Dan Walters, veteran politics and government columnist for the Sacramento Bee, predicts a record low turnout for a general election in California next month. He writes, “A couple of dozen legislative and congressional races pitting members of the same party against one another may also dampen turnout.”
He did not say anything about the effect on turnout of a system that has left California as one of only six states this year with only Democrats and Republicans on the ballot for the top office on the ballot, but that probably is another factor in lowering turnout. Thanks to AroundtheCapital for the link.
How many *veteran* columnists in the USA are brain dead ignorant about P.R. and nonpartisan App.V. — having NO primaries. ???
Wasn’t peak turnout in California back when cross-filing was legal?
Didn’t cross-filing help 3rd parties back when 3rd parties had easier access to California’s ballot?
Seems like I recall seeing some old returns where a candidate won both the Democratic and Republican labels with cross-filing, and it resulted in a good vote for the Prohibition nominee.