Paid for by: Idahoans for Open Primaries | Bruce Newcomb, Treasurer
Today over 275,000 Idaho tax-paying voters are denied the right to vote under the current tax-payer funded system because they're independent voters.
Open primaries gets Idaho back to how politics used to work here – electing leaders who reflect our values and want to preserve our way of life and who reject the extreme partisanship that’s being driven by corporate special interest money.
Restore Idaho's Tradition: Open Primaries for All Voters.
Idahoans voted in open primaries for 40 years until party officials established closed primaries in 2010 as a way to solidify their power.