Many American trends start in California, so it’s worth paying attention.<\/p>\n
On June 5th, voters will be going to a primary election like no other – it will be a non-partisan primary.\u00a0 Dianne Feinstein is running for reelection to the US Senate.\u00a0\u00a0 The changes took effect in 2011, but this is the first Congressional election since the change.<\/p>\n
When entering the voting booth, voters will be given a list of all candidates running for each office and then can vote for anyone they want for each office, regardless of their party affiliation.\u00a0\u00a0 This change was a “gift” from\u00a0 Arnold Schwarzenegger with a voter initiative called Proposition 14. \u00a0 When the votes are counted, the top 2 vote counts will face a runoff in November (even if one candidate got a majority in June)<\/p>\n
Note this is not the top two, one from each party – it’s the top two, period.\u00a0 In theory, if enough Republicans run and fragmented the Republican vote into enough pieces, the November election could be between two Democrats, or Ms Feinstein and a “fringe” Republican or perhaps a Green Party candidate.<\/p>\n
Stay tuned.\u00a0\u00a0 More mischief ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many American trends start in California, so it’s worth paying attention. On June 5th, voters will be going to a primary election like no other – it will be a non-partisan primary.\u00a0 Dianne Feinstein is running for reelection to the … Continue reading