Idaho R’s Warn Of Crossover Voting

The Idaho Republican Party is using the threat of crossover voting to encourage conservatives to vote in Tuesday’s primary election.  In a message on its website , the state GOP said that groups of non-Republicans are planning to vote in Republican primaries. “The Idaho Republican Party has been made aware of organized efforts by liberal interests to promote crossover voting to influence the outcome of our primary elections,” said Norm Semanko, the party chairman.  “We must turn out our Republican voters to counter this wrong-headed plot and to reaffirm our core Republican principles”/Brad Iverson-Long, Idaho Reporter. More here .

Question: Can you really blame a Democrat in Kootenai County from crossing over? After all, the races for county commissioner and 3 legislative races will be decided today because there’s no Dem opposition in November.