On March 24, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee passed SB 1066. The bill has already passed the State Senate. It creates a March presidential primary. Idaho’s past presidential primaries have always been in late May.
It is beginning to look as though the majority of all state presidential primaries in 2016 will be held in March. Thanks to Josh Putnam for the news.
So taxpayers will be paying twice for primaries. I know the cost must be over 500,000 dollars for a primary election. Montana says this about costs:”The 2014 election costs (ballots, printing, programming, and other associated costs) is used to estimate the proportionate cost of this referendum. The costs in 2014 were $505,254 which is divided by the average number of contests per ballot (18) resulting in an average cost of $28,069 per referendum.”
The answer is to hold the Presidential Primary, referendums, and primaries for nominations for all other offices on the same day. Why does it only take elementary grade math to figure this one out?