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Republican presidential caucus March 2: What to expect

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | February 11, 2024 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Instead of voting in a presidential primary election this year, Idaho voters will choose their political party’s nominee via presidential nominating caucuses.

During the 2023 legislative session, Idaho lawmakers passed House Bill 138, which aimed to consolidate primary elections so all primaries occur in May but, apparently unintentionally, eliminated presidential primaries.

Because the Idaho Legislature didn’t reinstate the presidential primary election by the Republican Party’s Oct. 1, 2023 deadline, presidential nominating caucuses must be held instead.

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