YOUR VOTE. YOUR VOICE. YOUR POWER.
Today is the day.
Early voting is open. Vote centers across the district are accepting ballots right now.
If your mail ballot is sitting on the counter, you can drop it at any official drop box or vote center today. If you want to vote in person, you can do that too. The window closes June 2nd.
Time is of the essence.
I am not going to write a long article today. You have read eighteen of them.
You know where I stand on housing, healthcare, Social Security, education, the Big Beautiful Bill, the national debt, the two-party system, and every other issue that is shaping the lives of the families in this district.
You have heard from Karen, from the young husband, from Jason, from the teacher who shows up every morning carrying more than any one person should have to carry alone. You have read the numbers and you have read the stories.
What’s needed right now is a few minutes and a ballot.
Here is what is at stake.
Something important is happening across this country that does not get enough attention.
The Independent movement is growing.
Gallup now shows 45 percent of Americans identify as Independent — a record high. In state after state, voters are rejecting the two-party system that has failed them.
The problem is that in many states, the party duopoly has structured the rules to keep Independent candidates out. Ballot access requirements, filing fees, party gatekeeping, and outright intimidation are used to protect incumbents and suppress alternatives.
The system is designed to maintain itself.
However, California is different.
California’s Top-Two Primary — sometimes called the jungle primary — puts every candidate on the same ballot regardless of party. Every voter regardless of registration can vote for any candidate.
The top two vote-getters advance to November. Full stop.
No party can block an Independent from running. No party machine can keep a fresh voice off the ballot. The structure of this primary is exactly what makes this moment possible.
An Independent CAN run here. An Independent can WIN here.
The Press-Enterprise and the Orange County press have both identified my campaign as a fresh, viable alternative in this race.
That credibility was not handed to us. It was earned — by months of listening, by serious policy work, and by a campaign that has treated voters as adults who deserve the truth.
With that said, the Primary is where REAL CHANGE HAPPENS.
The issue is that Primary turnout has been historically low. The people who benefit most from low turnout are the incumbents –and the well-funded candidates whose core party base show up reliably regardless of whether that candidate is worthy.
Every voter who stays home is a vote for the status quo.
Every voter who shows up is a vote for the possibility of something different.
The math in a low-turnout primary gives each individual vote more weight than it carries in a general election.
June 2nd is days away. Your vote matters more than you may think.
What I am asking you to do right now.
Fill out your ballot if you have not already done so.
Sign the envelope. Return it today — by mail, drop box, or in person at any vote center. If you have family members, neighbors, or friends who have not yet voted, share this with them.
Make one phone call.
Send one text.
The most powerful thing any of us can do right now is make sure the people around us know the window is open and the stakes are real.
If you are still deciding, I want to say this simply.
This campaign came from the outside.
It was built door to door, conversation by conversation, on the belief that the 80 percent of Americans exhausted by the fighting and the rhetoric deserve a representative whose only obligation is to them.
I am not promising to be perfect. I am promising to show up, tell the truth, and work every single day for the families in this district who have been waiting too long for someone who actually sees them.
The Press-Enterprise called my candidacy “viable and competitive to win”. The OC Register called me “ A Unique candidate that deserves your attention and consideration” . The readers of these articles have seen the work.
June 2nd is the moment to make it real.
That is the whole Ask. That is everything.
Vote. Today.
Vote centers are open now through June 2nd. Mail ballots can be returned by mail through June 2nd postmarked, or dropped at any official drop box through 8 PM on June 2nd.
Track your ballot at california.ballottrax.net to confirm it was received.
June 2nd. One ballot. One chance to send something different to Washington.
I am honored to ask for your vote.
With gratitude for every single one of you --
Nina Linh
Independent Candidate, CA-40