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Can the South Carolina Republican Party Really Cancel its Presidential Primary?

Election Law Society · February 24, 2020 ·

By: Trevor Bernardo

GOP state committees in South Carolina, Kansas, Alaska, Arizona, and Nevada have all cancelled their primary or caucus elections for the 2020 presidential election.  The Minnesota GOP also recently announced that Trump would be the only Republican candidate on its primary ballot.  How can state parties avoid holding a primary election, even if only to confirm or re-nominate an incumbent, that will ultimately determine who will be on the general election ballot, and pledge electors to vote in the Electoral College?

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