By Richard Winger On October 10, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 477, which puts the Green Party’s internal rules into the election code. He also signed AB 1461, which says that all adult citizens known to exist in California will automatically be registered to vote, although they will be notified and given a chance to decline. But if they don’t respond, they will be registered. Unless or until the individual contacts elections officials, he or she will have a partisan designation of “unknown.” That is a different category than independent. …read more