(Washington D.C.)- Congressman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today in support of a bi-partisan plan advanced to their respective national party committees by Saul Anuzis, member of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party, and Debbie Dingell, member of the Democratic National Committee, to fix our nation’s process for selecting presidential candidates. 

“I applaud Mr. Anuzis and Mrs. Dingell for bringing a proposal for a fair and rational presidential primary system before their respective national party committees,” said Rep. Sander Levin.  “It is long past time to end the stranglehold a small number of small states holds over the selection of our presidential candidates.  I have been advocating this inter-regional process since 1986, but the disaster caused by our current system and this year’s front-loaded, frantic, disorganized primary calendar shows we need reform now more than ever.

“The inter-regional process spaces out primary dates over several months, requiring candidates to establish themselves in multiple states.  At the same time, each primary date will include at least one state from every region in the country, which will ensure that a broad spectrum of Americans' views is accounted for in the selection process.  And each presidential election year, different states will be allowed to vote first.  The proposal advanced by Anuzis and Dingell based on my legislation ensures that the selection of presidential candidates is fair and ensures that our nominating system occurs over a rational period of time and includes every region of our country.”

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