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Sweeping reform initiative falling short

It looks like a sweeping campaign finance reform initiative may fall short of the number of verified signatures needed to make the November ballot – even though backers collected roughly 79,000 signatures, when just 47,623 valid ones were required. We likely won’t have the final word until tomorrow. But the Idaho Secretary of State’s office says as of this morning, just 42,352 signatures on the petitions had been verified as Idaho electors, which requires that both the signatures and the addresses match the signer’s current voter registration records. The number needed to make the ballot: 47,623/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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