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I spent last night reading about all the candidates: US Senators, state Senators, US Representatives, state assembly members… I scanned position papers… I read endorsements… I flipped an occasional coin… And I marked up my sample ballot with all of these choices so I wouldn’t be fumbling for names in the voting booth.

Today I found out that California’s primary elections don’t work the way I expected. I thought we had open primaries, meaning citizens can vote across party lines. I didn’t register with any political party; I don’t like any of them well enough to claim affiliation. But that means I don’t get to vote for any of their candidates!

My ballot consisted of one lonely little card with four state propositions on it. There were no candidates at all.