Also Thursday, amateur target shooting will be at Vacaville's Shooting Gallery at 1 p.m. Visitors can watch softball-related events Friday morning in Vacaville's Keating Park, or bowling at 9 a.m. at Fairfield Bowl. Tennis, shuffleboard and swimming are set for Saturday at various Fairfield locations. Call the Fairfield Senior Center for details at 428-7421. On Sunday, a 5K run is planned starting at 8 a.m. at Solano Community College, followed by a 5K cycling race at 9 a.m. That's thanks to Proposition 198, which was passed by California voters in 1996 and which opened the state's closed primary system.
Voters can now vote for any candidate from any party during a primary.
Backers say this will increase turnout by giving voters a bigger choice of candidates. But it also will deluge voters with information. We're definitely going to have to hire additional people to help us,'' said Solano County Registrar of Voters Laura Winslow. Predictably, Proposition 198 also means higher printing and mailing costs for ballots, slated to be mailed beginning May 4. Come Election Day, June 2, voters still will be given only one official ballot card on which to vote, despite a greater array of election choices.