Idaho ballot news
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Here you'll find a collection of ballot news stories from Idaho.
Hearing date set for Idaho ballot access lawsuit
BOISE, Idaho: Daien v Ysursa now has a hearing date set for Monday, December 14, 2009.[1]
The case challenges the ban on out-of-state circulators for independent presidential candidates. The case was filed on April 7, 2009. The lawsuit was filed by Donald N. Daien, a resident of Arizona, because he wanted to help Ralph Nader to appear on the Idaho ballot last year. He stated that he wanted to help other candidates appear on ballot in the future, giving him reason to file the lawsuit on January 16, 2009.[2]
Marijuana activist gets $30k from national group
HAILEY, Idaho: A marijuana activist who successfully lobbied for Haily residents to pass two marijuana intiatives in 2007 and 2008, claims to have recieved $30,000 from a national marijuana group that allegedly backed out of funding his efforts. Ryan Davidson won a $60,000 grant from the Washington D.C. based Marijuana Policy Project, but the group withdrew the cash after Davidson met resistance with local communities. Although the Idaho Supreme Court later approved his initiatives, the group still refused to cooperate, according to Davidson.[3]
Despite the victory in court, Davidson's marijuana initiatives have subsequently been thrown out in court.
Kootenai County, Idaho leaders taking steps after jail expansion voted down
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho: On November 3, 2009, Northern Idaho residents in Kootenai County voted down a local ballot measure that would have expanded the county’s jail. Now, the county will continue to send inmates to other jails, and it will ultimately cost the county approximately $52 million over the next decade. According to the measure, if passed, it would have raised the county sales tax by a half-cent for 10 years, using that collected money to pay for a $57 million jail expansion.[4]
The next step, leaders say, hopefully will come soon. County commissioners will lobby state legislators to renew the local-option sales tax that expires at the end of the year.
Lawsuit begins to move in Idaho court
BOISE, Idaho: In Idaho, the state U.S. District Court is hearing a case that could challenge the ban on out-of-state circulators for independent presidential candidates. The case, Daien v. Ysursa was filed on April 7, 2009. According to reports, the first brief on the case is due on September 8, 2009.[5]
The lawsuit was filed by Donald N. Daien, a resident of Arizona, because he wanted to help Ralph Nader to appear on the Idaho ballot last year. He stated that he wanted to help other candidates appear on ballot in the future, giving him reason to file the lawsuit on January 16, 2009.[6]
Idaho residents back initiative for 2012
BOISE, Idaho: An initiative led by Idaho residents may be bound for an election ballot, but not until the next couple of years.
Voters of a ballot initiative that would implement permanent absentee ballots are looking to put their efforts on the ballot in 2012. Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa stated that the initiative being put on the ballot meets state laws. According to Ysursa: “This is kind of a different take on it. But they’re also looking at two years of county fairs, things like that.”
Larry Grant, head of Idaho Vote by Mail, the committee spearheading the efforts, stated a strategic plan for a 2012 initiative: “It will be easier to gather signatures when people are more involved in an election year. We just felt that we wanted all of 2010 to get those signatures.”[7]
Sunday alcohol purchases to be allowed in Burley
BURLEY, Idaho: The Burley city council voted 4-3 on May 6, 2009 in favor of an ordinance allowing the sale of distilled spirits by the drink on Sundays, Memorial Day and Thanksgiving. City leaders, critics and supporters debated the idea for more than six months prior to the vote.[8]
With Mayor Jon Anderson casting the deciding vote, Burley became the latest in a handful of Idaho cities to allow liquor sales on Sundays. The state's second largest county, Canyon, began allowing liquor sales back in December 2009.
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