This looks true to me. Anyone in California talking about this?
From what it looks like on the California Secretary of State page, if you declare "No Party Preference (NPP)," you can vote in a party's primary if the party allows it. The Democratic Party has allowed it. However if you belong to another party, you can't vote in the primary. The Independent Party seems to be signing up voters who have no party preference and may be intending to vote in the Democratic Party primary. https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/ The following parties have notified the Secretary of State that they will allow No Party Preference voters to request their party’s presidential ballot in the March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election: American Independent Party Democratic Party Libertarian PartyHowever, NPP voters may vote in a political party's partisan election if the political party, by party rule duly noticed to the Secretary of State, authorizes NPP voters to vote in the next presidential primary election. An NPP voter may request the ballot of one of the political parties, if any, that authorizes NPP voters to vote in the presidential primary election.
What's funny is I voted in two California primaries without really understanding the system. California voting is terrible. Somewhere I have a ballot with Grey Davis, Gary Coleman and Evangelyne for governor. You're right - this is a clusterfuck. But for California politics, it's business as usual.
According to the article, its more like 365,000. Not small, but not millions. Many states have closed primaries. I don’t understand why this has anything to do with stealing an election from Bernie. He’s running as a Democrat. To sum up — millions of California independents are accidentally signed up for a racist, homophobic party.