California changed it to something very similar to the LA jungle primary, the only difference being that the CA jungle primary takes place on primary day, with the top two finishers going on to Election Day even if one got a majority, while in LA the junge primary is on Election Day and, if no one gets a majority, the top two go to a runoff in early December. The courts have upheld jungle-primary systems, but I would strike them down as violative of the First Amendment rights of citizens who form political parties to petition the government for redress of their grievances and who are denied by such law of the ability to select their party’s standardbearer for the election.
You may recall I was waaaaaay against the new system in Cali (and LA switching back to the jungle primary) but I hate it less now. Our candidates were helped by not having votes lost to 3rd parties and I really like the mathematic simplicity of the results. Plus it saved Gary Miller’s A$$, got rid of Pete Stark and almost saw Waxman lose his seat to an independent.
It’s still unconstitutional though and could easily screw us in the future.