Off the News: Long road to open primary

Gary Cordery, who finished third in Hawaii’s Republican race for the gubernatorial nomination, has filed a complaint with the state Supreme Court about the ballot format and the fact that voters must choose a single party slate. He’s surely not the first to find fault with the format; some would prefer a more open primary.

But the way to fix that is not to simply advance all candidates to the general election; it’s to rewrite the rules properly as a constitutional amendment for voters to ratify.