California Proposes Open Primary Amendment

I got my sample ballot for the June California primary today, and while I was reading through the ballot propositions, I came across this gem:

Prop 14 Elections. Increases Right to Participate in Primary Elections.

Excuse me! Right??? Democrats Independents and fringe party whackos have the right to vote in my party primary???

Changes the primary election process for congressional, statewide, and legislative races. Allows all voters to choose any candidate regardless of the candidate's or voter's political party preference. Ensures that the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes will appear on the general election ballot regardless of party preference.
Fiscal impact: No significant net change in state and local government costs to administer elections.

I suppose you could call this the "Minority Party Disenfranchisement Act of 2010". If your candidate is Green, or Peace and Freedom, or even Communist, will your candidate even make it to the ballot? Doubtful. This amendment prohibits write in candidates in the general election. That seems unConstitutional to me. Certainly against the spirit of democracy.

Proposition 14 also allows candidates to hide their party affiliation, to deceive voters into thinking they are "independent" when they are nothing but party hacks.

I don't think so. Not just "no", but "Hell, no!"

Pardon my French!

Cross posted at Say Anything