For Prop 14

1. Creates a blanket primary: A ballot with all candidates running for office with their political parties stated where voters can vote for candidates in any party. It allows people to vote for candidates from either party they feel is the most qualified.

2. Increase voter turnout: Voters not affiliated with political parties and independents will be allowed to vote in all elections. It will also increase the type of people that come to vote, age groups like 18-25 or voters that did not receive a college degree.

3. CA has +12% unemployment: Elected members of government have not found a solution to the economic crisis because of politcal gridlock (differences between republicans and democrats) and if government is filled with qualified people then they can look pass their differences.

4. Allow 3rd parties to get on the ballot: Gives voters more choices on the people they want to elect and allows third parties that usually wouldn't have the funding to get on the ballot to be heard. It also provides another outlet for voters that do not feel represented by the Republican and Democratic party.

5. CA's gaping $20+ billion fiscal deficit: Elected members failed to resolve the debt and have created massive unemployment. Qualified candidates will look for new ways to fix the budget instead of sticking with the plan from the political party.

6. Create a broader cross-section of voters: It allows people to vote for the different policies they want with different politcal views (ex: voting R for x and voting D for y). It shapes government the way people feel and want it to react. People have different views and they may lean right but go left on some issues on the political spectrum (right is republican and left is democratic).

7. Less partisan, gridlock, & more practical: Government will look pass their political parties and become more effective in passing legislation. Republicans and democrats will not pull for their own needs but will look for ways to work together. They will represent their voters better because they are using both views to create a neutral law or act that will benefit all voters.

*** Support comes from 71% of Democrats, 68% of Republicans and 69% of Independents

*** LA Times & SF Gate Newspaper, Jeannine English (AARP: CA State President), James Earp (Executive Director: CA Alliance for Jobs), Allan Zaremberg (President: CA Chamber of Commerce)

*** A Sept 09 Public Policy Institute of California statewide survey found that 70% of CA voters support an open primary system in CA