Idaho Liquor Privatization Initiative (2012)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Idaho Liquor Privatization Initiative did not make the November 6, 2012 ballot in the state of Idaho as an initiated state statute. The measure would have privatized the sale of liquor in the state, and would have also dissolved the state Liquor Division. The measure was submitted to the Idaho Secretary of State's office by the Idaho Federation of Reagan Republicans during January 2012.[1]
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the measure had until the May 1, 2012 petition drive deadline to turn in the required amount of valid signatures, 47,432, in order to be placed on the ballot, which it did not.
Attorney General opinion
On February 21, 2012, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden stated that the initiative might have been illegal due to the Idaho Constitution mandating that the issue be decided by the Idaho Legislature. According to Wasden's opinion: "Since this provision grants the Legislature ‘full power and authority,’ a question arises as to whether the Legislature’s power in this arena can be checked by the people’s exercise of the initiative power. No case law exists on this issue, but in the event the initiative passes, this provision may reflect one avenue by which the initiative could be challenged under the Idaho Constitution."[2]
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