Proposition 14 Presentation

7/31/2019 Proposition 14 Presentation

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Orange CountyRegistrar of Voters



Top Two Primary:“From Top to

Bottom”

Orange County Registrar of Voters

Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com



California’s Primary Election ProcessBefore Proposition 14

• Candidates placed on partisan ballot

and voted on by voters of samepolitical party

• Top vote-getter from each party wenton to General Election

• Candidate who won at Primary Electionwas party’s official nominee at GeneralElection




What is Proposition 14?

• Proposition 14 was

passed by the voters in2010

• Provides for a “voternominated Primaryelection” for each state

elective office andCongressional office inCalifornia





• Candidates must list partypreference or lack ofparty preference

• Candidates no longer

formally nominated bypolitical parties

• No more “independent”or “write-in” candidates atGeneral Election





• A voter may vote for anycandidate for these offices

without regard to politicalparty preference

• The top two candidatesreceiving the highest votetotals (for each voter

nominated office) wouldadvance to the General





Which Offices are Affected?



Proposition 14 Issues

• Candidate filing processmust change

• Signature checkingprocess must change

• Poll worker training mustbe modified

• Ballot layout must bemodified




Candidate Filing Process

• Declaration of candidacy changed toallow candidates to specify party

preference

• Candidate does not need to be

registered with the party not less than3 months, and not affiliated withanother party within 12 months

• All candidates, regardless of party,file for the same contest




Signature Checking Process

• Previously, signers of signatures-in-lieu

and nomination papers had to be thesame party as the candidate

• Now, party of voter signing thenomination documents is not relevantfor voter nominated offices

• Party of voter still relevant for CentralCommittee nominations




Poll Worker Training

• Poll workers must be

trained to understand newrules for party-nominated,voter-nominated and

nonpartisan offices

• Poll workers must

understand that “Declineto State” is now “No PartyPreference”




Questions?

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Proposition 14 Presentation

Documents

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