Iowa; (F) Minnesota. 

10 (4) Region 4: (A) Texas; (B) Louisiana; (C) Ar11 kansas, Oklahoma; (D) Colorado; (E) Kansas, Ne12 braska; (F) Arizona, New Mexico. 

13 (5) Region 5: (A) Virginia; (B) North Carolina; 

14 (C) South Carolina; (D) Florida; (E) Georgia; (F) 

15 Mississippi, Alabama. 

16 (6) Region 6: (A) California; (B) Washington; 

17 (C) Oregon; (D) Idaho, Nevada, Utah; (E) Montana, 

18 North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming; (F) Ha19 waii, Alaska. 

20 SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 

21 The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any 

22 appropriate United States district court for such declara23 tory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out 

24 this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 

2 The Election Assistance Commission shall prescribe 

3 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 

4 Act. 

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

6 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘State law’’ means the 

7 law of a State, the District of Columbia, the Common8 wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the 

9 United States. 

10 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 This Act shall apply with respect to Presidential elec12 tions taking place more than 2 years after the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act. 

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