California's Modified Open Primary

In California, voters who are affiliated with a political party MUST vote the ballot for that party.

That means the state can predict elections as a function of the voter turnout.

Also, Democratic and Republican parties get an unfair advantage, because non-partisan voters are only allowed to vote for non-partisan candidates OR a Democratic Party candidate OR a Republican Party candidate... but NOT for an American Independent Party, Green Party, Peace & Freedom Party, or Libertarian Party candidate.

And since non-partisan candidates aren't allowed to run for Governor in California, that means non-partisan voters can only vote for Democrat or Republican governor candidates.

Open primaries in general are a waste of taxpayer money. If a party needs to decide who among them will run for office, they need to handle that themselves. The state shouldn't be paying for their decision-making.

Specifically, non-partisan voters should not foot any part of the bill for all the parties to be conducting their internal elections.