Calif. Voting Change Could Signal Big Political Shift-nytimes.com

Calif. Voting Change Could Signal Big Political Shift-nytimes.com: That was the message Californians sent when they voted Tuesday to radically rejigger elections in the nation’s most populous state. Under Proposition 14, a measure that easily passed, traditional party primaries will be replaced in 2011 with wide-open elections. The top two vote-getters — whatever their party, or if they have no party at all — will face off in the general election.