Idaho

Court Tosses Idaho’s Bid to Block Ballot Measure for Open Primaries, Ranked-Choice Voting

The Idaho Supreme Court dismissed the challenge on procedural grounds and didn’t rule on the merits.
Court Tosses Idaho’s Bid to Block Ballot Measure for Open Primaries, Ranked-Choice Voting
The Idaho Supreme Court building is seen in this file photo taken in Boise, Idaho, on June 8, 2017. Rebecca Boone/AP Photo
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Idaho’s highest court has dismissed the state’s bid to stop a ballot initiative that would create open primaries and ranked-choice voting if approved by voters this November.

In an opinion handed down on Aug. 13, a five-judge panel of the Idaho Supreme Court dismissed Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s lawsuit seeking to block the measure, dubbed Proposition 1, from going up for vote.
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.