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Secretary of State seeks ongoing funding for voter guide, continues election system upgrades

2530151 · January 28, 2025
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Summary

Secretary of State Phil McGrane requested ongoing funding to mail a voter guide to Idaho households, one-time double-fill funding for a deputy business director and continued investment in election and business-filing systems.

Secretary of State Phil McGrane asked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee to approve a set of enhancements that would establish an ongoing voter guide distribution and support continued technology upgrades for elections and business services.

McGrane and Legislative Services analyst Christopher Lahoset described the Secretary of State’s budget and enhancement requests, including a $400,000 ongoing appropriation for a voter guide to be designed, printed and mailed to all Idaho households. Lahoset said his original budget book note contained a typographical error and clarified the estimated FY26 cost would be about $300,000 for mailing and $100,000 for printing.

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