Legal Opinion
Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 2008No. 06-713PublishedCited by 1,297 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
In 2004, voters in the State of Washington passed an initiative changing the State’s primary election system. The People’s Choice Initiative of 2004, or Initiative 872 (1-872), provides that candidates for office shall be identified on the ballot by their self-designated “party preference”; that voters may vote for any candidate; and that the top two votegetters for each office, regardless of party preference, advance to the general election. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held 1-872 facially invalid as imposing an unconstitutional burden on state political parties’ First…
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