Title
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW
Proposition Summary
Submitted to electors by referendum. Amends provisions of Direct Primary Law of 1913 governing nominations at primary elections so as to permit declaration of party affiliation by elector at polls instead of when registering; prescribes -official ballot containing names of all candidates: electors declaring at polls affiliation with party to vote for candidates of that party only and for present non-partisan offices, electors not so declaring to vote for non-partisan offices only; requires election officer, before delivering ballot to elector, to cancel such portion thereof as elector is not entitled to vote.
Proposition Number
4
Year
1916
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 319559; A: 47.7; N: 349723; B: 52.3
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Referendum
For Author
C. C. Young, Speaker of the Assembly
Against Author
Alfred L. Bartlett, Assemblyman Sixty-third District
Recommended Citation
DIRECT PRIMARY LAW California Proposition 4 (1916).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/98