U.S. Supreme Court Sets Conference Date for Montana and Hawaii Open Primary Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court conference of February 17 will consider whether to hear cases from Hawaii and Montana on open primaries. The Hawaii Democratic Party and the Montana Republican Party both object to being forced to nominate with systems which allow members of other parties to participate. The lower courts in each case ruled that the parties cannot prevail because they didn’t present evidence proving that the open primary injures them. Both parties argue that it is almost impossible to come up with direct evidence.

The cases are Ravalli County Republican Party v McCulloch, 16-806; and Democratic Party of Hawaii v Nago, 16-652.


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