Some years ago California voters adopted an initiative mandating that the top two voters in the primary, whatever their party affiliation, would be the only candidates on the ballot in the fall. The immediate result was that Libertarian Party, Green Party, and other minor parties were kept off the fall ballot.
Another interesting result that no one anticipated occurred in districts with a dominant party. Two candidates from that party could receive so many votes that in the fall election voters occasionally had the choice of two Democrats or two Republicans.
And even weirder result might occur this fall. The Dems have eight candidates for governor, the Republicans two. If the Democratic candidates split the primary vote eight ways, it is quite possible that in the fall of 2026 voters will have a choice of two Republican candidates. California fall ballots make no room for write-ins.
What an idiotic system.
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