Attorney General Raul Labrador has refiled a lawsuit in the Fourth Judicial District, challenging a ballot initiative aimed at implementing ranked-choice voting in Idaho’s general elections.
- Labrador argues the group behind the initiative, Idahoans for Open Primaries, misled voters by branding it as an “open primaries” measure, despite a previous Idaho Supreme Court ruling clarifying the distinction.
- The case now awaits a decision from Judge Patrick Miller, who will determine whether the initiative will appear on the November ballot.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story.)
“The attorney general is really doing everything in his power to prevent this initiative from appearing on the ballot,” says Luke Mayville, spokesperson for Idahoans for Open Primaries.
The lawsuit, aimed at stopping a ballot measure from reaching voters in November, is back in court. Attorney General Raúl Labrador refiled a lawsuit in the Fourth Judicial District against the group “Idahoans for Open Primaries” after the Idaho Supreme Court dismissed his first attempt to sue.