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Orange County Registrar of Voters

Orange County Registrar of Voters

Top Two Primary: From Top to Bottom

Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Californias Primary Election Process Before Proposition 14

Candidates placed on partisan ballot


and voted on by voters of same political party

Top vote-getter from each party went


on to General Election

Candidate who won at Primary Election


was partys official nominee at General Election
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

What is Proposition 14?

Proposition 14 was
passed by the voters in 2010

Provides for a voter


nominated Primary election for each state elective office and Congressional office in California
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

What is Proposition 14?

Candidates must list party


preference or lack of party preference

Candidates no longer
formally nominated by political parties

No more independent
or write-in candidates at General Election
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

What is Proposition 14?

A voter may vote for any


candidate for these offices without regard to political party preference

The top two candidates


receiving the highest vote totals (for each voter nominated office) would advance to the General

Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Which Offices are Affected?

Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Proposition 14 Issues

Candidate filing process


must change

Signature checking
process must change

Poll worker training must


be modified

Ballot layout must be


modified
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Candidate Filing Process

Declaration of candidacy changed to


allow candidates to specify party preference

Candidate does not need to be


registered with the party not less than 3 months, and not affiliated with another party within 12 months

All candidates, regardless of party,


file for the same contest
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Signature Checking Process

Previously, signers of signatures-in-lieu


and nomination papers had to be the same party as the candidate

Now, party of voter signing the


nomination documents is not relevant for voter nominated offices

Party of voter still relevant for Central


Committee nominations
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Poll Worker Training

Poll workers must be


trained to understand new rules for party-nominated, voter-nominated and nonpartisan offices

Poll workers must


understand that Decline to State is now No Party Preference
Neal Kelley, Orange County Registrar of Voters, visit us at ocvote.com

Questions?
Orange County Registrar of Voters

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