Vote no on Prop 14 - California
Proposition 14, also known as a Top Two election system and mistakenly called an “open primary”, would abolish our current party primary elections and replace it with a free for all June election to pick the top two candidates for the November election. Only two candidates will appear on the November ballot, even two candidates from the same party, and write-in candidates will no longer be allowed.
Presently during the June election, voters affiliated with one of the ballot qualified parties choose their party’s candidate for the November election. Currently in the November election each party’s candidates competes against each other along with any independents, giving voters more than two choices along with the write-in option.
Proposition 14 turns the current system upside down. All voters would get the same ballot in the June election. Voters would choose one candidate from every candidate running from every party. Similar to the free for all California saw when Arnold was first elected; all candidates from all the parties would compete together in the free for all June election. The top two vote getters, even if both of them get less than 10% and they are from the same party, would advance to the November election.
Proposition 14 forbids voters from write-in candidates for the November election, so if Top Two passes California voters will no longer have more than two choices in the November election; except for the Presidential race.
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