GOPrez primary offers twist at polls

Forget everything you previously knew about the primary races in Idaho this year — there has been a new twist. Now, anyone — regardless of their current party affiliation — can vote in the upcoming Republican presidential primary on Tuesday as long as they are willing to sign a Republican affiliation form at the polls. Previously, Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon said, only unaffiliated voters could change parties until the day of voting and all others would have to switch parties back in December of 2015 to be eligible to vote in the Republicans’ closed presidential primary. “There has been a lot of confusion about this year’s primary races,” Brannon said Wednesday, adding the confusion is statewide and especially in Boise. “This thing went crazy down there.” Brannon said because of that confusion, the state recently held a meeting with county clerks to clarify the rules/ Jeff Selle , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

DFO: The link to the article above inadvertently put the wrong day for the Democratic presidential caucuses. The Democrats will caucus March 22.