Sentence examples for move up the dates from inspiring English sources

The result is that the first ballots are once again likely to be cast in January as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina move up the dates of their contests to protect their franchises as the early voting states.

A plan to start the balloting in February has fallen apart, with Florida and other states rushing to move up the dates of their primary contests.

This season, the Academy also saw fit to move up the dates for nominations: voting will now start Dec. 17, instead of later in the month as before, and the choices will be announced on Jan . 10 nearly two weeks earlier than normal.

But Mr. Vilsack, 56, said he struggled to compete financially in a field of nine candidates, particularly as California, Texas, Florida and Illinois are among the states working to move up the dates of their primary elections next year and candidates are expected to campaign earlier in these states.

Numerous states have moved up the dates of the crucial first round the party primaries and caucuses to the very start of 2008.

The states had been stripped of their delegates after moving up the dates of their primaries, in violation of Democratic Party rules.

Both states moved up the dates of their primaries without permission from the Democratic National Committee, causing the national party to disqualify them.

And with so many states having moved up the dates of their primaries, the candidates have more places to be, even at this early stage.

The date of the New Hampshire primary is still pending a ruling by Secretary of State William M. Gardner, who has threatened to set the contest for December because Nevada and other states have moved up the dates of their primaries and caucuses.

In addition to abandoning the attack ads, Mrs. Clinton must drop her plans to fight to seat the delegations from Florida and Michigan, which defied the Democratic Party and moved up the dates of their primaries.

This will be the speediest -- critics say hastiest -- dash to the nomination ever because several states, seeking greater political sway, elbowed their way in by moving up the dates of their contests.