Cast Your Vote

June 5, 2012
Today is Primary Election Day in California. The polls opened at 7 a.m. and will be open until 8 p.m. This primary is a first for California voters. On June 8, 2012, California voters approved Proposition 14, which created the "Top-Two Open Primary Act" which changed the way this primary is being conducted. In this new open primary system you can vote for any candidate, regardless of what party preference you indicated on your voter registration form. Only the two candidates receiving the most votes, again regardless of party, move on to the general election.. The California open primary system does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, country central committees or local offices.
The poll workers must sort out which ballot to give to each voter as some are restricted to those registered for a particular party.
Due to redistricting, there are some important races and it is important that all of us exercise our right to cast a ballot. Emerging democracies know what a privilege it is to vote. We need to vote and show that Americans value this privilege.