IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Aside from the presidential race, the most controversial and divisive item on the Idaho ballot is the open primaries and ranked-choice voting.
On Monday night, people in Idaho Falls will have the opportunity to hear from both supporters and opponents of the change.
The forum on Proposition 1 starts at 7 pm at the Shilo Inn, 780 Lindsay Blvd., Idaho Falls, Idaho. To join online, click HERE .
The open primaries initiative would do away with Idaho’s current closed primary system, and in its place establish a system where all candidates running for office appear on a single ballot. From there the top four candidates who rank the best advance to the general election.
“In the general election, the ranked choice voting allows voters to not just identify their one candidate, but then to identify their next preference and then their next preference after that,” Hyrum Erikson of the Rexburg Chamber of Commerce told Local News 8. “That means that you can’t get elected by having a small sliver of the voting population love you to death while a majority hates you.”