High court to rule on (Washington) state primary

[brooklynite]

In what both sides say is a surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether Washington state's voter-approved, top-two primary is constitutional.

The announcement Monday came nearly three years after state voters overwhelmingly passed Initiative 872, sponsored by the Washington State Grange.

The initiative provided that the two candidates with the most votes in the primary would move on to the general election, regardless of political affiliation.

Federal courts tossed out the new primary system before it was ever used.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003590996_primary27m.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Gee, I always thought that the states had the right to write their own election laws and

to conduct elections without the feds.