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# POTUS Candidates Push Election Reforms that Favor Them, Not Voters
- URL: https://ivn.us/potus-candidates-push-election-reforms-advance-candidacies/
- Published: 2015-03-16T20:53:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:48:42.000Z
- Author: Shawn M Griffiths
- Tags: News

The Washington Post reported Monday that the way voters participate in presidential primary elections, who will be allowed to participate, and when may change in a handful of states based on how particular systems will help an individual candidate.

*"Earlier this month, Kentucky Republicans took the first step toward abandoning a presidential primary in favor of a caucus, at the behest of Sen. *Rand Paul*. Elsewhere, supporters of more centrist candidates such as New Jersey Gov. *Chris Christie*, Republican, and former Florida governor *Jeb Bush*, Republican, are pushing for primaries they believe will attract a more moderate electorate than caucus contests, which typically draw a more vocal conservative crowd." - Reid Wilson, The Washington Post*

Some states are also trying to move up their primary dates so they play a bigger role in deciding party nominees.

### **Read the full story [here](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-the-2016-political-slates-solidifies-the-primary-calendar-remains-in-flux/2015/03/16/94e28bc8-cb5f-11e4-8c54-ffb5ba6f2f69%5Fstory.html?ref=ivn.us).**

The scary thing is the laws that decide who can vote, how they vote, and when they vote are not only designed to benefit the party -- instead of voters -- but members of state legislatures are willing to alter elections laws just to benefit a single candidate.