minor parties and the formation of new ones. Private funding for political campaigns is not allowed. All parties are granted free airtime during the political campaign to advertisements of a fixed time duration. United States In 2000 the Supreme Court of the United States struck down California's blanket primary in California Democratic Party v. Jones. Similar systems used by Washington and Alaska were also struck down in subsequent Supreme Court cases. The traditional blanket primary survives in a different form, known as the nonpartisan blanket primary or jungle primary, in California and Washington. In response to the aforementioned Supreme Court decision, Washington state voters passed Initiative 872 in 2004 to adopt the nonpartisan blanket primary; while lower courts, following the ruling in California Democratic Party v. Jones, struck down the initiative, the Supreme Court ruled on March 18, 2008 in Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party et al. that Initiative 872 was at least facially constitutional and could go into effect. References External links Washington Secretary of State: "History of the Blanket Primary in Washington" Electoral systems Primary elections in the United States Elections in Argentina Argentina 2011 establishments in Argentina Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner