LOTS of things near with warnings in California. Signs in parking garages admonish drivers that they could be exposed to carbon monoxide gas. Recently a judge ruled that coffee-sellers must warn of cancer. Voting instructions also near with an alert. Under a bold exclamation trace,a mail-in ballot insert sent to Los Angeles voters in anticipation of California’s primary elections on June 5th reads: There are 27 candidates for governor” and “There are 32 candidates for US senator, adding: “whether you vote for more than one candidate, or your vote will not count for that contest.”In many states,primary elections are simple affairs. Voters who are registered with a party pick a champion from their side to contest the general election. But in 2010 Californians approved a “top-two” primary system, in which all voters receive the same ballot and can choose anyone they like. The two most popular candidates slide on to the general election.
Eight years ago California was...
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Source: economist.com