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Committee approves introduction of measure to raise Idaho ballot initiative threshold to 60%
Summary
A legislative committee voted to introduce RS31832, a proposal to require 60% voter approval for citizen ballot initiatives. Sponsor Representative Ponca moved the measure; Representative Achilles urged further legal and historical context before a full hearing.
A legislative committee voted to introduce RS31832, a proposal that would raise the approval threshold for citizen ballot initiatives in Idaho to 60 percent.
Representative Ponca moved to introduce RS31832, saying, “The initiative process is broken. This is 1 way to level the playing field a little bit by raising it to 60%. There are other states that have 60% or 2 thirds in some of their initiative processes. So I would ask that you would print this today and that we would be able to flesh this out further in a bill hearing.” The motion to…
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