Idaho Secretary of State to fix elections billboard

At the request of the Idaho Democratic Party, the Idaho Secretary of State has agreed to fix 22 billboards that inaccurately advertise Idaho’s presidential election process.

The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office contacted the IDP this week after the IDP’s lawyers delivered a letter to Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney on February 19. The letter notified Secretary Denney that the IDP intended to pursue legal action.

“We thank the Secretary of State’s Office for recognizing that their billboard advertising campaign was misleading and for agreeing to fix the billboards,” said IDP Executive Director Sally Boynton Brown. “We are also pleased that we solved this issue without having to take it court.”

The Secretary of State’s Office has said that it will take about a week to fix the signs. The fix will simply be to remove the words “Presidential Primary Election March 8” from the billboards. That way voters who wish to participate in the March 22 Idaho Democratic Statewide Presidential County Caucuses will not be mislead into showing up on the wrong day.