 The political parties in Washington State filed another lawsuit against it in 2000 when the blanket primary in California was overturned by "California Democratic Party v. Jones" and won the case.The Washington State Legislature passed a new primary system in 2004, which would have created a new top-two primary system, with an open primary as a backup, giving the Governor the option to choose.Secretary of State Sam Reed advocated for the top-two, but on April 1, 2004, the Governor used the line-item veto to activate the open primary instead.