Elections. Open Primary.

• Provides that all persons entitled to vote, including those not affiliated with any political party, shall have the right to vote at any election for any candid ate regardless of the candidate's political affiliation.
• Provides for a single primary ballot on which, under the appropriate title for each office, the names and party affiliations of all candidates are placed rand omly and not grouped by political party.
• Retains separate partisan ballot only for the selection of elective political party committee members by voters of each party.
• Requires Legislature to conform conflicting statutes.

• No direct fiscal impact on state government.
• Unknown, but probably minor, savings to counties statewide.

Analysis by the Legislative Analyst
Argument in Favor of Proposition 198
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Argument Against Proposition 198
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