It was sent to each state for ratification but by 1982, despite an extension of the traditional deadline for ratification, it was three states short of the minimum of 38 needed to add it to the constitution and the issue stalled.
This year's filing deadline is April 17 because the 15th, the traditional deadline, falls on a Saturday.
The traditional deadline for personal income taxes is April 15, but that will fall on a Sunday this year.
The Web masters also say that their news is more local than even that provided by their local newspapers, and that their information is delivered in a more timely manner, because the Web is not bound by traditional print deadlines.
I for one can't wait for the traditional Transfer Deadline Day dinner later this afternoon, followed by wine and cheese and a rousing chorus of several of the traditional Transfer Deadline Day songs.
A flurry of new proposals, hastily offered press releases, and emotional caucus meetings on Tuesday had folks on Capitol Hill legitimately worried that they will burn through Congress's traditional Christmas deadline for resolving legislative standoffs without reaching an agreement.
"In addition, the traditional media has deadlines.
It's a certainty that at least some Republican voters in 2010, perhaps newly inspired by the Tea Party, decided to participate in SDR states close to the election time without having been registered to vote by the traditional voter registration deadlines.
But Mr. Schluter said he believed that the traditional Sept. 1 deadline for raising the money was actually a false one, and that state election law actually required him only to file notice that he would seek matching funds.
The traditional April 15 filing deadline for the Form 1040 falls on a Sunday this year, and April 16 is a holiday in Washington, D.C. (Emancipation Day), so you have an extra two days to make the most of tax deferral options.
