Elections. Open Primary.
Official Title and Summary
Prepared by the Attorney General
Text of Proposition
- 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.
Summary of Legislative Analyst's
Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact:
- 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
Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Proposition 198
Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Proposition 198
Argument Against Proposition 198
Rebuttal to Argument Against Proposition 198
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