In California Assembly District 28, Democratic incumbent Paul Fong is challenged this election by “No Party Preference” candidate Chad Walsh.

Proposition 14 (“Prop 14”). The objective of Prop 14 was to produce more competitive elections and to give independent voters and other non-majority-party voters a say in the election.

We have received some great feedback from our readers over the last few weeks, so decided to highlight some of the top comments. Intelligent, funny, and more often than not, controversial, our readers are the pulse of this network - so take a look at what some of our most avid readers had to say this past week on IVN:

In more traditional times, the Republican and Democratic candidates would be attacking each other to see who will be the next state senator from District 19 in Santa Barbara. But this isn't business-as-usual. California now has an open primary, meaning voters can vote for any candidate, regardless of party preference.