Save Our Vote v. bennett/open Government Committee Supporting C-03-2012

OPINION

BALES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 The question presented is whether Proposition 121, a constitutional amendment proposed by voter initiative, complies with the separate amendment rule of Article 21, Section 1 of the Arizona Constitution. This rule requires that when more than one constitutional amendment is proposed, voters must be allowed to vote for or against each one separately. Proposition 121 would amend the Constitution to replace partisan primary elections with an open “top two primary” in which all candidates appear on the same ballot and the two receiving the most votes,…