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Decline to State - Voter Information Decline to State information can now be heard through the Secretary of State's toll-free number of 1-800-345-VOTE (8683). You may refer all voters to call this line and press option 7 to hear specific information regarding DTS voters. History Behind California's Primary Election System "Decline to State" Voters - Voting in the Upcoming Primary List of Political Parties that have Adopted Party Rules in Accordance with SB 28 History Behind California's Primary Election System
Closed Primary System
Open Primary System
On June 26, 2000, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in California Democratic Party, et. al. v. Jones, stating that California's "open" primary system, established by Proposition 198, was unconstitutional because it violated a political party's First Amendment right of association. Therefore, the Supreme Court overturned Proposition 198.
Modified Closed Primary System
"Decline to State" Voters - Voting in the Upcoming 2008 Statewide Direct Primary Election
If you are a voter who has declined to state an affiliation with a political party, you may be
able to vote for a candidate of a specific party in the upcoming June 3, 2008 Statewide Direct Primary.
You may request, from your county elections official or at your polling place, the ballot of a political party if authorized by the party's rules and duly noticed by the Secretary of State. Click here to obtain county elections office contact information.
If you do not request such a ballot, you will be given a
nonpartisan ballot, containing only the names of all candidates for nonpartisan offices and
measures to be voted upon at the primary election.
Deadline for Political Parties
that have Adopted Party Rules in Accordance with SB 28
Political parties have until 135 days prior to an election to provide a
written notice to the Secretary of State indicating the adoption of a rule allowing decline to state
voters to vote the ballot of that individual party. The deadline for the June 3, 2008, Statewide Direct Primary
Election was January 20, 2008.
List of Political Parties that have Adopted Party Rules in Accordance with SB 28
for the Statewide Direct Primary Elections
The following qualified political parties filed the requisite statement notifying the Secretary of State that they adopted a party rule permitting unaffiliated voters to request their party ballot in the June 3, 2008 Statewide Direct Primary Election to participate in the primary election for partisan offices (except for county central committee candidates):
History of Political Parties that have Adopted Party Rules in Accordance with SB 28
Two qualified political parties filed the requisite statement notifying the
Secretary of State that they adopted a party rule permitting unaffiliated voters to request their party ballot in the
February 5, 2008 Presidential Primary Election to participate in the primary election for partisan offices:
Three of the qualified political parties filed the requisite statement notifying the Secretary of State that they adopted a party rule
permitting unaffiliated voters to request their party ballot in the June 6, 2006 Primary Election to participate in the primary election
for partisan offices:
Three of the qualified political parties filed the requisite statement notifying the Secretary of State that they
adopted a party rule permitting unaffiliated voters to request their party ballot in the March 2, 2004 Primary Election
to participate in the primary election for partisan offices:
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