If passed, the amendment would establish a top-two or nonpartisan blanket primaries for state partisan elections.

[1] The deadline to submit signatures for constitutional referendums was May 7, with the top-two initiative being certified for the ballot on May 21.

A primary election held for the office of governor, a legislative office, a county office, the United States Senate, or the United States House of Representative shall be open to all candidates and all qualified voters without regard to the candidates' or voters' party registration or affiliation, or lack thereof.In a primary election covered by this section, each candidate must be listed on a single primary ballot regardless of the candidate's political party.

The legislature may, by law, establish procedures for replacing a candidate who advanced from the primary election but will not participate in the general election due to death, withdrawal from the race, or disqualification.A candidate may select the name of a political party to be listed next to the candidate's name on the primary ballot.

The same political party designation shall appear next to the candidate's name on the general election ballot if the candidate advances to the general election.Both the primary and general election ballots must state that a candidate's indicated political party designation does not constitute or imply an endorsement of the candidate by the political party designated.The legislature may establish any necessary procedures to implement this section.If any provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity will not affect any other provision or application of the section that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this section are severable.