This info goes back to 1990, but I don’t think it’s changed in California. It’s a ‘closed Primary’, in that you can only vote in one party’s primary election. Well, you go to the polling place, you request a Party’s primary ballot. I don’t believe you have to be registered in that party to request it. Your party registration is recorded on the list, but I don’t believe you are held to that, when you request a ballot. In 1990, there were 5 qualified political parties and a non-partisan ballot. See my above post for more details.
Tell you what. I’ll be heading into the polling booth around 2:00 p.m. my time. I’ll ask to see if I could obtain another ballot, a democrat one. I believe it is closed, you have to vote in your own party. I’ve never tried to ask for an alternative ballot. I’ll check it out.
I don’t believe you can.
Here in MendoLand, we were informed by the county clerk that we would have no polling place and would have to vote absentee. The ballots that arrived in the mail allowed me to vote only according to my registration. My wife is registered Independent and she can vote for any of the liberal party candidates, such as the Dem P&F or Green candidates, but not the Rep.
I’m for closed primaries. She is not, because she feels that she has the right to defeat McC and will not listen to my arguments. We will both vote our conscience in November.
Michael Frazier