Pursuant to section 1-3-102, C.R.S., in any year in which a presidential election will be held, a political party may decide to hold its precinct caucuses on the first Tuesday in February. Because 2012 is a presidential election year, political parties may hold precinct caucuses on February 7, 2012. To allow county clerks sufficient time to redraw precinct boundaries, pursuant to section 48 (1)(e) of article V of the state constitution, the Colorado supreme court is required to approve the commission's plan no later than fifty-five days before the precinct caucuses or by December 14, 2011. While this date shortens the timeline for the commission to complete its final plan, the general assembly urges the commission to complete its final plan and the supreme court to approve a final plan by this date.