Thanks to Richard Winger for this post.
I have been blogging for awhile with the idea of separating Primary Ballots so Party Members would get a Ballot that includes Congressional, State, Local, and Party Official Candidates and all others would get a Ballot with just Congressional, State, and Local Candidates.
This is Richard's answer:
California Candidates for Party Office don't appear on the Top-Two Primary ballot.
They appear on separate Partisan Primary Ballots. On Primary day there are many kinds of ballots:
- An American Independent Ballot and an American Independent Ballot for any Independent who wants one
- A Democratic Ballot and a Democratic Ballot for Independents who want one
- A Green Party Ballot
- A Libertarian Ballot and a Libertarian Ballot for Independents who want one
- A Peace & Freedom Ballot
- A Republican Ballot
- A Top-Two Primary Ballot that only contains Congress, State Legislature, and Statewide State Executive Office
In Presidential Primaries, there is a separate process.
But in 2000, under a
Blanket Primary, which the Supreme Court overturned, there was a unique different process. All Candidates for All positions were on one Primary Ballot. But there was a system to only count votes by Party Members of each Party for the Party Official Candidates.
If you have more information on how this vote was counted, let me know.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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