Politicians, Analysts Question New Open Primary System

Patrick McGreevy and Jack Dolan | L.A. Times | June 10, 2010
Voters' approval Tuesday of an open primary system, combined with their 2008 decision to strip state lawmakers of the power to draw their own election districts, will reshape California politics. The question is: How?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who backed both moves, is confident that state elections will become more daunting for the rigid partisans he says plague Sacramento. Other politicians and election strategists are not so sure.