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June 3, 2008
Avoiding Double Trouble Over the Double Bubble
After LA County's troubles with the ballot on California's Super Tuesday, today's election ballot made it clear that this is not happening again.
"Nonpartisan voters are no longer required to mark an additional bubble to crossover," the NP ballot reads.
On February 5, initial reports said 50,000 votes could have been thrown out due to the confusing crossover bubble, known as the double bubble, nonpartisan voters had to check in order to vote in a certain party's race. In the end, many of those votes were saved.
Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist
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I am a nonpartisan voter, and I was appalled when I was told "only vote on the white pages" by a poll worker. Notice, in your picture, that the first page is BLUE. The other blue page dealt with state Democratic Party leadership, so it's understandable that I'm not to vote there, but nonpartisans get to vote for their Congressmen!
The poll worker was misinformed, sure, but who can blame him? The first page is blue, along with the other Democratic party stuff. You'd think we could be a little clearer here.
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Colinski,
Did the pollworker ask you if you wish to vote for Democratic or Republican candidates? As a nonpartisan voter, you have this right, but you have to ask for it. If you decline to participate in a party's primary, the pollworker is supposed to direct you not to vote for a party's candidates.
Also, it seems from your post that you saw the first blue page as your opportunity to "vote for [your] Congressmen". This is not quite correct - that page represents the party primary to determine which candidates represent the Democratic party in the races in November. It doesn't represent the actual election for Congress.
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BTW, as a pollworker myself, I have to say that I was impressed with how quickly the wheels of LA County bureaucracy moved to address this problem in under four months. It's still not a perfect system, but it's a heck of a lot better.