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Open-primary ballot measure faces legal challenge
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 6:43 PM
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 6:43 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The wording of a June ballot measure that would create an open primary system in California is facing a legal challenge.
At issue is the language that will appear on the ballot, which both sides say is crucial to Proposition 14's success or failure. It was the subject of a court hearing Thursday.
If approved, the measure would change primaries so the top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, would advance to the general election.
The measure was placed on the ballot last year by the Legislature, which approved it only as a way to secure the budget vote of Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado.
A school employees union filed a lawsuit last week challenging the existing language. A Sacramento County judge plans to announce his decision Friday.
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