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Sponsor seeks to move candidate withdrawal deadline to 50 days before election; committee introduces RS 31949C1
Summary
Representative Brandon Mitchell introduced RS 31949C1 to move candidate withdrawal and replacement deadlines to 50 days before elections to account for absentee ballot timelines; the committee voted to introduce the RS by voice vote.
Representative Brandon Mitchell (District 6) introduced RS 31949C1, a proposal to change Idaho’s candidate withdrawal and replacement deadlines so that party substitutions and voluntary withdrawals would be limited to at least 50 days before the election.
Mitchell said the change responds to cases where placeholder or unserious candidates were substituted close to an election under older law, which he said was drafted before widespread early and…
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