Californians for an Open Primary v. McPherson

*738Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

We granted review to address an issue of first impression: the proper interpretation of California Constitution, article XVIII, section 1 (article XVIII, section 1), which requires in its second sentence that when the Legislature proposes an amendment of the state Constitution, “[e]ach amendment shall be so prepared and submitted that it can be voted on separately.”

We conclude, as did the Court of Appeal below, and consistent with our provision’s language and history and more than a century of out-of-state decisions construing the essentially identical provisions of nearly…