Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Disposition

Date
Case
Safeguarding D.C. Voters’ Adoption of Ranked Choice Voting and Semi-Open Primaries (Wilson et al. v. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Rice et al.)
Court Level
Trial

CLC filed a motion to dismiss the challenge to Initiative 83 and explained why Initiative 83 meets all of the requirements for a citizen-led ballot initiative, and its pro-democracy reforms are legal under both D.C. and federal law. Initiative 83 was passed by 73% of D.C. voters, introducing ranked choice voting in all D.C. elections and allowing independent voters not registered with any political party to vote in D.C. primary elections.

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