<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6646" dir="ltr">Can we borrow a Canadian?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6672" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6693" dir="ltr">I heard PM Trudeau's explanation of quantum computing. I know people who work on quantum computing. For a TV sound byte I thought the PM was pretty good. Then the media decided to critique his talk. For example: <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6819" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6820" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6821" href="http://www.macleans.ca/society/science/trudeau-versus-the-experts-quantum-computing-in-35-seconds/">http://www.macleans.ca/society/science/trudeau-versus-the-experts-quantum-computing-in-35-seconds/</a><br></div> <br><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element richcompose-card" contenteditable="false"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6766">I still expect that none of the US presidential candidates could do nearly as well. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6694" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6699" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6698" style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6697" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6696" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6695" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_7021" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 19, 2016 10:06 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [conspire] OT: Deadline to change CA voter registration is May 23rd<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461132105566_6700" class="y_msg_container"><br>Non-partisan reminder in the public interest: <br><br>If you're a California resident & US citizen, you have until Monday, May<br>23rd to register to vote or alter your political party affiliation.<br><br><br>This has come up in the news recently:<br><a href="http://static.latimes.com/american-independent-party-california-voters/" target="_blank">http://static.latimes.com/american-independent-party-california-voters/</a><br><br> With nearly half a million registered members, the American<br> Independent Party [AIP] is bigger than all of California's other minor<br> parties combined. The ultraconservative party's platform opposes<br> abortion rights and same sex marriage, and calls for building a fence<br> along the entire United States border.<br><br> [...] A Times investigation has found that a majority of its members<br> have registered with the party in error. Nearly three in four people<br> did not realize they had joined the party, a survey of registered AIP<br> voters conducted for The Times found.<br><br> That mistake could prevent people from casting votes in the June 7<br> presidential primary, California's most competitive in decades.<br><br> Voters from all walks of life were confused by the use of the word<br> "independent" in the party’s name, according to The Times analysis. [...]<br><br> 'I had a voter totally break down and cry in my lobby' [Santa Cruz<br> [County registrar of voters Gail] Pellerin added, recalling a young<br> woman who wanted to vote in the 2008 Democratic primary between Hillary<br> Clinton and Barack Obama, but couldn’t because she'd registered with the<br> American Independent Party.<br><br> "The poor thing just sobbed," Pellerin said. "It’s very frustrating."<br><br>Article goes on to recount contacting numerous now-embarrassed<br>celebrities who had made that exact mistake and are now doing damage control:<br>Among others, Demi Moore, Kaley Cuoco, Emma Stone, and Sugar Ray Leonard<br>all fell for AIP's idiot filter. (if you had a suspicion that many<br>actors and boxers are a bit dim, you were right.)<br><br>Anyway, there _is_ time to correct your registration if it's not what you<br>wish.<br><br><br>THE RULES:<br><br>California's top-two primary system allows people to vote for any<br>candidate, regardless of party -- _but_ this applied only to state<br>offices, as California statutes cannot override Federal election law <br>(and CA's top-two arrangement also doesn't apply to voting for county<br>offices or to voting for parties' county central committees, either).<br><br>Each of the six California-qualified parties<br>(<a href="http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/qualified-political-parties/" target="_blank">http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/qualified-political-parties/</a>)<br>has its own rules for the CA presidential primary. Basically: <br>three parties permit participation by 'no preference voters'; three don't.<br><br><br><br>1. American Independent Party,<br> <a href="http://www.aipca.org/" target="_blank">http://www.aipca.org/ </a>,<br> is having a CLOSED primary this year. If you wish to vote AIP,<br> make sure you register that preference with your county registrar <br> of voters by May 23rd, or you won't be permitted to vote in the<br> party's presidential primary.<br><br>2. Democratic Party, <br> <a href="http://www.cadem.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cadem.org/ </a>,<br> is permitting anyone who is registered Democratic _or_ who is <br> registered 'no party preference' to vote Democratic. Note (as <br> stressed by the _LA Times_ that AIP is NOT THE SAME as <br> 'no party preference'.<br><br>3. Green Party,<br> <a href="http://www.cagreens.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cagreens.org/ </a>,<br> is permitting anyone who is registered Green _or_ who is registered<br> 'no party preference' to vote Green. (It's not easy being Green.)<br><br>4. Libertarian Party,<br> <a href="http://ca.lp.org/" target="_blank">http://ca.lp.org/ </a>,<br> is having a CLOSED primary this year. If you wish to vote <br> Libertarian, make sure you register that preference with your county<br> registrar of voters by May 23rd, or you won't be permitted to vote in <br> the party's presidential primary.<br><br>5. Peace and Freedom Party,<br> <a href="http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/" target="_blank">http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/ </a>,<br> is permitting anyone who is registered Peace and Freedom _or_ who <br> is registered 'no party preference' to vote Peace and Freedom.<br> <br>6. Republican Party, <br> <a href="https://www.cagop.org/" target="_blank">https://www.cagop.org/ </a>,<br> is having a CLOSED primary this year. If you wish to vote GOP,<br> make sure you register that preference with your county elections<br> department by May 23rd, or you won't be permitted to vote in the<br> party's presidential primary.<br><br><br>Above applies ONLY to California's primaries, and is guaranteed true only<br>for the June 2016 election, as each party may decide to admit 'no party<br>preference' voters or not each time there's a primary.<br><br>Reference:<br><a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/" target="_blank">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>