Labrador refiles lawsuit over ballot initiative
Attorney General Raúl Labrador waves after being sworn in by Idaho Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan on the steps of the Idaho Capitol in 2023. Labrador on Friday refiled a lawsuit against a ballot initiative to end closed primary elections. SARAH A. MILLER smiller@idahostatesman.com
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador refiled a lawsuit aimed at quashing a ballot initiative to end closed primary elections on Friday, this time in the Fourth Judicial District.
The move comes just days after the Idaho Supreme Court rejected a similar petition for failing to file the complaint in a lower court and because it was too early to rule on the measure’s constitutionality.
The initiative, if approved by voters in November, would create a nonpartisan primary election open to all voters in which the top four candidates will move on to the general election, according to the initiative’s website. In the general election, voters could rank their candidates in order of preference.
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