Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill Wednesday moving the state’s presidential primary from June to March, a change geared toward increasing the influence of the nation’s most populous state in selecting presidential nominees. California had held its primary on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. The bill’s proponents also argued that moving the primary up will engage more voters and increase turnout. “Too often California is relegated to serving as a political ATM for presidential candidates,” California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D), a sponsor of the bill, said in September. “Moving up California’s primary will strengthen the voice of California voters in the presidential nominating process.”

Source: Huffington Post September 27, 2017 22:18 UTC