Taking the Long View - 11/28/23
Updates to the U.S. primary/caucus calendar as well as the general election debates
Lots of U.S. election updates in this calendar. On November 20th, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the dates for four general election debates - three presidential and one for the vice presidential candidates. Now, there’s a pretty high chance these don’t happen, as the RNC said last year they are quitting the debates, and as of the announcement, AP reports that neither party has committed to attending.
I’ve also updated the main calendar with all of the U.S. primary and caucus dates we know of right now, as compiled by CNN. This includes New Hampshire, who recently announced they would be holding their primary on January 24th - in defiance of the Democrats who wanted South Carolina to be first.
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Calendar
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November 29, 2023 - Senate AI Forum on IP and Copyright
November 30, 2023 - House Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government
December 5, 2023 - The Messenger - AI: Balancing Innovation & Regulation
RESCHEDULED to January 2024: December 6, 2023 - Senate hearing on protecting kids online with tech CEO testimony
December 6, 2023 - Fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate
January 23, 2024 - New Hampshire Primary
February 8-10, 2024 - NASED Winter Conference
July 23-26, 2024 - NASED Summer Conference
September 16, 2024 - First presidential debate, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
September 25, 2024 - Vice presidential debate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
October 1, 2024 - Second presidential debate, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
October 9, 2024 - Third presidential debate, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Topics to keep an eye on:
Supreme Court arguments during this term
Texas and Florida content moderation bills
December 7, 2023 - Amici in support of NetChoice (or in support of neither party)
January 23, 2023 - Amici in support of Florida/Texas
TV shows about Facebook - Doomsday Machine and second season of Super Pumped
Upcoming Dates
November 30, 2023 - DeSantis/Newsom FOX Debate
November 30, 2023 - National Conference on Citizenship - 2023 Annual Conference on Citizenship: The Future of Citizenship
December - EU-U.S. trade and tech summit, Washington, DC
December 2023 - UN AI governance landscape mapping and option interim report released
December 1-3, 2023: Build Peace 2023 Conference
December 12, 2023 - CampaignTech Innovation Summit
December 20, 2023 – Democratic Republic of the Congo election
December 2023 –Togo election
2023 or 2024 – Peru election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Myanmar election
TBD – Gabon election
TBD – Haiti election
TBD – Libya election
2024
January 15, 2024 - Iowa GOP Caucus
January 15, 2024 - Trump E. Jean Carroll civil defamation suit
January 23, 2024 - New Hampshire Primary
January 29, 2024 - Trump Pyramid scheme class-action suit
January 2024 – Bangladesh election
January 13, 2024 – Taiwan election
January 28, 2024 - Finland election
February 2, 2024 - TrustCon Proposal Deadline
February 3, 2024: South Carolina Democratic primary
February 4, 2024 – El Salvador election
February 6, 2024: Nevada Democratic Primary
February 8, 2024 - Nevada GOP Caucus
February 12, 2024 - State of the Net Conference
February 14, 2024 – Indonesia election
February 24, 2024: South Carolina Republican primary
February 25, 2024 – Senegal election
February 25, 2024 – Belarus election
February 27, 2024: Michigan primary
February 27, 2024 - Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher
February 2024 – Pakistan election (delayed from 2023)
March 2024 - Third Summit for Democracy
March 2, 2024: Michigan Republican caucus
March 4, 2024 - Trump Washington trial starts
March 5, 2024: Primaries in multiple states, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Democrats Abroad
March 8-16, 2024 - SXSW
March 12, 2024: Primaries in Hawaii (Republican caucuses), Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota (Democratic caucuses), Washington
March 17, 2024 – Russia election
March 19, 2024: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio primaries
March 25, 2024 - Trump NY State criminal hush money suit
March 31, 2024 – Ukraine election
March 31, 2024: Puerto Rico Democratic primary
April 2, 2024: Wisconsin primary
April 10, 2024 – South Korea election
April 16-18, 2024 - Government Social Media Conference
April 23, 2024: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island primaries
April 23, 2024 - The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan Page
April 30, 2024: Connecticut primary
April 2024 – Solomon Islands election
April 2024 – Maldives election
May 5, 2024 – Panama election
May 7: Indiana primary
May 14, 2024: Nebraska, Maryland, West Virginia primaries
May 14-15, 2024 - Copenhagen Democracy Summit
May 19, 2024 – Dominican Republic election
May 20, 2024 - Trump trial on classified docs
May 21, 2024: Kentucky, Oregon primaries
June 2024 – Mongolia election
June 2, 2024 – Mexico election
June 4, 2024: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, District of Columbia primaries
June 6-9, 2024 - EU Parliament Elections
Mid-2024 - Final UN AI governance report
July 15 - 18, 2024 - Republican National Convention
July 22-24, 2024 - TrustCon 2024
August 19 - 22, 2024 - Democratic Convention, Chicago
September 2024 - UN Summit of the Future
October 9, 2024 – Mozambique election
October 27, 2024 – Uruguay election
October 2024 – Chad election
November 2024 – Guinea Bissau election
November 2024 – Moldova election
November 2024 – Romania election
November 5, 2024 – United States of America election
November 11-14, 2024 - Lisbon Web Summit
November 12, 2024 – Palau election
December 2024 – Croatia election
TBD – Algeria election
TBD – Austria election
TBD – Belgium election
TBD – Botswana election
TBD – Burkina Faso election
TBD – Chad election
TBD – Comoros election
TBD – Croatia election
TBD – Dominica election
TBD – Egypt election
TBD – Ethiopia election
TBD – Georgia election
TBD – Ghana election
TBD – Iceland election
TBD – India election
TBD – Iran election
TBD – Jordan election
TBD – Kiribati election
TBD – Kuwait election
TBD – Lithuania election
TBD – Madagascar election
TBD – Mauritania election
TBD – Mauritius election
TBD – Montenegro election
TBD – North Korea election
TBD – North Macedonia election
TBD – Romania election
TBD – Rwanda election
TBD – San Marino election
TBD – Slovakia election
TBD – South Africa election
TBD – South Sudan election
TBD – Syria election
TBD – Tunisia election
TBD – United States of America election
TBD – Uzbekistan election
TBD – Venezuela election
2025
2025: RightsCon, South Korea
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