Kootenai County voters sign for open primaries
Spirit Lake resident Loree Peery catches the eye of a Kootenai County voter Saturday at the Coeur d’Alene Library. Peery is among a group of volunteers gathering signatures for an initiative to open Idaho’s primary elections to all voters.
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Loree Peery speaks with a Kootenai County voter about the open primaries initiative.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Volunteers braved cold weather in downtown Coeur d’Alene Saturday morning to gather signatures for a ballot initiate that would open Idaho’s primary elections to all voters — and dozens of Kootenai County voters gave them a warm welcome.
To get the initiative on the ballot, volunteers must gather 63,000 valid signatures from across the state, including at least 6% of voters in 18 or more legislative districts.
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