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This year’s version (of the election consolidation bill) is 89 pages long, plus another separate bill on funding that’s a mere eight pages. The aim: Reform Idaho’s election system so that all local elections, whether they’re for city, county, sewer district, cemetery district, school board or what have you, are run by county clerks, and consolidate them on four specific dates with standardized polling places/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.
Question: Would you like to see all Idaho elections consolidated onto one of 4 dates?
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florined on February 05 at 4:27 p.m.
DOTC has commented on this concept before, but I look forward to his comments about this specific bill. Is it a good bill, Dan? Are there changes you’d recommend?
Tom_R on February 05 at 4:46 p.m.
Forcible rape by a stranger should be punished by 30 years in prison, plus the rapist, which usually is a guy, should be turned into an enuch. If it is a date rape, the criminal should receive 5 to 10 years prison time along with a major, long term educational program related to his crime.
danofthecommunity on February 05 at 7:00 p.m.
Actually it would bring our current 4 election dates a year down to two. There would be two additional dates just for school financial issues. This compares to pretty much open dates for school issues under current code.
I’m at the Boise airport now after being here all week for county meetings and training sessions that started with Supreme Court on Monday for county clerks and a state elections task force meeting this afternoon…there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home…
The big sticking point (and probably a lethal one given current conditions) for the elections consolidation bill is the price tag of 4.5 million a year that neither the counties or the state are in a position to fund. The consensus of the clerks is that while this is a worthwhile bill the time is not right because of funding until things recover.
florined on February 05 at 7:26 p.m.
Thanks, Kindle…er…Dan.