Article: DEMOCRATS LIKELY SET CAUCUS ATTENDANCE RECORD.(News)

Article: CAUCUSES STRANGLE CITIZENS' RIGHTS AT THE POLLS AND AT THE CAPITOL.(OPINION)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  July 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......written and said about how the legislative caucuses are using your money to break the law...Journal, it's now public knowledge that the caucuses are using taxpayers' money to campaign...long-term consequences. Because of the caucuses, you get fewer choices at the ballot...

Article: It's 6th-grade gym class! No, it's the caucuses
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......It's 6th-grade gym class! No, it's the caucuses By DAN BALZ, Washington Post News Service...outsider or the uninitiated, the Iowa caucuses may seem an arcane, even intimidating...period to cast ballots and then leave. The caucuses require a commitment of time (two hours...

Article: CAUCUSES ARE NOT NEEDED, SOME SAY PARTISAN STATE AGENCIES WERE SET UP TO PROVIDE STAFF SUPPORT TO LEGISLATORS, BUT THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.(FRONT)(SERIES: Caucuses: Secret campaign machines)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Wisconsin State Journal Almost since the caucuses were founded in the mid-1960s, lawmakers...it's absolutely corrupted. When the caucuses started, they were intended to give staff...to the task of helping lawmakers. The caucuses are not as important as they once were...

Article: Clinton fans call for the end of caucuses
Columbia Daily Tribune;  August 10, 2008 ;     470 words ......the Democratic Party yesterday to end caucuses, the town hall meetings in states like...platform. But their complaint about the caucuses as unfair could be the start of a long-te...the platform amendment urging an end to caucuses. "Caucuses undermine ... core Democratic...

Article: Caucuses in search of a purpose Outmoded caucus system should be dumped.(Commentary/Editorial)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 21, 2006 ;     417 words ......for Colorado's ever-popular precinct caucuses. Granted, fewer and fewer people actually...down big. It would have abolished caucuses and required all candidates to petition onto the primary ballot. Caucuses are like moral virtue and daily exercise...

Article: DEMOCRATS GET SET FOR CAUCUSES
The Boston Globe;  January 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......across the state are preparing for next month's party caucuses the first official test of strength for gubernatorial...to make sure sympathetic voters turn out for the caucuses. The caucuses, scheduled for Feb. 4 in most cities and towns, will...

Article: Hoti no more remains part of ANP: party spokesman.
AsiaPulse News;  February 10, 2009 ;     4 words ...(THROUGH ASIA PULSE) 10-02 2009

Article: Iowa State U. faculty diverge on need, influence of Iowa Caucuses
University Wire;  January 26, 2000 ;     529 words ......candidates Monday night by going to the caucuses, while others did not have time or decided...caucus. However, she said she thinks the caucuses are important because of the opportunity...he is not sure how important the Iowa Caucuses really are in the larger scheme of things...

Article: START WITH ELIMINATION OF CAUCUSES.(OPINION)(VIEWS OF THE CAPITAL TIMES)(Column)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  May 27, 2001 ;     516 words ......Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses by the chief clerk of the Assembly and...at varying levels of volume about the caucuses for the better part of a decade -- and...government that the particular wrongs of the caucuses have not been the subject of more attention...

Article: Plan to Curb Caucuses Draws Plenty of Heat; House Democrats Say Advocacy Would Suffer
The Washington Post;  December 8, 1994 ;     700+ words ......plans to deny congressional funding to 28 caucuses would not save money or reduce staff...conference of their own, saying these caucuses should operate under House ethics rules...Although the GOP plan strips the 28 caucuses of budgets, staffs and Capitol Hill offices...

Article: Rep. Anthony may find caucuses a tough sell as he tries to establish public finance group. (Beryl Anthony)
The Bond Buyer;  September 4, 1991 ;     634 words ......Democrat face is that the reputation of caucuses as repositories of information on various...been tarnished by a proliferation of caucuses that do little substantive work, municipal...congressional aide. Under congressional rules, caucuses simply are groups of lawmakers who unite...

Article: Nebraska Democrats mull Feb. 5 caucuses.
Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  June 21, 2007 ;     578 words ......to hold its first-ever presidential caucuses next year, will discuss Saturday whether to move the date of the caucuses up four days to coincide with Super...than 20 states holding primaries or caucuses on Feb. 5. The fear is that the nomination...

Article: Parties invite talk, turnout: GOP, Democrats plan caucuses.
Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  February 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Voters who think their local political caucuses, like the presidential election, are two years away should think again a about the caucuses, not the race for the White House. Idaho...doesn't expect a big crowd at his party's caucuses. But this opportunity to get together...

Article: Bill to end caucuses goes to governor
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 18, 2001 ;     503 words ...Bill to end caucuses goes to governor Assembly passes measure...Madison -- A bill to eliminate partisan caucuses in the Legislature is on its way to...Ethics and Elections boards to end the caucuses, impose forfeitures and reform a system...