After all the consternation over the state Legislature's fumbled efforts to fix Washington's blanket primary, it may have inadvertently done the right thing by failing to do anything. U.S. District ...

A federal judge yesterday upheld Washington's popular 67-year-old "blanket" primary system that allows any voter to choose any candidate of any political party in partisan races. The ruling by U.S.

Blanket primary: Voters may choose any candidate, from any party, in any race. The top vote-getter from each party in each race advances to the general election. Washington had this system from 1936 ...

OLYMPIA — Washington state will appeal a federal court decision that abolished the state’s popular 68-year-old blanket primary, which allows voters to split their tickets and avoid party registration.

Federal judge Franklin Burgess has sustained, for now, the "blanket primary," Washington State's 60-year-old process of nominating candidates for office wherein voters can cross party lines with ...