Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill yesterday that moves California's 2008 presidential primary from June to February 5th. The idea is to make the nation's largest state more relevant to each party's nominating process, since by June the nominees are more are less chosen.
That's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. We should have more of a say in the nominating process. But here's the thing...
Rather than put the entire primary - not just for president, but for everything else as well - in February, California voters will have to return to their polling places in June to vote in primaries for every other political office (congress, state legislature, state senate, etc.).
Not only is it a waste of time, but a waste of money as well. The California Secretary of State estimates that this extra election will cost the state and the counties up to $90 million.
