“Except for 3 years in Spain, I’ve lived my life in CA and never had such a problem or heard of it.”
Years ago i saw one freeper (cant recall the freeper or the thread) who lived in california (san francisco i think), mention how when he registered to vote, he chose his party affiliation as republican and mailed in his registration. Only for nothing to happen. So he sent in another registration, with the republican party still chosen. Again nothing. So he sent his registration in again, this time choosing the democratic party as his political affiliation. Bam, he got registered.
I was told by someone at the state bureau of elections that the same thing used to happen in Maryland when people would register using paper registrations at the DMV.