Evan Halper | L.A. Times | Mar. 8. 2010
Saying a June ballot measure that would change how California's primary elections are held won't deliver on its reform promises, opponents are trying to change it -- and they appear to have allies in lawmakers who helped put it on the ballot.
The legislators, who voted for the proposal grudgingly as part of a budget deal last year, have directed their attorneys not to fight a legal challenge that would significantly change the way the measure appears before voters, according to a legislative spokesman. Proposition 14 would permit Californians to cast ballots in state primaries regardless of candidates' or voters' party affiliations. It would not apply to presidential contests.