Democrats officially propose South Carolina as first primary state in drastic shake up of presidential nominating calendar

The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee on Friday voted to authorize a proposition to significantly improve the 2024 governmental nominating calendar and make South Carolina the very first state to hold a main, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on the very same day a couple of days later on, and after that Georgia and Michigan prior to Super Tuesday.

President Joe Biden today asked DNC leaders to embrace this early state lineup, which removes Iowa of its first-in-the-nation status. The proposition by the DNC’s Guidelines and Bylaws Committee requires to be authorized at a complete DNC conference, which will happen early next year, and states will still require to set their own main dates.

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