Gov. Butch Otter said his campaign is taking steps to boost voter turnout as he faces his first closed Republican primary after winning 11 of 12 open contests in a political career spanning 42 years. “On May 20 when you go in (to the polling place), they’re going to have a piece of paper there that says, ‘I am a Republican,’” Otter told a sympathetic audience of Farmers Insurance agents at the Capitol Thursday. “Well, there are a lot of folks that may not want to sign that.” He added: “When I think about how many people have been disenfranchised — which was maybe, I’m sure was an unintended consequence. Every state employee is supposed to be nonpartisan…Now when you sign this piece of paper it says that ‘I am a Republican’ and it’s the only way you can get a Republican ballot”/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Do you feel Butch's pain?