California's Prop 14 Ballot Language Fight a Win for Independents

More commentary on California's Proposition 14 "top two" open primary referendum after Judge Allen Sumner's ballot language ruling on Friday. The ruling was seen as a win for independent voters by attorney Harry Kresky of IndependentVoting and by Californians for an Open Primary/Yes on 14... Meanwhile, state Rep. Hunter Greene, a Republican who chairs the state House Ways and Means Committee, wants an open primary for Louisiana.... Plus some more state political news below, including NYS Independence Party boss picks Schumer for Gov...

PROPOSITION 14

• Editorial: Bay Area News Group urges a yes vote on Proposition 14 (Oakland Tribune Medianews editorial)
• California GOP ends conference bullish, but shadowed by past defeats (By Jack Chang, Sac Bee)
• 'Ayatollah' Willie Brown wants a more moderate Legislature (George Skelton, LA Times/Capitol Journal)
• Judge orders new wording in summary of Prop. 14 (By Dan Smith, Sac Bee)
• Both candidates veer right in Calif. GOP gov. race (By JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer, Mercury News)
• How students can turn anger into Capitol action (John Diaz, SF Chronicle) Sucinct description of language fight
• Electoral reforms won't fix California gridlock (Eric McGhee, San Francisco Chronicle)
• Both Sides Are Unhappy with Wording Changes to California’s Proposition 14 (Ballot Access News) references Judge orders ballot changes for open primary measure (Dan Smith, Sac Bee/Capitol Alerts)
• Legal Fight over Ballot Wording For Proposition 14 (Carnival of Politics)

LOUISIANA OPEN PRIMARY

• Greene says return to open primaries (The Advocate/Inside Politics)

GOVERNORS RACES

• Cahill navigating uncharted waters-No independent has won statewide race (By Brian C. Mooney, Boston Globe) Cahill often invokes voter registration statistics to buttress his rationale for an independent candidacy. Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 3 to 1, but so-called unenrolled voters now constitute 51 percent of the electorate.

NEW YORK

• Smith: Is Jose Peralta Really All That Much Better Than Hiram Monserrate? (NY Mag/Daily Intelligencer)
• Independence Party endorses Schumer for Senate (Dunkirk NY Observer)

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