Primary elections for Congress and the Legislature, on the other hand, are subject to California’s top-two primary rules enacted nine years ago, allowing a voter to cast a ballot for any candidate. On Monday, state officials said three parties — the Democratic Party, the Libertarian Party and the American Independent Party — have agreed to do so. The other three will only allow their party’s voters to participate in the March 3 primary. But even when they’ve been welcomed into the primary, the rules have been confusing for unaffiliated voters, who frequently refer to themselves as “independent” voters. Other Californians experienced a different but equally vexing problem in the last presidential primary: they believed they were “independent” voters, but had mistakenly registered with the American Independent Party.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 22:30 UTC