University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 14 1992
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Primary may not be canceled
By Greg Farmer Kansan staff writer
A KU professor said yesterday that attempts to cancel the Kansas presidential primary came too late and that legislators would be forced to finance the election. But another KU professor said he was not surprised lawmakers had not appropriated money to pay primary costs.
The Senate voted 25-15 yesterday to concur with a House of Representatives decision to cut the projected cost of the primary. The vote apparently ends a Senate attempt to cancel the April 7 primary and continues the legislature's quest to appropriate the $1.5 million to pay primary costs.
"It seems to me that what happened was they went charging off to cancel the primary without doing their homework," Ggetter said. "Now they are in a more complicated position."
Russell Getter, associate professor of political science, said Kansas was going to have a primary because legislators had waited too long to cancilt it.
If Kansas were to cancel its primary, the state would select delegates to the political parties' national conventions at caucuses.
Getter said it probably was too late to make caucus preparations.
"If the parties could get registered for the caucuses, they would have to develop caucus plans and register candidates," he said. "That would be placing tough time constraints on the party to develop the caucus structure."
Ken Collier, assistant professor of political science, said that deciding to have the primary was easy but that providing the money was more difficult.
"The question is how much more democratic the primary is," Collier said. "Is it worth the money? I prefer primaries, but I understand why the state doesn't want to pay for it."
He said caucuses usually attracted only hard-core supporters because the vote was taken at political party meetings where which party platforms were developed.
Collier said primaries were more democratic than caucuses because more people participated by voting individually at booths.
"Ithink the primary issue is one that should be addressed and discussed because it asks us to decide how we want our government to work," Collier said.
He said states held primaries or caucuses for democratic and economic reasons.
Primary Candidates
Here are the 32 candidates who filed before Wednesday's deadline for the Kansas presidential preference primary.
DEMOCRATS
Jeffrey Marsh Fairfield, Iowa
McDonald Alpine-Jemings, Okla.
Bob Kersey-Omaha, Neb.
John Barnes-Caney, Kan.
Charles Woods-Graceville, Fla.
Raymond Vanskiver-Wichita
Tom Harkin-Bethesda, Md.
Lyndon LaRoche Jr. Round Hill, Va.
Edmund Brown Jr.-Alexandria, Va.
Larry Agrine-Irwin, Calif.
Bill Clinton-Little Rock, Ark.
Ralph Spelring-Elkhart, Ind.
Do Beamgard-Atwood, Kan.
William Pawley Jr.-Miami, Fla.
Gary Haupti-Salina
Paul Tsongas-Boston
Gary Hawks-Toneka
REPUBLICANS
"These are the democratic ways to select presidential candidates," Collier said. "But economic reasons are important, too. Iowa holds its caucus first, and the businesses make a lot of money. National voters watch what happens in Iowa because of the timing of their primary."
George Zimmerman - Dallas
Jake Beemont - Kansas City, Kan.
Thomas Fabish - Harbor City, Calif.
Tennie Rogers - Sierra Madre, Calif.
Stephen Kozcak - Washington
Pat Paulsen - Los Angeles
Philip Skow - Carbondale, Kan.
David Duke - Metairie, La.
Jack Fellure - Hurricane, W.Va.
George Bush - Alexandria, Va.
Daugherty - Aiken, S.C.
Charles Doty - Tulsa, Okla.
Patrick Buchanan - Vienna, Va.
Isabell Masters - Topela
Hubert Patty - Jackson, Miss.
Collier said that if Kansas held its primary earlier, the state would benefit more.
"If the primary could be held in late February, then people throughout the nation might care what happens," he said. "Otherwise, it's not likely to matter much to the national election."
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