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H0612aa....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
POLITICAL PARTIES - Amends and repeals existing law relating to political
parties to provide for conduct of any subsequent convention by party rule;
to remove a requirement that a political party convention be held; to
revise a requirement for the conduct of state party conventions; to permit
the writing and adoption of rules and regulations governing the conduct of
conventions; to remove an alternative for casting a presidential preference
primary ballot for an uncommitted delegation; deletes existing law relating
to a candidate's list of proposed delegates to the national convention;
removes a requirement for certification by the Secretary of State of votes
for an uncommitted delegation and requirement for the selection of
delegates and alternatives at party conventions; and deletes existing law
relating to uncommitted delegates.

03/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/11    Rpt prt - to St Aff
03/17    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/19    Rpt out amen - to engros
    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/21    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 49-16-5
      AYES -- Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins,
      Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henderson, King, Kren, Labrador,
      Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Nonini, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Roberts, Shepherd(02),
      Shepherd(08), Shirley, Smith(24), Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Vander
      Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Bock, Chavez, Chew, Crane, Durst, Henbest, Jaquet, Killen,
      LeFavour, Pasley-Stuart, Ringo, Sayler, Shively, Smith(30),
      Snodgrass, Trail
      Absent and excused -- Anderson, Lake, Ruchti, Rusche, Schaefer
    Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff

Bill Text

                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 612

                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO POLITICAL PARTIES; AMENDING SECTION 34-501, IDAHO CODE, TO  REMOVE
  3        REQUIREMENT FOR A NEWLY CERTIFIED POLITICAL PARTY TO HOLD A CONVENTION AND
  4        TO  MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;  AMENDING SECTION 34-707, IDAHO CODE, TO
  5        REMOVE REQUIREMENT THAT A POLITICAL PARTY CONVENTION BE HELD AND TO REVISE
  6        REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONDUCT OF STATE PARTY CONVENTION AND  TO  PERMIT  THE
  7        WRITING  AND  ADOPTION  OF  RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF
  8        CONVENTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 34-734, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE AN ALTERNATIVE
  9        FOR CASTING A PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY BALLOT  FOR  AN  UNCOMMITTED
 10        DELEGATION  AND  TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; REPEALING SECTION 34-735,
 11        IDAHO CODE, RELATED TO CANDIDATE'S LIST OF PROPOSED DELEGATES TO  NATIONAL
 12        CONVENTION; AMENDING SECTION 34-736, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR
 13        CERTIFICATION  BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF VOTES FOR AN UNCOMMITTED DELE-
 14        GATION AND TO REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SELECTION OF DELEGATES AND ALTER-
 15        NATIVES AT PARTY CONVENTIONS; REPEALING SECTION 34-737, IDAHO CODE, RELAT-
 16        ING TO UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

 17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 18        SECTION 1.  That Section 34-501, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:

 20        34-501.  "POLITICAL PARTY" DEFINED -- PROCEDURES FOR CREATION OF A POLITI-
 21    CAL PARTY. (1) A "political party" within the meaning of this act, is an orga-
 22    nization  of  electors  under  a given name. A political party shall be deemed
 23    created and qualified to participate in elections  in  any  of  the  following
 24    three (3) ways:
 25        (a)  By  having  three (3) or more candidates for state or national office
 26        listed under the party name at the last general  election,  provided  that
 27        those  individuals  seeking  the  office  of president, vice president and
 28        president elector shall be considered one (1) candidate,; or
 29        (b)  By polling at the last general election for any one (1) of its candi-
 30        dates for state or national office at least three per cent percent (3%) of
 31        the aggregate vote cast for governor or for presidential electors.
 32        (c)  By an affiliation of electors who shall have signed a petition  which
 33        shall:
 34             (A)  State  the  name  of the proposed party in not more than six (6)
 35             words;
 36             (B)  State that the subscribers thereto desire to place the  proposed
 37             party on the ballot;
 38             (C)  Have  attached  thereto  a sheet or sheets containing the signa-
 39             tures of at least a number of qualified electors  equal  to  two  per
 40             cent  percent  (2%) of the aggregate vote cast for presidential elec-
 41             tors in the state at the previous general election at which presiden-
 42             tial electors were chosen;
 43             (D)  Be filed with the secretary of state on or before August  30  of

