Richert: Strange Election Day Cometh
If you wanted a recipe for a weird, volatile election, you’d cook up something like the upcoming May 15 primaries. I’ve been following Idaho politics for more than a quarter century, and this is as unpredictable an election as I’ve ever seen. Let’s take inventory of the X-factors — and why they could make for a low-turnout, high-turbulence election:
- New rules
- New polling places
- A dull top of the ticket
- New faces, open races
- New boundaries
- A short election season
- Emotional issues
Question: Predict the strangest thing that’ll happen in the spring primaries?
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