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
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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.