An Idaho district court judge could rule as soon as Thursday on Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s latest challenge to a ballot initiative that seeks to end Idaho’s closed party primary elections and create a system of ranked-choice voting in general elections.
Labrador’s lawsuit argues that the “open primaries” description is inaccurate and that Idahoans for Open Primaries obtained signatures deceptively by concealing the ranked choice voting part. His court action asks the court to throw out the thousands of signatures that have been collected.
Unless a court says otherwise, voters in November will decide on a ballot initiative that would overhaul how Idahoans cast votes in state elections. A panel of speakers at a City Club of Boise forum Tuesday in downtown Boise delved into the details of Idaho’s current closed primary election system,
The Idaho Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state's attorney general over a ballot initiative that aims to create open primaries and a ranked-choice voting system. The
Presidential candidates have until Friday to withdraw from the 2024 race, the Idaho Secretary of State's Office said.
The Coeur d’Alene School Board will place a $25 million-per-year, two-year supplemental levy ballot measure up to vote in November.
I feel like the younger generations are seeing what their parents went through or what they themselves went through. ... They’re understanding that they can drive narratives.”
After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will devote almost all of their remaining time and resources to just seven states.
She says it would take power from political parties and give it to voters, where it belongs. Voters will be able to vote for the person, not just the party. And it would mean public servants would have to listen to and serve a broader spectrum of voters.
Senators, of course, have six-year terms, with one third of the hundred in the chamber up every two years. The group on the chopping block in the sixth year is the one that got elected when the two-term President first swept in--and that usually means a whole lot of the President's colleagues,
Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. 2024 is different when compared to 1861. 2024 differences are not sectional. They are ideological. One […]
A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won’t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race.
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