I 
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 Presi-
dential nominating conventions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interregional Presi-
dential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERREGIONAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND CAU-
CUSES. 
(a) SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS.— 
The delegates to each national convention for the nomina-
tion of candidates of a political party for the offices of 
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President and Vice President shall be selected by primary 
election or by caucus, as provided by State law. Such State 
law shall conform to the requirements of the national po-
litical executive committee and the national nominating 
convention of the political party involved. 
(b) TIMING
OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS
AND CAU-
CUSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In each region described in 
subsection (c), the primary elections and caucuses 
(as the case may be) in a subregion (comprised of 
a State or a group of States) shall be conducted on 
each of the following days of each Presidential elec-
tion year: the second Tuesday in March, the first 
Tuesday in April, the fourth Tuesday in April, the 
second Tuesday in May, the fourth Tuesday in May, 
and the second Tuesday in June. 
(2) INITIAL ORDER OF PRIMARIES AND CAU-
CUSES.—For the first Presidential election with re-
spect to which this Act applies, the Election Assist-
ance Commission shall determine by lot the order of 
subregions in each region for conduct of primary 
elections and caucuses by the States under para-
graph (1). 
(3) ORDER OF PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES FOR 
SUBSEQUENT
ELECTIONS.—The subregions deter-
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mined under paragraph (2) to be first in order for 
the first Presidential election to which this Act ap-
plies shall be last in order with respect to the next 
such election, and the other subregions shall advance 
in the order accordingly. The order shall change 
with respect to subsequent elections in a like man-
ner. 
(4) SPECIAL RULES FOR DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA, PUERTO
RICO, AND
TERRITORIES.—Any pri-
mary election or caucus for the District of Columbia 
shall be conducted on the same day as a primary 
election or caucus for the State of Maryland. Any 
primary election or caucus for the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico shall be conducted on the same day as 
a primary election or caucus for the State of Flor-
ida. Any primary election or caucus for any other 
territory, possession, or other entity entitled under 
the rules of a political party to delegate representa-
tion at the national convention of that party shall be 
conducted on the same day as a primary election or 
caucus for the States of Alaska and Hawaii. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT
OF REGIONS.—The regions 
(designated by number) and the subregions (designated by 
letter) referred to in subsection (b) are as follows: 
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(1) Region 1: (A) Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont; (B) Massachusetts; (C) Connecticut, 
Rhode Island; (D) Delaware, New Jersey; (E) New 
York; (F) Pennsylvania. 
(2) Region 2: (A) Maryland; (B) West Virginia; 
(C) Missouri; (D) Indiana; (E) Kentucky; (F) Ten-
nessee. 
(3) Region 3: (A) Ohio; (B) Illinois; (C) Michi-
gan; (D) Wisconsin; (E) Iowa; (F) Minnesota. 
(4) Region 4: (A) Texas; (B) Louisiana; (C) Ar-
kansas, Oklahoma; (D) Colorado; (E) Kansas, Ne-
braska; (F) Arizona, New Mexico. 
(5) Region 5: (A) Virginia; (B) North Carolina; 
(C) South Carolina; (D) Florida; (E) Georgia; (F) 
Mississippi, Alabama. 
(6) Region 6: (A) California; (B) Washington; 
(C) Oregon; (D) Idaho, Nevada, Utah; (E) Montana, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming; (F) Ha-
waii, Alaska. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 
The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any 
appropriate United States district court for such declara-
tory or injunctive relief as may be necessary to carry out 
this Act. 
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SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 
The Election Assistance Commission shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
Act. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘State law’’ means the 
law of a State, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to Presidential elec-
tions taking place more than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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