![]() Idaho will have a voice in the Presidential nomination process. With a Caucus system, leading Presidential candidates may see Idaho as an important piece to their strategies to win the nomination (32 delegates are at stake). By rule, only 4 states will have primaries or caucuses earlier than Idaho (or else suffer losing delegates as a penalty). The Caucus system would put Idaho on the “super-Tuesday” in March or earlier, with several other states. Currently, only 6 states have primaries later than Idaho’s. Most folks realize that Idaho’s primary comes very late in the process. The proposed Caucus system fixes these two problems. The primary system has several problems, but the timing of the primary and the binding of delegates are the two largest problems. What is wrong with the Primary that makes a change to a Caucus system necessary? Again, all Republicans can vote in the caucus.Ħ. Any republican who usually votes in the Republican Primaries is welcome and encouraged to also participate in the Idaho Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus. Many other Caucus states restrict the voting to only precinct chairs and county officers. The Caucus will be open to all registered Republican voters. Isn’t a restricted Caucus system less democratic than a Primary System? (As usual, if a second ballot is required at the national convention, those delegates are released from their pledge.)ĥ. The Idaho Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus will result in 32 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention, allocated according to the County Caucus voting-likely with all delegates pledged to one Presidential candidate. ![]() The remaining 8 delegates were unpledged, and could vote for any viable candidate they wished at the convention. Of the 32 delegates to the National Convention, 24 delegates were counted as “soft pledged” and could change their votes if they desired. The Primary Election determined the allocation of 24 of Idaho’s 32 delegates to the Republican National Convention. Prior to this change how did the old primary system work?įor the old system: in May of a Presidential election year, Idaho would hold a Primary Election. Voters may register to vote as Republicans as they enter the Caucus site.Ĥ. Voting ends in either of two circumstances: a) one candidate receives a simple majority of at least 50% of the vote or b) only two final candidates remain on the ballot and the final vote is taken.ĭelegates for the Republican National Convention will be apportioned according to the Counties’ state convention apportionment and the voting totals from the County Caucuses with the proviso that any candidate who receives more than 50% of the statewide County Caucus delegates total will be awarded all the Idaho delegates for the Republican National Convention.Īll registered Republican voters in the county are eligible to vote in the County Caucuses. Each round, low vote-getters are eliminated. The voting will be conducted by secret ballot and takes place in successive rounds. The first Tuesday in March, the day of Idaho’s Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus, every county in the state will hold a County Caucus. Idaho will be a big early prize for the winning Republican Presidential candidate, and we should expect to see candidates paying more attention to Idaho Republican voters as we lead up to the Idaho Caucus. That is more delegates than Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Idaho has 32 delegates to send to the national convention. With a large majority of states casting their votes early in the process, the nominee is usually decided by late February or March, and, with the Idaho Primary coming months later, in late May, we have no real voice on who becomes the Republican Presidential nominee. Many states have moved their primaries or caucuses to earlier dates, leaving states like Idaho lagging far behind. ![]() Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case in recent Presidential election cycles. Folks in Carey, Idaho deserve to have the same input on our next president as folks in Concord, New Hampshire. Idaho deserves a voice in the Presidential nominating process. Why should Idaho have a Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus? Idaho Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus | Idaho GOP Rules Committee – Janu1.
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