HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4
RS31555 / HJR004
This legislation would provide for a constitutional amendment that would keep our current form of picking the winner of an election in place. This proposal affects elections for statewide offices, elections for the legislature, partisan county elections and the elections of judges. City and local elections would not be affected by this constitutional amendment.
Legislative Council may use the following statement for the ballot explanation as to the effect of the question:
"This proposed constitutional provision will assure that Idaho's current form of choosing the winner of an election remains the standard. The winner of an election will be the candidate who received the greatest number of votes. This is how western cultures have picked election winners for 2,500 years. This constitutional amendment would ensure that the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes is the winner of an election.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03/04 | Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing |
| 03/04 | Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading |
| 03/05 | Read second time; Filed for Third Reading |
| 03/06 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day; objection |
| 03/07 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day |
| 03/08 | U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar until Monday, March 11, 2024 |
| 03/11 | Read Third Time in Full – FAILED - 42-27-1 AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Cannon, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Furniss, Gallagher, Handy, Hawkins, Healey, Hill(McKnight), Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Mendive, Mitchell, Monks, Palmer, Pickett, Price, Raymond, Redman, Scott, Shepherd, Skaug, Tanner, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Mr. Speaker NAYS – Achilles, Berch, Burns, Cheatum, Chew(Beazer), Dixon(24), Erickson, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mickelsen, Necochea, Nelsen, Petzke, Raybould, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto Absent – Miller Floor Sponsor - Barbieri Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk |