On February 26, the California Attorney General finished the paperwork for a proposed initiative that would remove all party labels from California ballots (except for President). The proponents may now begin to circulate that petition. It requires 585,407 valid signatures, due August 24, in order to get on the November 2016 ballot. This initiative has a Secretary of State tracking number: 1780.
Talk about a kooky way of handling elections when no partisan information will appear on the ballot.
A candidate for non-federal office may indicate their party preference on their application. But it won’t appear on the ballot.
The current Section 8040 is totally moronic. Did Debra Bowen think it up, or did she have help?
First the candidate specifies what their voter affidavit says, and then in a second blank indicates whether they are declining to express a preference for a qualified party.