SO, WHATS A BLANKET PRIMARY?
The March 2000 Presidential Primary Election will be California’s second “blanket” primary and first “presidential” blanket primary. In a “blanket” primary, all candidates from all parties appear on the same ballot. Before the blanket primary system was adopted by voters in March 1996, in primary elections you could only vote for candidates from the political party in which you were registered. This is known as a “closed” primary. Republicans could only vote for Republicans, Democrats for Democrats, etc. Only candidates from your political party were listed on your ballot for partisan contests and nonpartisan voters could not vote. MARCH BALLOT On March 7, 2000 your ballot will include all candidates from all parties. You can vote for any candidate from any political party, regardless of your political party, but you can only vote for one candidate in most contests. ??? Your ballot will look exactly like the ballot received by other voters who are registered with different political pa
