Across the country, millions of people rallied to protest Trump’s rhetoric and policies. Now, the big protest around his inauguration on Monday is expected to draw 50,000 people, according to Politico.
An unprecedented year of campaign spending has led some officials to consider amendments to Idaho’s campaign finance laws in an effort to make it easier to track electioneering
Idaho law requires any entity spending more than $100 on electioneering communications to file a report to the secretary of state. Independent expenditures are required to be reported by seven days prior to the election and within 30 days after the election, according to state code.
Other recent ballot initiatives have targeted greater public school funding — a 2022 proposal that was withdrawn after lawmakers increased education funding on their own — and to legalize medical marijuana. Last year, an effort to enact open political primaries and ranked-choice voting made it on the ballot, but failed with 30% of votes.
Aside from Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, many Republicans who may have the returning president’s ear bitterly oppose dam breaching.
The Idaho Republican Party has censured a Madison County Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) for his support of Prop One or "Idahoans for Open Primaries." The initiative, which would have introduced ranked choice voting in Idaho,
A civil complaint claiming that more than $2.3 million in fines could be levied against elected officials in Teton County, Idaho, and 19 volunteer committee members for alleged open meeting
JONES: Idaho Republican leaders propose new restrictions on voter initiatives after failed education measure, including higher signature requirements and vote thresholds.
There is a split in the Idaho Republican Party, Magic Valley Liberty Alliance board Chair Lyle Johnstone says. The split is real and it’s bigger now than ever before. Conservatives who supported Proposition 1 — the failed November ballot measure to create open primaries and ranked-choice voting — outed themselves,
Dorothy Moon, the current chair of the extremist faction of the Idaho Republican Party, proclaimed on election night that: “We’re not ever going to let Reclaim Idaho bring another initiative.” Moon was honked off that the citizen initiative group had just run a third initiative drive seeking reform of Idaho laws.