By Peggy
Jack and Tina have invited me to join the Post Scripts team, so here is my first article. I hope you all find it helpful.
The deadline for voter registration is May 23, 2016. If you are going to change parties you must reregister by this date also. Note the Republican party has a closed presidential primary and the Democrat party has a modified-closed presidential primary.
Primary Elections in California
What is a voter-nominated office?
The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011, created “voter-nominated” offices. The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committees, or local offices.
Most of the offices that were previously known as “partisan” are now known as “voter-nominated” offices. Voter-nominated offices are state constitutional offices, state legislative offices, and U.S. congressional offices. The only “partisan offices” now are the offices of U.S. President and county central committee.
How are primary elections conducted in California?
All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election – regardless of party preference – move on to the general election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.
Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election.
The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committee, or local office.
How are presidential primary elections conducted in California?
Qualified political parties in California may hold presidential primaries in one of two ways:
•Closed presidential primary – only voters indicating a preference for a party may vote for that party’s presidential nominee.
•Modified-closed presidential primary – the party also allows voters who did not state a party preference to vote for that party’s presidential nominee.If a qualified political party chooses to hold a modified-closed presidential primary, the party must notify the California Secretary of State no later than the 135th day before Election Day.
The Democratic and American Independent parties notified the Secretary of State that they will allow voters who did not state a political party preference to vote the presidential ballot of their parties in the upcoming June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/primary-elections-california/
Fingers crossed. I’m hitting the submit button.
Will California again have no influence in the selection of the Republican party candidate? It looks like history will again repeat itself.
If things work out as they are forecasted to Calif. will be a major influence in this election and we won’t be a fly-over state for the first time in decades.
There are 172 Republican delegates. Here is how they are awarded.
159 District-Level:
Three pledged delegates from each of California’s 53 congressional districts. The candidate who wins each district gets all three delegates, who must vote for that candidate at the convention. It’s a winner-take-all system.
10 Statewide:
The candidate that wins the most votes statewide gets ten extra delegates, who have to vote for that candidate at the convention.
3 Superdelegates:
Unpledged party leaders, who can vote for whomever they want.
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/04/01/how-california-awards-presidential-primary-delegates
Trump is expected to do well today in all of the east coast blue states, and Cruz is projected to gain delegates in the upcoming red and purple states. Kasich will probably pass Rubio’s delegate count and won’t have to run as the 4th candidate in a three candidate race. By the time the election reaches us June 7th, no candidate is expected to have the needed 1237 delegates and we’re on our way to a contested convention in July.
Thanks for the complement Pie. I’ll try to keep it up, just forgive my bad spelling. I’ve always struggled with it. Undiagnosed learning disability is my excuse.
Looks like Calif. will determine the GOP candidate.
Why Nobody Knows How California’s Critical Primary Will Play Out:
“What, exactly, does a California Republican look like? The question is now a subject of heated debate, and the answer may very well determine the outcome of this historic GOP primary. California hasn’t played a decisive role in choosing the Republican nominee since 1964, when it broke for Barry Goldwater over Nelson Rockefeller in a contest so close that Rockefeller went on to protest the results at the convention in San Francisco. This year, California’s Republican voters are set to make an equally momentous decision: The state’s 172 delegates will either put Donald Trump over the top and deliver him the nomination, or allow Ted Cruz to force a contested convention in July. As in 1964, the race that will culminate in California is also a battle for the ideological soul of the Republican party. Goldwater’s nomination ensured the GOP would be a vessel for conservatism. On June 7, California’s 5 million registered Republicans will decide whether it remains so.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434542/california-republican-primary-preview
Peggy has always been a wealth of information.
Welcome, and continue the good work, Tina and Jack do a yeoman’s job of posting current information, as well as correcting some .
In the past I have enjoyed and learned from many of your posts. you’ll do well.
Thank you Harold. Looking forward to your comments which are always filled with great information and wisdom.
Welcome aboard Peggy!
You’ve done a great job calling attention to information and news in comments that really should have been on the front page…now they will!
You’ve asked before about how to create links. I’ve taken yours and made it a link (below) so you can see how it’s done. It will show up on the blog as a link so you’ll have to look at my comment on the edit page. Hope it helps:
Primary Elections California
If I can do anything to help you further let me know.
Thanks Tina, will check it out.
Off on our adventure together. Looking forward to it.