Candidates want to move date of Wis. primary

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - All three major candidates for governor say they want to move the date of Wisconsin's primary so voters in the military and others overseas have plenty of time to cast ballots.

Democrat Tom Barrett and Republicans Scott Walker and Mark Neumann all say the date should be moved earlier in the year. None of them proposed a specific date.

Their comments came after Wisconsin's request for a waiver to meet a deadline for sending out ballots to military and other overseas voters was denied by the federal government. Wisconsin sought the waiver because its late primary made it impossible to get ballots mailed the required 45 days before the general election.