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Idaho Initiative Signature Requirement Per Legislative District Amendment (2024)

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Idaho Initiative Signature Requirement Per Legislative District Amendment
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Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Direct democracy measures
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Idaho Initiative Signature Requirement Per Legislative District Amendment was not on the ballot in Idaho as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.

This amendment would have required that initiative petitions receive signatures from at least 6% of legal voters at the last general election in each legislative district.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the ballot measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Idaho Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Idaho State Senate and the Idaho House of Representatives.

This amendment was introduced as Senate Joint Resolution 101 on January 25, 2023. The Idaho State Senate voted 27-8 to approve the measure on February 27, 2023. The Idaho House of Representatives voted 39-31 on March 30, 2023, rejecting the amendment.[2]

Vote in the Idaho State Senate
February 28, 2023
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 24  Approveda
YesNoNot voting
Total2780
Total percent77.1%22.8%0%
Democrat070
Republican2710

Vote in the Idaho House of Representatives
March 30, 2023
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 47  Defeatedd
YesNoNot voting
Total39310
Total percent55.7%44.2%0%
Democrat0110
Republican39200

See also

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