Mass. Primary Election Overhaul Eligible for November Ballot, SJC Rules

Mass. high court clears major election reform for November ballot

The state’s Supreme Judicial Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a ballot question proposing an all-party primary voting format, clearing a major election reform for a statewide vote on Nov. 3.

Mass. primary election overhaul eligible for November ballot, SJC rules

THE POTENTIALLY RECORD number of ballot questions in the mix for November has made Massachusetts feel a little bit like initiative-inundated California. Voters will now get a chance to decide if we should run our elections like the Golden State does, too. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that a measure seeking to replace partisan primary elections with a single, “all-party” primary is eligible to advance, rejecting a challenge brought by …

Proposal to scrap Massachusetts’ party primaries can go to November ballot, high court rules - The Boston Globe

The SJC ruled that the ballot question doesn’t “significantly interfere with the constitutionally protected right to vote.”

SJC clears major election reform for November vote

BOSTON -- The state's highest court on Monday rejected a challenge to a ballot question proposing an all-party primary voting format, clearing a major election reform for a statewide vote on Nov. 3.