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Committee debate sharpens language on party identification bill; amendment to require platform indicator adopted
Summary
A committee in the Idaho House amended House Bill 3 59 after floor debate over changing 'party affiliation' to an obligation to indicate party platform; an amendment replacing the stronger "allegiance" language and allowing party symbols was adopted; the committee reported the bill back with amendments and without recommendation.
Lawmakers in the Committee of the Whole debated and amended House Bill 3 59, which concerns how party information appears on campaign materials. The floor session included a lengthy exchange over whether the bill should ask candidates to indicate party "affiliation," require allegiance to a party platform, or permit a party symbol in lieu of the written name.
An initial proposed amendment to replace the term "party affiliation" with the stronger phrase "party platform allegiance" was…
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