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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Zahn finds that the short and general ballot titles for "The Idaho Open Primaries Act" do not substantially comply with statute. The titles do not match the language of the initiative or the way the system it proposes is commonly referred to. The term "nonparty blanket primary" is not adequately distinctive and it is prejudicial. Also, the statement that the initiative would "require ranked choice voting" is prejudicial. Without valid, certified ballot titles, proponents of the measure cannot start the process of collecting signatures. The proponents have associational standing because they have established injury in fact from the inability to gather signatures, gathering signatures is germane to their alleged purpose and the benefits of valid titles would be shared by the proponents without need to show benefits to individual members.