I have long believed that American elections should be no more than 8 weeks from start to finish, primaries included. Primary Day should be the same for everyone just like in the General Election. Nominating conventions are worthless and should be discarded. Mail-in voting should be universal.
Long elections waste immense amounts of money. they harass potential voters into apathy. They play into the horse-race, scandal-fed view of politics that feeds deeply unserious media coverage. They NOT INCIDENTALLY make it difficult/impossible for campaigns to deal with last-minute surprises.
