Idaho Dispatch Launches Dedicated Landing Page for Proposition 1 Coverage

By Idaho Dispatch Staff • September 26, 2024

The Idaho Dispatch has launched a dedicated landing page to put all Proposition 1 content in one place.

Idaho Dispatch recently emailed readers to ask what they would like to see us cover more, with just over a month to go before election day. Overwhelmingly, people wanted more coverage on Proposition 1.

The landing page can be found at idahodispatch.com/rcv, and more content will be posted soon.

You will see content at the top of the page with a * next to it. Those articles are specific Idaho Dispatch content that we have put together to help voters find content about Proposition 1. In the near future, we hope to have interviews from all sides of the Prop 1 debate and other Prop 1-related content from Idaho Dispatch.

For instance, we currently have as “pinned” content the list of Idaho lawmakers who have taken a stance on Prop 1, a list of organizations who have supported or opposed Prop 1, and the position of Idaho’s congressional delegation on Prop 1.

Below the starred content, you will find Op-Eds, Press Releases, and other articles related to Prop 1.

Finally, Idaho Dispatch is working on the first publicly released scientific poll on Prop 1. Once it is released, it will appear in the starred content.

For those unfamiliar with Prop 1, it will do two things according to the long-form title.

“First, this measure would abolish Idaho’s party primaries. Under current law, political parties nominate candidates through primary elections in which party members vote for a candidate to represent the party in the general election.

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The initiative creates a system where all candidates participate in a top-four primary and voters may vote on all candidates. The top four vote-earners for each office would advance to the general election. Candidates could list any affiliation on the ballot, but would not represent political parties, and need not be associated with the party they name.”

“Second, the measure would require a ranked-choice voting system for the general election. Under current law, voters may select one candidate for each office, and the candidate with the most votes wins. Under the ranked-choice voting system, voters rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference, but need not rank every candidate.

The votes are counted in successive rounds, and the candidate receiving the fewest votes in each round is eliminated. A vote for an eliminated candidate will transfer to the voter’s next-highest-ranked active candidate. The candidate with the most votes in the final round wins.”