Proposition Summary
PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE AMENDMENT. Changes existing open primary law to require closed, partisan primary for purpose of selecting delegates to presidential nominating conventions of national political parties. Limits voting for such delegates to voters registered by party affiliation. Requires separate partisan ballots for selection of such delegates. Restricts voting of such partisan ballots to members of the particular political party. Summary of Legislative Analyst's Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: Minor costs to state government. Minor costs to county governments statewide.
Proposition Number
3
Year
1998
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Legislative Vote Results
Final Votes Cast by the Legislature on SB 1505 (Proposition 3) Assembly - Ayes, 52; Noes, 12 -- Senate - Ayes, 28; Noes, 0
Popular Vote Results
Y: 3424127; A: 46.1; N: 3994091; B: 53.9
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Legislative Initiative Amendment
For Author
JOHN R. LEWIS, Senator, Orange County; JOHN L. BURTON, Senate President Pro Tempore, San Francisco; BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN
Against Author
JACK SCOTT, Assemblymember, 44th District
Rebuttal Against Author
ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA, Speaker of the California State Assembly; BILL LEONARD, Assembly Republican Leader
Recommended Citation
Partisan Presidential Primary Elections. California Proposition 3 (1998).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/1155