Open primaries initiative will be on November ballot, judge rules
An initiative that would open Idaho’s primary elections to all voters and implement ranked choice voting for general elections will appear on the November ballot.
Judge's decision means Open Primaries initiative will appear on November ballot
Attorney General Raul Labrador has refiled a lawsuit in the Fourth Judicial District, challenging a ballot initiative aimed at implementing ranked-choice voting in Idaho's general elections.
Idaho judge dismisses AG’s challenge to open primaries ballot initiative
A district court judge in Idaho has denied Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s latest legal challenge to a ballot issue that seeks to end the state’s closed party primary elections and create ranked-choice voting in the general election.
Judge rules against Labrador, Open Primaries initiative to appear on November ballot
Judge Patrick Miller denied Labrador's request to disqualify the signatures for the initiative in a summary judgment released Thursday morning.
Open primaries initiative will appear on November ballot, judge rules
An initiative that would open Idaho’s primary elections to all voters and implement ranked choice voting for general elections will appear on the November ballot, a judge ruled Thursday morning.
City Club of Boise - Idaho's Open Primaries and Ranked Choice Voting
For nearly a year, volunteers seeking to change Idaho’s elections blanketed the state to gather signatures from citizens supportive of bringing an end to the closed primaries. The petition also called for a move to a ranked-choice voting system for general elections.
Labrador sued to keep ranked choice voting off Idaho ballot. Here’s the judge’s ruling
It would be Orwellian if the government could decide the words that it deems acceptable or proper or true to describe our thoughts, our ideas, our reforms,” the attorney for Idahoans for Open Primaries said​.
Court ruling expected Thursday in Idaho AG Labrador’s ballot initiative challenge
An Idaho district court judge could rule as soon as Thursday on Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s latest challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to end Idaho’s closed party primary elections and create a system of ranked-choice voting in general elections.
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