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  1             even-numbered years;
  2             (E)  The  format of the signature petition sheets shall be prescribed
  3             by the secretary of state and shall be patterned after, but not  lim-
  4             ited to, such sheets as used for state initiative and referendum mea-
  5             sures;
  6             (F)  The  petitions  and signatures so submitted shall be verified in
  7             the manner prescribed in section 34-1807, Idaho Code.
  8             (G)  The petition shall be circulated no earlier than  August  30  of
  9             the year preceding the general election.
 10        (2)  Upon  certification  by  the secretary of state that the petition has
 11    met the requirements of this act  such  party  shall,  under  the  party  name
 12    chosen, have all the rights  of a political party whose ticket shall have been
 13    on the ballot at the preceding general election.
 14        The  newly certified party shall proceed to hold a state convention in the
 15    manner provided by law; provided, that at the initial convention of  any  such
 16    political party, all members of the party shall be entitled to attend the con-
 17    vention  and  participate  in  the election of officers and the nominations of
 18    candidates. Thereafter the conduct of any subsequent convention  shall  be  as
 19    provided by law.

 20        SECTION  2.  That  Section  34-707, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:

 22        34-707.  PARTY CONVENTIONS. A state convention shall may be held  by  each
 23    political  party  in  each election year at a time and place determined by the
 24    state central committee. The state central committee  chairman  shall  preside
 25    and  cause  notice  to be given to each legislative district central committee
 26    and each county central committee at the earliest possible date.
 27        Each In the event a political party chooses to hold  a  state  convention,
 28    shall  the  convention may write and adopt rules and regulations governing the
 29    conduct of their respective its conventions.
 30        At their its convention each a political party may:
 31        (1)  Adopt and write a party platform.
 32        (2)  Elect any desired officers not otherwise provided for by law.
 33        (3)  In the year of presidential elections  (a)  elect  delegates  to  the
 34    national  convention  in  the  manner  prescribed by national party rules; (b)
 35    elect a national committeeman and a national committeewoman;  and  (c)  select
 36    presidential electors.
 37        (4)  Adopt  rules,  regulations  and  directives regarding party policies,
 38    practices and procedures.

 39        SECTION 3.  That Section 34-734, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 40    amended to read as follows:

 41        34-734.  VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. At a presidential preference pri-
 42    mary,  qualified electors may vote for candidates for nomination for president
 43    of the United States from among the candidates  of  one  (1)  political  party
 44    only.  The  elector shall be able to cast his ballot for one (1) of the presi-
 45    dential candidates of his party, or for "none of the names shown." A  vote  of
 46    the  latter  kind  shall  express the preference for an uncommitted delegation
 47    from Idaho to the national convention of that elector's party.

 48        SECTION 4.  That Section 34-735, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 49    repealed.

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  1        SECTION  5.  That  Section  34-736, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:

  3        34-736.  DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.  (1)  Upon  completion  of  the
  4    state  canvass  of  the  results of the presidential primary, the secretary of
  5    state shall certify to the state chairman of each political party  participat-
  6    ing in the presidential primary the number of votes received by each candidate
  7    of  that  party and the number of votes for an uncommitted delegation received
  8    by that party.
  9        (2)  Each political party shall then select as many delegates  and  alter-
 10    nates  to  the national party convention as are allotted to it by the national
 11    committee of that party, according to the provisions of the following  subsec-
 12    tions of this section.
 13        (3)  Eighty  per cent (80%) of such delegates and eighty per cent (80%) of
 14    such alternates to a national party convention shall be selected by a party at
 15    its state convention, or as the party rules otherwise provide., from among:
 16        (a)  The persons named on the lists of proposed delegates to the  national
 17    conventions  filed with the secretary of state by that party's respective can-
 18    didates for nomination by the party for president of the United States; and
 19        (b)  The persons selected by that party at its state convention, or as the
 20    party rules otherwise provide, to comprise any uncommitted delegation.
 21        (4)  The number of delegates and the number of alternates  selected  by  a
 22    party from a candidate's list of proposed delegates, or selected by that party
 23    to  comprise  any  uncommitted  delegation,  shall bear the same proportion to
 24    eighty per cent (80%) of the total number of delegates and alternates allotted
 25    to such party as the total vote received by such candidate or uncommitted del-
 26    egation bears to the total combined vote cast in said primary election for all
 27    candidates and uncommitted delegation, if any, receiving more  than  five  per
 28    cent  (5%)  of the votes cast for that party. Upon determination of the number
 29    of delegates and alternates that shall be selected from each candidate's  list
 30    of  proposed  delegates  and that shall be selected to comprise an uncommitted
 31    delegation, if any, the party shall then select delegates  and  alternates  to
 32    that party's national convention in that respective number from each such list
 33    and  to  comprise the uncommitted delegation, if any. The delegates and alter-
 34    nates comprising any such uncommitted delegation  shall  be  selected  as  the
 35    party rules determine.
 36        (5)  Twenty  per  cent (20%) of the delegates and twenty per cent (20%) of
 37    the alternates to a national party convention as are allotted to  a  party  by
 38    the national committee of that party shall be selected as delegates and alter-
 39    nates  to  the national convention of that party as the party rules may deter-
 40    mine.
 41        (6)  In the event a candidate in the presidential preference primary fails
 42    to file with the secretary of state  a  list  of  proposed  delegates  to  his
 43    party's national convention, or to the extent that such list of proposed dele-
 44    gates  provided by such candidate fails to name a sufficient number of persons
 45    qualified for the office of delegate, such number of delegates and alternates,
 46    as would be selected from said candidate's list of proposed delegates  accord-
 47    ing  to  the election results, shall be selected by the party as delegates and
 48    alternates to that party's national convention, as the party rules may  deter-
 49    mine.
 50        (7)  When  selecting a delegate or an alternate from a candidate's list of
 51    proposed delegates, as provided for in this section, the party shall have  the
 52    authority  to  select any qualified person on that list for the office of such
 53    delegate or alternate.
 54        (8)  In calculating the apportionment of  delegate  votes  in  conjunction

