Bill to make Idaho ballot measures tougher heads to governor
By KEITH RIDLERApril 7, 2021 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Legislation making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots is heading to the governor, who has hinted of a possible veto.
The House voted 51-18 on Wednesday to approve the measure backers said is needed because the current process favors urban voters. It passed the Senate 26-9 last month. Those numbers are enough to overcome a veto.
Opponents said the measure would make it nearly impossible to get initiatives on ballots.
Republican Gov. Brad Little vetoed similar legislation in 2019 out of concern a federal court could find it unconstitutional and dictate Idaho’s ballot initiative process. He has told lawmakers to read his veto message of those bills stating that concern with the current legislation.
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Autumn died that day. Winters was in a coma for a few days and needed to relearn how to speak and walk. Doctors reconstructed her chest after the steering wheel damaged it and bruised her heart.
Winters, who now lives in Idaho City, was eventually diagnosed with depression, and the accident left her with disabilities, pain and nightmares that she has battled since then. She takes a variety of medications for her mental health and traumatic brain injury, according to medical documents.