Stop Top Two - NO on Proposition 14

Californians for Electoral Reform opposes Proposition 14 on the June 8, 2010 statewide ballot. Almost all of our work on this issue is being done through participation in StopTopTwo.org, a broad coalition that includes many electoral reform and ballot access organizations, as well as all six ballot qualified political parties. This page provides links to the documents we have produced as part of the campaign, as well as links to selected background materials.

CfER literature

This is literature you can download, print and distribute freely. These documents are in Adobe Acrobat format; right-click and choose "Save As".

• 8.5 x 11 flyer -- "Protect Voter Choice - Vote No on Prop 14"
• 4.25 x 5.5 flyer (4 per sheet) "NO on Prop 14"

Written by CfER activists

In addition to the individual articles listed here, board member Richard Winger reports and comments extensively on Prop 14 at Ballot Access News.

• Christina Tobin, "On the Top Two primary", December 5, 2009
• Richard Winger, "Open Primary Won't Live Up to Hype", December 28, 2009
• Steve Chessin, "Short statement from Californians for Electoral Reform explaining our opposition to the so-called Top Two Candidates 'Open Primary' Act", December 31, 2009
• Richard Winger, "`Top-two' open primary is no guarantee of moderation", January 3, 2010
• Blair Bobier, "Political re-form or political de-form?", March 31, 2010
• Michael Latner, "California needs more moderates", April 8, 2010
• Christina Tobin, "Open primary really shuts door on moderates", April 11, 2010
• Rob Richie, "Why FairVote Opposes California's Prop 14 - But Seeks Reform", April 13, 2010
• Steve Chessin, Jim Stauffer, Christina Tobin, Richard Winger, and others, Letter to Santa Clara County Chambers of Commerce, April 20, 2010
• Christina Tobin, "Should voters OK the top-two primary?", April 28, 2010
• C.T. Weber, "Proposition 14 would greatly reduce voters choices in the much larger, much more important general election!", May 13, 2010
• Matt Munson, "Munson on the ballot: NO on Proposition 14", May 15, 2010
• Gautam Dutta, "Top Two Reasons To Reject The Top Two Primary", May 28, 2010
• Gautam Dutta, "Measure could give one party a monopoly", June 1, 2010
• Richard Winger, "The hidden zinger in Prop 14", June 2, 2010
• Michael Northrup, "Prop 14 analysis", June 3, 2010
• Dana Silvernale, "Vote no on Proposition 14", June 4, 2010

Note: CfER members have also written articles on behalf of their respective political parties, which are not included here.

Background material

For an extensive selection of editorials and columns from a wide range of political viewpoints, please visit StopTopTwo.org. Included in the following list are background documents from non-partisan sources. We don't agree with all of the conclusions stated in these studies, but we think you should be aware of them. Note that two of the research reports misuse the term "open primary" in their titles.

• California Secretary of State, Voter Information Guide -- summary and analysis
• California Secretary of State, Voter Information Guide -- arguments and rebuttals
• League of Women Voters Education Fund, "Pros & Cons - In Depth"
• California Forward, "Primary Process Reform in California"
• Center for Governmental Studies, "Open Primaries and Top Two Elections"
• Rose Institute, "Open Primaries in California: The Future of Proposition 14"
• Public Policy Institute of California, "Open Primaries"