Republican Lawerence Denney, debating Democratic opponent Holli Woodings today at the City Club of Boise, was asked if he now regrets supporting the closed primary, as he runs for Secretary of State, a position responsible for promoting voter turnout.  “I do not regret having supported the closed primary,” Denney said. “There’s kind of a misnomer that the primary is an election. It’s not an election. It’s a nomination process. It should not be, in my opinion, it should not be run by the state government but by the parties themselves, because we are selecting our candidates. I’ve had people tell me that we are suppressing the vote by having a closed primary. Well I think it’s important that Republicans nominate Republican candidates and that Democrats nominate the Democratic candidates, and I think there could be a process that’s a lot better than what we’re doing now. It’s run as an election … but it’s really not, it’s a nomination”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

More from today's debate between Holli Woodings and Lawerence Denney:

• Denney, Woodings on 'scandals'
• Secretary of State debate: Independents, fingerprinting, voting ...
• Closing statements: Smartphone app, leaving partisanship at the door

 

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