The steal is baked into the way California handles No Party Preference –"NPP" voters –what we know as "independents."

There are a mind-blowing 4.2 million voters in California registered NPP – and they share a love for sunshine and Bernie Sanders. According to the reliable Golden State poll, among NPP voters, Sen. Sanders whoops Sec. Hillary Clinton by a stunning 40 percentage points.

On the other team, registered Democrats prefer Clinton by a YUGE 30 points. NPP's can vote in the Democratic primary, so, the California primary comes down to a fight between D's and NPP's.

And there's the rub. In some counties like Los Angeles, it's not easy for an NPP to claim their right vote in the Democratic primary – and in other counties, nearly impossible.

Example: In Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, if you don't say the magic words, "I want a Democratic crossover ballot," you are automatically given a ballot without the presidential race. And ready for this, if an NPP voter asks the poll worker, "How do I get to vote in the Democratic party primary, they are instructed to say that, "NPP voters can't get Democratic ballots." They are ordered not to breathe a word that the voter can get a "crossover" ballot that includes the presidential race.

I'm not kidding. This is from the official Election Officer Training Manual page 49