b. The use of partisan or nonpartisan with respect to elections under Articles I and II shall determine only whether the name of a political party may appear next to the name of a candidate on the ballot but shall not limit the authority of the Legislative Assembly to establish any type of primary or runoff system it may find appropriate.
c. In interpreting this Constitution, the courts are not bound by the interpretation given by federal courts to identical or similar language in the United States Constitution, but shall interpret this Constitution in light of its purposes and the laws, values, and traditions of the State of Washington, D.C.
