Idaho Legislature OKs tougher process for getting citizen-led initiatives on ballot Hayat Norimine, The Idaho Statesman
Apr. 7 The fate of Idaho s citizen-led initiative process now rests in Gov. Brad Little s hands.
Idaho House members on Wednesday approved a bill that would make the petition process to place an initiative on the ballot way more challenging. The bill passed in a 51-18 vote, with a few Republicans joining Democrats in opposition.
With the new law, a petition to put an initiative on the ballot would have to include 6% of registered voters in each of Idaho s 35 legislative districts. Currently, the state requires that signatures come from 6% of voters in at least 18 districts, and 6% of voters statewide.
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SPR s Doug Nadvornick reports.
The founder of Idaho’s successful Medicaid expansion initiative yesterday [Wednesday] filed another ballot measure about initiatives.
Luke Mayville, who co-founded the group Reclaim Idaho, acted on the same day that the state House voted 51-18 for a bill that would toughen initiative signature gathering requirements. The bill would require sponsors to collect signatures from 6% of registered voters in all 35 of the state’s legislative districts. The current rules require signatures from 6% of voters in 18 districts.
“What the Initiative Rights Act would do is restore the traditional rules for signature gathering that existed in Idaho for most of our history, he said.
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