Idaho Citizens for

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ICGG Canvases Idaho County

In mid October, an ICGG contingent of young americans volunteered to canvas much of Idaho County warning voters of the dangers of Proposition 1.

For 2 days some 20-30 volunteers canvased republican voters in places like Grangeville, Cottonwood, Riggins, Mt. Idaho, Orofino, Kooskia, and Kamiah.

Special thanks for Janessa Pogue for her leadership and organizational skills and for ICGG members and the Idaho County Republican Central Committee  that put up the money to provide food and water and brochures for the event.

If you would like to be a part of the solution, feel free to contact us on our contact form and we will let you know when our next canvasing event is happening.

Please note that ICGG is not an arm of the Republican Party but we work with anyone that supports efforts that we support.

What’s wrong with Proposition 1?

Prop 1 first of all contains two separate issues, somethjing that is unconstitutional for an initiative.

Part 1 is an “Open Primary” which is technically and legally called a “Jungle Primary”.

In a Jungle Primary, there is just one primary for all parties and all voters can vote for the top 4 candidates to be placed onto the ballot.

What this results in are many candidates from all points of view.  Voters need to do their homework to decide who to vote for because there is no party branding or vetting to help them.

Part 2 is Ranked Choice Voting which is a scheme, (endorsed by the communist party since 1900,) which tends to favor middle-of-the-road candidates. 

It is quite possible that despite the complex way of counting votes under this system, the results can still result in the winner not recieving a majority of votes.

Things that would be changed with this type of voting system:

 

  • Counting of votes becomes so complex as to make hand-counting impossible.
  • Equipment to manage this system will cost significant amounts of your tax dollars.
  • Races that are not local cannot be counted locally but must be tallied at the level of the race.
  • No confidence voting is impossible under this system.
  • Write-in voting is also impossible under this system.
  • Many votes can get thrown out and the system forces you to vote for candidates you may not want.
  • Several states have tried this system and are now attempting to repeal it.
  • Voter participation tends to drop significantly due to its confusing complexities.
  • Partys are nearly destroyed by this system especially when combined with a Jungle Primary.

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