On February 23, Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed HB 60, the Secretary of State’s first omnibus election law bill this session. The bill moves the primary for all office from the fourth week in May to the third week in May, along with lots of other minor election law changes.

The Secretary of State plans a second omnibus bill, to be introduced soon, that will lower the number of signatures needed for an independent presidential candidate. The existing law was declared unconstitutional last year and the state did not appeal. This second omnibus election law bill will contain many other unrelated election law provisions.