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Initiative would lessen the hassle for Idaho absentee voters

 - Idaho Statesman

Published: 06/18/09


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Idaho Vote by Mail is working to put a proposition before voters in 2012 that would allow permanent absentee voting by mail.

"Currently in Idaho if you want to vote by absentee ballot you have to request a ballot each election," said Larry Grant, a member of the board of directors of Idaho Vote by Mail, a nonpartisan, nonprofit Idaho corporation. "The purpose of the initiative is to allow folks the option of automatically getting an absentee ballot without having to ask for it every time."

Idaho Vote by Mail filed an initiative Monday and hopes to begin collecting signatures in about 45 days to get the proposition on the 2012 general election ballot.

"We have to collect about 52,000 signatures," Grant said. "That's going to require a substantial effort."

In 2007, all 44 of Idaho's county clerks sponsored a bill for voting by mail in all elections, a system used in Oregon. Legislative leaders expressed concern, however, and the bill was tabled. The issue has not been addressed since.

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