[Charles Martel]

I’ve never understood why those laws were honored. Those states are effectively reaching beyond their own jurisdictions. What would happen if other states passed laws that their primaries must be held before those of IA and NH?

[mmichaels1970]

What would happen if other states passed laws that their primaries must be held before those of IA and NH?

Either some sort of wormhole would open or we'd at least rip some sort of hole in space-time.

The whole thing is a big mess, imho. I really wish that states that went strongest for the party in the previous general would go first with the ones that went weakest going last. Why should an "Obama state" get to be at the head of the line in choosing a GOP candidate? A dynamic order would provide incentive to party leaders in every state to get a better turnout for every election.