Brown's decision, announced without fanfare on Wednesday, means the state will hold its presidential primary on March 3, 2020. That was the highest voter turnout for a California presidential primary since 1980. Last year, 47.7% of registered voters cast ballots in the state’s June presidential primary. Several Democratic lawmakers praised Brown’s decision to allow another try at the early primary. This article was originally published at 1:48 p.m.ALSO:California's Democratic leaders have a plan for thwarting Trump in 2020Skelton: Brown should junk the presidential election bills on his deskThe California primary bill probably won't change anything

Source: Los Angeles Times September 27, 2017 20:55 UTC