When a panel inside the Democratic National Committee voted two weeks ago to revamp the party’s presidential primary calendar, that was the easy part.
If the full DNC approves the plan, actually implementing the changes will be more challenging.
For starters, Iowa and New Hampshire — long the one-two punch that has kicked off presidential hopefuls’ journeys — might disregard the Democratic proposal and hold contests on their own terms. Michigan, which would go fifth, would have to change state law, though Democrats took control of the legislature in the midterms.
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