The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee moved toward cutting Iowa as the first state in the 2024 presidential nominating process. During a Friday meeting, the committee did not advance the motion to cut Iowa however the decision still hangs in the balance.

Newsmax reports:

“Now is not a time for us as a party to stand on tradition,” Mo Elleithee, a member of the DNC, said, who has had strong reservations against Iowa first-in-the-nation status for presidential elections. “Now is not a time for us as a party to stand on status quo.”

Instead, Elleithee proposed a framework wherein the DNC would prioritize states that hold primaries, “demonstrate general election competitiveness,” the Post reports, and “are demographically diverse — three qualifications that do not apply to Iowa, where about 90 percent of the population is White.”

Also, on Friday, the Des Moines Register reported that a leaked DNC draft proposal, which has caused turmoil within the DNC, indicated that all states would have to reapply for their place in the nominating order. The DNC would favor states who hold “primaries over caucuses and diversity over tradition.”