2010 California Proposition 14

Proposition 14

Primary Election Participation
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 2,868,945 53.73%
No 2,470,658 46.27%
Valid votes 5,339,603 94.43%
Invalid or blank votes 315,210 5.57%
Total votes 5,654,813 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 16,977,031 33.31%

County results
No:      50–60%
Yes:      50–60%      60–70%

Proposition 14 is a California ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot during the June 2010 state elections. It was a constitutional amendment that effectively transformed California's non-presidential elections from first-past-the-post to a nonpartisan blanket primary (a two-round system). The proposition was legislatively referred to voters by the State Legislature and approved by 54% of the voters. It consolidated all partisan primaries for a particular office into an election with one ballot that would be identical to all voters, regardless of their party preferences. The two candidates with the most votes in the primary election would then be the only candidates who would run in the general election, regardless of their party affiliation.