Fourth Judicial District Judge Patrick Miller has granted a hearing after the Attorney General’s Office filed a motion for summary judgment in the case against Idahoans for Open Primaries.
According to the Idaho Capital Sun, Attorney General Raúl Labrador is asking for an injunction that would prevent the open primaries initiative from making the November ballot.
Judge Miller agreed to hold a hearing for arguments Wednesday on the motion for summary judgement.
The AG is asking that the court grant all the signatures gathered in support of Proposition 1 to be “null and void,” which would remove the initiative from the ballot.
The arguments focus on the “Open Primary” name of the initiative campaign, claiming it is misleading to petition signers and potential voters.
Deborah Ferguson, attorney for Idahoans for Open Primaries, pointed out that while the AG’s office has four signatures from people saying they were misled, that should not invalidate the more than 74,000 signatures approved by county clerks across the state.
