In California the open primary allows everyone to vote for anyone. Last time that left us with 2 Democrats running for the final, but this year there are so many people splintering the Democratic voters, we could wind up with 2 Republicans.
That had nothing to do with an open primary. There was no primary. All you had to do was pay a fee to get on the ballot. That’s why you see multiple Democrats, Republicans, etc. If there had been a primary, it wouldn’t have been such a circus, but the recall had different rules than a normal election.
What I meant is that it functioned similarly to an open primary, but yeah, I see your point. Sorry, it’s been 23 years since I saw the ballot until I just found it on wikipedia. What a shitshow that was.
In California the open primary allows everyone to vote for anyone. Last time that left us with 2 Democrats running for the final, but this year there are so many people splintering the Democratic voters, we could wind up with 2 Republicans.
lol, that’s exactly how Schwarzenegger ended up governor. The ballot had 135 people on it.
That had nothing to do with an open primary. There was no primary. All you had to do was pay a fee to get on the ballot. That’s why you see multiple Democrats, Republicans, etc. If there had been a primary, it wouldn’t have been such a circus, but the recall had different rules than a normal election.
What I meant is that it functioned similarly to an open primary, but yeah, I see your point. Sorry, it’s been 23 years since I saw the ballot until I just found it on wikipedia. What a shitshow that was.