| Shawn Griffiths | IVN |
The Idaho secretary of state announced this week that Idahoans for Open Primaries turned in enough signatures for its ballot initiative to end the state’s closed primary system.
Like the reform model adopted in Alaska, the top four vote-getters, regardless of party, would move on to the general election which would be conducted with ranked choice ballots.
Independents have been excluded
“The right to vote is one of the most precious rights that Americans have,” former Idaho Governor Butch Otter has stated.
“Every registered voter should have the right to weigh in on choosing our leaders. Independents, including a lot of military veterans, have been excluded from having their say because of the closed GOP primary.”