Massachusetts voters can choose to change the system

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Court affirmed the state attorney general’s certification of a petition “that would replace the system for state elections, which currently comprises partisan primaries for party candidates and nomination papers for nonparty candidates, with a single, all-party primary in which all candidates would be listed on one primary ballot and voters could vote for any candidate on the ballot regardless of party affiliation.” Two voters challenged the petition, but it does not violate citizens’ right to vote or to seek elected office.