California Proposition 60, Political Parties to Participate in Primaries and General Elections Amendment (2004)
| California Proposition 60 | |
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| Election date November 2, 2004 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 60 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on November 2, 2004. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported this constitutional amendment to provide that political parties that participate in primary elections have a right to participate in general elections. |
A "no" vote opposed this constitutional amendment to provide that political parties that participate in primary elections have a right to participate in general elections. |
The constitutional amendment was on the same ballot as Proposition 62, which would have adopted a blanket primary system. Proposition 62, however, was defeated.
Election results
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California Proposition 60 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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7,227,433 | 67.51% | ||
| No | 3,478,774 | 32.49% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 60 was as follows:
| “ | Election Rights of Political Parties. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
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Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
Proposition 60 amended Section 5 of Article II. The following underlined text was added:
for partisan offices, including an open presidential primary whereby the candidates on the ballot are those found by the Secretary of State to be recognized candidates throughout the nation or throughout California for the office of President of the United States, and those whose names are placed on the ballot by petition, but excluding any candidate who has withdrawn by filing an affidavit of noncandidacy.
(b) A political party that participated in a primary election for a partisan office has the right to participate in the general election for that office and shall not be denied the ability to place on the general election ballot the candidate who received, at the primary election, the highest vote among that party’s candidates.[1]
Path to the ballot
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
Proposition 60 was voted onto the ballot by the California State Legislature via Senate Constitutional Amendment 18 of the 2003–2004 Regular Session (Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 2004).
| Votes in legislature to refer to ballot | ||
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| Chamber | Ayes | Noes |
| Assembly | 55 | 21 |
| Senate | 28 | 3 |
See also
External links
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- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
