It is worth remembering that there are no constitutional provisions regarding presidential primaries and very few details about the election of the president itself.
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In the wake of the violence, Democrats launched a massive overhaul of their presidential primary process.
According to some officials who worked on the commission, their changes had the unintended effect of popularizing state presidential primary elections.
In short, party officials’ hands are initially tied, even if they want to cast the deciding votes.
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