KCRCC To Discuss 17th Amendment
Believe it or not, the Idaho Republican Party has a plank in its platform calling for the repeal of the 17th Amendment, which allows Idahoans rather than their state Legislature to elect U.S. senators. In other words, the state Republican Party is officially on record as supporting the return to the days when the Legislature picked the U.S. senators rather than rank-and-file Idahoans. It appears to Huckleberries Online to be another ploy by the radicals in the dominant party to limit the votes of regular Idahoans in a matter of great importance. (See: closed primaries). On Tuesday, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will consider a resolution calling for the state to remove the plank from the state platform. You can read the resolution here.
- KCRCC agenda for Tuesday
- Minutes from special KCRCC meeting Nov. 9
- Minutes from regular KCRCC meeting Oct 22
Question: Would you rather be part of picking U.S. senators from Idaho? Or should the Legislature do it?