California Online Voter Guide

June 2010 Statewide Primary Election

19th edition

Proposition 14 - Elections: Open Primaries. Passed

Legislative Constitutional Amendment

• Official Summary
• What a Yes or No Vote Means
• Official Voter Guide page
• Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information
• Who Signed the Ballot Arguments
• News Stories
• Top 5 Donors

 

Official Summary:

• Encourages increased participation in elections for congressional, legislative, and statewide offices by changing the procedure by which candidates are selected in primary elections.

• Gives voters increased options in the primary by allowing all voters to choose any candidate regardless of the candidate’s or voter’s political party preference.

• Provides that candidates may choose not to have a political party preference indicated on the primary ballot.

• Provides that only the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary will appear on the general election ballot regardless of party preference.

• Does not change primary elections for President, party committee offices and nonpartisan offices.

What a Yes or No Vote Means

A YES vote on this measure means: All voters would receive the same primary election ballot for most state and federal offices. Only the two candidates with the most votes—regardless of political party identification—would advance to the general election ballot.

A NO vote on this measure means: Voters would continue to receive primary election ballots based on their political party. The candidate with the most votes from each political party would continue to advance to the general election ballot.

Official Voter Guide page

This page features the Legislative Analyst's analysis, pro-con arguments, legislative votes and the full proposition text.

Campaign Web Sites and Contact Information

• Yes on Proposition 14

  YES ON 14-Californians For An Open Primary
  Email: info@yeson14openprimary.com
  Web site: www.yeson14openprimary.com

• No on Proposition 14

  California School Employees’ Association
  2045 Lundy Ave., San Jose, CA 95131
  (408) 473-1000

Who Signed the Ballot Arguments

• Yes on Proposition 14

  Jeannine English, AARP, California State President
  James Earp, Executive Director, California Alliance for Jobs
  Allan Zaremberg, President, California Chamber of Commerce

• No on Proposition 14

  Kevin R. Nida, President, California State Firefighters’ Association
  Allan Clark, President, California School Employees Association
  Kathy J. Sackman, RN, President, United Nurses Associations of California /
  Union of Health Care Professionals

News Stories

This page provides excerpts from and links to news coverage of the propositions on the ballot.

Follow the Money

Proposition 14 - Top Five Donors (as of 6/2/10)
Position	S U P P O R T			O P P O S E
Total Raised * (as of 6/2)	$5,104,616			$244,500
Top Donors (as of 6/2)	Donor information	Amount		Donor Information	Amount
	Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Dream Team, a Ballot Measure Committee, Burbank, CA	$2,000,000		Jeff Denham for State Senate, Sacramento, CA	$50,000
	California Business PAC, Sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, CA	$720,000		California Teachers Association Issues PAC, Burlingame, CA	$50,000
	Reed Hastings, Chief Executive, Netflix, Inc, Santa Cruz, CA	$257,328		American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees CA Issues (AFSCME CA Issues), Sacramento, CA	$50,000
	California Hospitals Committee on Issues, Sponsored by California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Sacramento, CA	$250,000		PACE of California School Employees Association - Issues, Sacramento, CA	$50,000
	(tie between six donors): Eli Broad, Founder, The Broad Foundations, Los Angeles, CA California Association of Health Underwriters – PAC, Fresno, CA Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA Brian L. Harvey, President, Cypress Land Company, Los Angeles, CA William E. Bloomfield, Jr., Retired, Manhattan Beach, CA Herbalife International of America, Inc. Centruy City, CA	$100,000		Consumer Attorney's Issues Political Action Committee, Sacramento, CA	$46,000

 

* Total amount raised includes all contributions received in 2009 and through May 22, 2010, plus contributions of $5,000 or more received between May 23 - June 2, 2010.

Detailed information about all contributors for and against Proposition 14 is available from campaign finance reports at Cal-Access, the Secretary of State's campaign disclosure web site.

To view the most recent contributions, select a committee and click "Late and $5000+ Contributions Received".

 

 

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This page was first published on April 25, 2010 | Last updated on July 31, 2010
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