If Arizona’s Proposition 140 passes, the state’s partisan primary system would be gone, and ranked choice voting would be possible in the general election.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for voters to decide on establishing open primaries for future elections in which all candidates compete against each other regardless of their party affiliation.

The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Proposition 140, allowing voters to decide whether to replace the state's partisan primary elections with nonpartisan open primaries. State of play: The court Friday morning upheld a trial judge's ruling that dismissed a challenge arguing Prop.

Votes will be counted for an open primaries ballot initiative that has been the subject of whiplash-inducing court challenge, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled just 31 days before the election. The high court ruled on Friday,

Arizonans will get to decide if they want to scrap partisan primaries. In a brief order Friday, the Arizona Supreme Court refused to block election officials from counting the

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the votes for Proposition 140 will be counted, erasing an earlier statement that left the open primaries measure in doubt.

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in favor of keeping a proposition seeking to remove partisan primary elections on the ballot despite a dispute over signatures used to qualify the measure. Proposition 140 would make the primary system in Arizona similar to neighboring California,

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that votes for an open primary ballot initiative will be tabulated, upholding the trial court ruling that even though almost 40,000 signatures were deemed invalid,

If it passes, Arizona Proposition 140 would require a single primary election for all candidates and a possible ranked choice voting general election initiative.