San Bernardino Superior Judge Wilfred Schneider correctly dismissed a case that said California’s semi-limited primary election system violates state law, an April 12 published appellate ruling said.
Plaintiffs argued that Elections Code Section 13102, which allows parties to limit votes to only members of the party, violates the California Constitution. They claimed a Republican Party decision to limit primary votes to party members in 2016 using that law resulted in voter disenfranchisement.
“On one hand, the right to vote freely for one’s candidate choice is the essence of the democratic society and restrictions on that right strike at the heart of the representative government. On the other hand, it is
