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Nomination reform urged by bipartisan presidential panel
A bipartisan commission led by Melvin Laird and Adlai Stevenson III urged halving primaries to 16, regionally scheduling them, giving uncommitted delegates more flexibility, adding ex-officio nonbinding delegates, and raising individual contributions from 1000 to 5000 dollars. The group called the current system cumbersome and recommended swift changes though major parties show no agreement yet.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Robert Strauss
Democratic Party
Anne Wexler
White House
Commission
Laird-Stevenson Commission
Laird Revenison Commission