Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to begin voting on legislation to hold the state’s 2024 presidential primary a few weeks earlier.
Under current law, Pennsylvania’s primary date is the fourth Tuesday in April, which this year lands on April 23.
On Wednesday, a state Senate committee could advance a proposal to change the primary election to March 19 or March 26. In an interview, Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, acknowledged that moving it to either of those dates still leaves many states with large numbers of delegates before Pennsylvania, includingBy March 19, a candidate could lock up the delegates necessary to win the nomination, or at least put the contest out of reach.
Many state lawmakers oppose moving Pennsylvania’s primary date to March 19, because that would force them and other candidates to start gathering signatures on their re-election petitions the week before Christmas, Argall said.
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