Cali Lawsuit Filed Against Sec of State on Deceptive Primary Ballots

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3. Candid about what?

About a complex system being susceptible to human errors? Yes, especially when you throw in that poll workers (who are also human) have to understand the details, and are expected to get them all correct even if they only do this less than once a year.

California's process is rather straightforward, IMHO. I think a lot of confusion comes from the word "independent". Since national news is East Coast biased to a large degree, that's the term that gets thrown around a lot to refer to voters who are not affiliated with a party. California uses a different term, currently No Party Preference, although Non-Partisan has been used in the past. California is also one of the few (only?) states where the American Independent Party is a recognized party: casual voters can be confused. California is also one of the states that allows parties to choose - on a per election basis - who to allow to vote in their primaries. All this information is readily available, but every election people get confused. It's not an attempt to keep people from voting: on the contrary, it's easier to vote in California that in many other states.

Maybe the Secretary of State should post something on YouTube, since things apparently aren't take seriously unless there a video.

I've already sent my ballot back. Straightforward process: got a postcard back in March asking which party's ballot I wanted, got the ballot itself at the beginning of May, spent a week reading the state and county voters' guides, filled it out, sent it back. Checked to county registrar's web site this morning and saw that it's been counted.