"In his ruling, Coughenour found that voters were not confused by the Washington ballot, which allows candidates to list which political party they prefer. The two top vote-getters in a primary then advance to the general election regardless of party.
The U.S. Supreme Court has already upheld the top-two primary, but this latest challenge was focused on whether the Washington ballot was confusing to voters.
The political parties argued the ballot is unconstitutional because candidates can claim that they prefer a particular party even if that party doesn't back them."
Federal judge upholds state's 'top-two' primary voting
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