California Voters May Be Asked to Repeal Jungle Primary Play

California voters may be asked to overturn our jungle primary.

There is a possibility that two Republicans could win this spring's gubernatorial primary as five Democrats split the majority vote.

Now a Democratic strategist is launching a campaign to repeal the California top-two primary system. Petitions were taken out Friday to force a statewide vote to decide on eliminating the top-two "jungle primary."

The effort is likely to attract serious backing not only from labor unions, but also from some Republicans and third-party organizations.

The new proposal was filed Friday with state elections officials. The petitions were taken out by Steven Maviglio, the Democratic consultant.

If approved by voters, this would be on the 2028 ballot. If approved, it would be used for the first time in the 2030 elections, including the governor's race.

Of course, that would be four years after this year's looming disaster.