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  1    with  the  selection of delegates and alternates, as provided for in this sec-
  2    tion, such proportions of  delegate  votes  shall  be  expressed  as  decimal-
  3    fractional votes or the nearest whole number of delegate votes as the rules of
  4    the particular national party or convention may provide.
  5        (9)  There  shall  be  no unit rule applied to or by the delegation of any
  6    party to that party's national convention. No party or delegation shall commit
  7    or instruct delegates and alternates selected from  that  party's  candidates'
  8    lists  of  proposed  delegates or selected as uncommitted delegates and alter-
  9    nates. Other delegates and alternates may be committed  and/or  instructed  as
 10    the party rules may provide.

 11        SECTION  6.  That  Section  34-737, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    repealed.

 13        SECTION 7.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 14    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 15    passage and approval.

Amendment

                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                                                     Moved by    Luker

                                                     Seconded by Stevenson


                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. NO. 612

  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 2 of the printed bill, delete lines 14 through 19 and insert:
  3        "The newly certified party shall proceed to hold a state convention in the
  4    manner provided by law; provided, that at the initial convention of  any  such
  5    political party, all members of the party shall be entitled to attend the con-
  6    vention  and  participate  in  the election of officers and the nominations of
  7    candidates. Thereafter the conduct of any subsequent convention  shall  be  as
  8    provided by law party rule.".

  9                                AMENDMENT TO THE BILL
 10        On page 4, delete lines 13 through 15.

 11                                 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
 12        On  page 1, in line 2, delete "REMOVE"; delete line 3 and insert: "PROVIDE
 13    FOR CONDUCT OF ANY SUBSEQUENT CONVENTION BY PARTY RULE AND"; in line 15,  fol-
 14    lowing  "CONVENTIONS;"  insert: "AND"; and in line 16, delete "; AND DECLARING
 15    AN EMERGENCY".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)

                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               HOUSE BILL NO. 612, As Amended

                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO POLITICAL PARTIES; AMENDING SECTION 34-501, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
  3        FOR CONDUCT OF ANY SUBSEQUENT CONVENTION BY PARTY RULE AND TO MAKE TECHNI-
  4        CAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 34-707, IDAHO CODE, TO  REMOVE  REQUIRE-
  5        MENT  THAT  A POLITICAL PARTY CONVENTION BE HELD AND TO REVISE REQUIREMENT
  6        FOR THE CONDUCT OF STATE PARTY CONVENTION AND TO PERMIT  THE  WRITING  AND
  7        ADOPTION  OF  RULES  AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF CONVENTIONS;
  8        AMENDING SECTION 34-734, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR  CASTING
  9        A PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY BALLOT FOR AN UNCOMMITTED DELEGATION AND
 10        TO  MAKE  A  TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;  REPEALING SECTION 34-735, IDAHO CODE,
 11        RELATED TO CANDIDATE'S LIST OF PROPOSED DELEGATES TO NATIONAL  CONVENTION;
 12        AMENDING  SECTION 34-736, IDAHO CODE, TO REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICA-
 13        TION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF VOTES FOR AN UNCOMMITTED DELEGATION  AND
 14        TO  REMOVE  REQUIREMENT FOR THE SELECTION OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATIVES AT
 15        PARTY CONVENTIONS; AND REPEALING SECTION 34-737, IDAHO CODE,  RELATING  TO
 16        UNCOMMITTED DELEGATES.

 17    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 18        SECTION  1.  That  Section  34-501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:

 20        34-501.  "POLITICAL PARTY" DEFINED -- PROCEDURES FOR CREATION OF A POLITI-
 21    CAL PARTY. (1) A "political party" within the meaning of this act, is an orga-
 22    nization of electors under a given name. A political  party  shall  be  deemed
 23    created  and  qualified  to  participate  in elections in any of the following
 24    three (3) ways:
 25        (a)  By having three (3) or more candidates for state or  national  office
 26        listed  under  the  party name at the last general election, provided that
 27        those individuals seeking the office  of  president,  vice  president  and
 28        president elector shall be considered one (1) candidate,; or
 29        (b)  By polling at the last general election for any one (1) of its candi-
 30        dates for state or national office at least three per cent percent (3%) of
 31        the aggregate vote cast for governor or for presidential electors.
 32        (c)  By  an affiliation of electors who shall have signed a petition which
 33        shall:
 34             (A)  State the name of the proposed party in not more  than  six  (6)
 35             words;
 36             (B)  State  that the subscribers thereto desire to place the proposed
 37             party on the ballot;
 38             (C)  Have attached thereto a sheet or sheets  containing  the  signa-
 39             tures  of  at  least  a number of qualified electors equal to two per
 40             cent percent (2%) of the aggregate vote cast for  presidential  elec-
 41             tors in the state at the previous general election at which presiden-
 42             tial electors were chosen;
 43             (D)  Be  filed  with the secretary of state on or before August 30 of

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  1             even-numbered years;
  2             (E)  The format of the signature petition sheets shall be  prescribed
  3             by  the secretary of state and shall be patterned after, but not lim-
  4             ited to, such sheets as used for state initiative and referendum mea-
  5             sures;
  6             (F)  The petitions and signatures so submitted shall be  verified  in
  7             the manner prescribed in section 34-1807, Idaho Code.
  8             (G)  The  petition  shall  be circulated no earlier than August 30 of
  9             the year preceding the general election.
 10        (2)  Upon certification by the secretary of state that  the  petition  has
 11    met  the  requirements  of  this  act  such  party shall, under the party name
 12    chosen, have all the rights of a political party whose ticket shall have  been
 13    on the ballot at the preceding general election.
 14        The  newly certified party shall proceed to hold a state convention in the
 15    manner provided by law; provided, that at the initial convention of  any  such
 16    political party, all members of the party shall be entitled to attend the con-
 17    vention  and  participate  in  the election of officers and the nominations of
 18    candidates. Thereafter the conduct of any subsequent convention  shall  be  as
 19    provided by law party rule.

 20        SECTION  2.  That  Section  34-707, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:

 22        34-707.  PARTY CONVENTIONS. A state convention shall may be held  by  each
 23    political  party  in  each election year at a time and place determined by the
 24    state central committee. The state central committee  chairman  shall  preside
 25    and  cause  notice  to be given to each legislative district central committee
 26    and each county central committee at the earliest possible date.
 27        Each In the event a political party chooses to hold  a  state  convention,
 28    shall  the  convention may write and adopt rules and regulations governing the
 29    conduct of their respective its conventions.
 30        At their its convention each a political party may:
 31        (1)  Adopt and write a party platform.
 32        (2)  Elect any desired officers not otherwise provided for by law.
 33        (3)  In the year of presidential elections  (a)  elect  delegates  to  the
 34    national  convention  in  the  manner  prescribed by national party rules; (b)
 35    elect a national committeeman and a national committeewoman;  and  (c)  select
 36    presidential electors.
 37        (4)  Adopt  rules,  regulations  and  directives regarding party policies,
 38    practices and procedures.

 39        SECTION 3.  That Section 34-734, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 40    amended to read as follows:

 41        34-734.  VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. At a presidential preference pri-
 42    mary,  qualified electors may vote for candidates for nomination for president
 43    of the United States from among the candidates  of  one  (1)  political  party
 44    only.  The  elector shall be able to cast his ballot for one (1) of the presi-
 45    dential candidates of his party, or for "none of the names shown." A  vote  of
 46    the  latter  kind  shall  express the preference for an uncommitted delegation
 47    from Idaho to the national convention of that elector's party.

