California ballots are in the mail — make sure you vote in the primary

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California ballots are in the mail — make sure you vote in the primary

The California primary is officially under way, as counties across the state have sent ballots to voters for the June 2 election.

It is the first step on the road to November, in a year that could decide California’s fate.

We could continue a downward spiral — or we can revive the California dream.

This will also be the first primary for the state’s newly gerrymandered congressional districts — and possibly the last California primary without voter ID, depending on the outcomes in November.

Turnout rates are often low for primary elections. But this year, there is so much at stake.

We have the headline race — the battle for the governorship. It is the first interesting contest since the recall election two decades ago that brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to power.

He came into office promising to make sweeping reforms. He ran into the unions — and they won. 

Today, many Californians — most, in some surveys — say that our state is heading in the wrong direction. 

The two major Republican candidates are talking about change.........

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