[BREAKING] Supreme Court permits primary overhaul measure on ballot

By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday allowed a measure to appear on the November ballot, overturning a lower court ruling that the proposal to create a top-two primary system violated the state’s single-subject rule.

The high court denied a request for oral arguments on the matter.

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Earlier this month, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge blocked the measure from the ballot, saying the proposed state constitutional amendment would repeal partisan primaries and change the way precinct party officers are elected.

Superior Court Judge Mark Brain dismissed several of the opponents’ arguments but said the measure’s ban on public funding for electing party officers went too far. He prohibited the Secretary of State from putting the measure on the ballot.

Supporters of the measure appealed the high court, which moved quickly on its decision because of election deadlines.

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