The California Libertarian Party has told the Secretary of State that independent voters will be able to choose a Libertarian presidential primary ballot in June. This is the first time the California Libertarian Party has made that decision. The only time that independent voters ever before voted in a California Libertarian presidential primary was 2000, when all voters could vote for any presidential candidate from any party, because in 2000 California had a blanket presidential primary.
The Democratic and American Independent Parties in California are also allowing independent voters to vote in their presidential primaries in 2016. The California Democratic Party has always allowed independents to vote in its presidential primaries, starting in 2000. The AIP in the past also let independent voters vote in its presidential primary, with the sole exception of 2012.
This is exactly how political parties get watered down and drift away from their principles. Open primaries give the parties virtually no control over their nominees and turns the electoral process into a huge joke. One only has to look at the current circus of Republican and Democrat candidates whose media attention is driven by their personal wealth and biased polls that are open to all voters. THE SOLUTION NEEDED is to abolish the taxpayer funded primaries and have the parties either pay for their own or nominate their candidates in their own convention.
Jeff Becker’s last sentence is exactly right!
To: Donald J. Trump
Subject: In re: Donald J Trump, et.al.
In re: Donald J Trump, et.al.
Trump is being invited as a necessary party with unique standing as a public officer sworn 2016 CINC POTUS candidate on the ballot of every state primary or caucu — and in this specific case Natural Born Citizen registered voters not enrolled in any ballot access party petitioning to join on the party enrollment lock-box USCA2C original proceeding requesting certification of question under SCOTUS Rule 19 allowing Trump to invite his New York State followers not enrolled as GOP into the April NYS CINC POTUS GOP primary.
See Rosario v Rockefeller 1973 SCOTUS docket 71-1371
and
Van Wie v Pataki USCA2C 00-7379
Cruz NBC eligibility crisis has developed since enrollment lock-box closed October 2015
Only Trump the resident New Yorker and lead GOP candidate has the standing to force this issue certified question successfully upon SCOTUS.
Jeff, Libertarian primaries aren’t really primaries… they’re completely non-binding; thus independents taking part in them really does nothing. Ultimately, the delegates are going to do whatever they want because they’re not bound to the outcome of the primary.
@Jeff Becker
The California primary is after the national convention for the Libertarian party. The only partisan primary is the presidential preference election. All the other offices are Top 2, so there are no meaningful Libertarian contests on the ballot.
An independent voter must request a party ballot. According to Richard Winger, his county provides a sheet that election clerks may point to explaining their choices, but they can’t directly ask.
An independent voter who is able to request a “Libertarian” ballot might go ahead and vote Libertarian candidates down ballot. And there will be a public record of ballot selection, so voters can be contacted to change their registration.