This whole thread is misleading. In California, anyone registered as “Decline to State” is sent a form allowing you to choose a particular party for the upcoming primary election. I happened to choose Democrat (gotta have some fun!), as opposed to Green or some other minor party. Note that Republican was not among the choices.
As far as the actual ballot is concerned, the only difference between a “DTS” ballot and a “Crossover” ballot is that you get to vote for the Presidential candidate from that party. The sample Democrat ballot I got in the mail also showed an election for the state Democrat Politburo, but this was not on my actual ballot.
For the last couple elections, all primary votes outside President are essentially non-partisan. Everyone gets the same ballot for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress and all of the state, county and local offices. The top two vote-getters in each race, regardless of party, advance to the final election in November. Although some of the local and county elections, if one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, there is no runoff for that post.
Thx for info. Reregistering this week to do same. Anything to have a chance to have some fun in the primary