 48        SECTION 4.  That Section 34-735, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 49    repealed.

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  1        SECTION  5.  That  Section  34-736, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:

  3        34-736.  DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.  (1)  Upon  completion  of  the
  4    state  canvass  of  the  results of the presidential primary, the secretary of
  5    state shall certify to the state chairman of each political party  participat-
  6    ing in the presidential primary the number of votes received by each candidate
  7    of  that  party and the number of votes for an uncommitted delegation received
  8    by that party.
  9        (2)  Each political party shall then select as many delegates  and  alter-
 10    nates  to  the national party convention as are allotted to it by the national
 11    committee of that party, according to the provisions of the following  subsec-
 12    tions of this section.
 13        (3)  Eighty  per cent (80%) of such delegates and eighty per cent (80%) of
 14    such alternates to a national party convention shall be selected by a party at
 15    its state convention, or as the party rules otherwise provide., from among:
 16        (a)  The persons named on the lists of proposed delegates to the  national
 17    conventions  filed with the secretary of state by that party's respective can-
 18    didates for nomination by the party for president of the United States; and
 19        (b)  The persons selected by that party at its state convention, or as the
 20    party rules otherwise provide, to comprise any uncommitted delegation.
 21        (4)  The number of delegates and the number of alternates  selected  by  a
 22    party from a candidate's list of proposed delegates, or selected by that party
 23    to  comprise  any  uncommitted  delegation,  shall bear the same proportion to
 24    eighty per cent (80%) of the total number of delegates and alternates allotted
 25    to such party as the total vote received by such candidate or uncommitted del-
 26    egation bears to the total combined vote cast in said primary election for all
 27    candidates and uncommitted delegation, if any, receiving more  than  five  per
 28    cent  (5%)  of the votes cast for that party. Upon determination of the number
 29    of delegates and alternates that shall be selected from each candidate's  list
 30    of  proposed  delegates  and that shall be selected to comprise an uncommitted
 31    delegation, if any, the party shall then select delegates  and  alternates  to
 32    that party's national convention in that respective number from each such list
 33    and  to  comprise the uncommitted delegation, if any. The delegates and alter-
 34    nates comprising any such uncommitted delegation  shall  be  selected  as  the
 35    party rules determine.
 36        (5)  Twenty  per  cent (20%) of the delegates and twenty per cent (20%) of
 37    the alternates to a national party convention as are allotted to  a  party  by
 38    the national committee of that party shall be selected as delegates and alter-
 39    nates  to  the national convention of that party as the party rules may deter-
 40    mine.
 41        (6)  In the event a candidate in the presidential preference primary fails
 42    to file with the secretary of state  a  list  of  proposed  delegates  to  his
 43    party's national convention, or to the extent that such list of proposed dele-
 44    gates  provided by such candidate fails to name a sufficient number of persons
 45    qualified for the office of delegate, such number of delegates and alternates,
 46    as would be selected from said candidate's list of proposed delegates  accord-
 47    ing  to  the election results, shall be selected by the party as delegates and
 48    alternates to that party's national convention, as the party rules may  deter-
 49    mine.
 50        (7)  When  selecting a delegate or an alternate from a candidate's list of
 51    proposed delegates, as provided for in this section, the party shall have  the
 52    authority  to  select any qualified person on that list for the office of such
 53    delegate or alternate.
 54        (8)  In calculating the apportionment of  delegate  votes  in  conjunction

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  1    with  the  selection of delegates and alternates, as provided for in this sec-
  2    tion, such proportions of  delegate  votes  shall  be  expressed  as  decimal-
  3    fractional votes or the nearest whole number of delegate votes as the rules of
  4    the particular national party or convention may provide.
  5        (9)  There  shall  be  no unit rule applied to or by the delegation of any
  6    party to that party's national convention. No party or delegation shall commit
  7    or instruct delegates and alternates selected from  that  party's  candidates'
  8    lists  of  proposed  delegates or selected as uncommitted delegates and alter-
  9    nates. Other delegates and alternates may be committed  and/or  instructed  as
 10    the party rules may provide.

 11        SECTION  6.  That  Section  34-737, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    repealed.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 18085

The purpose of this legislation is to deregulate the manner in
which political parties in Idaho do their business. It clarifies
that political parties have the ability to govern themselves by
rule and removes all reference in Idaho statutes to their
convention processes and delegate selection for nation conventions. 


                           FISCAL NOTE

None.








Contact
Name: Representative Tom Loertscher 
Phone: (208)332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 612