Across the country, millions of people rallied to protest Trump’s rhetoric and policies. Now, the big protest around his inauguration on Monday is expected to draw 50,000 people, according to Politico.

An unprecedented year of campaign spending has led some officials to consider amendments to Idaho’s campaign finance laws in an effort to make it easier to track electioneering

Idaho law requires any entity spending more than $100 on electioneering communications to file a report to the secretary of state. Independent expenditures are required to be reported by seven days prior to the election and within 30 days after the election, according to state code.

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Other recent ballot initiatives have targeted greater public school funding — a 2022 proposal that was withdrawn after lawmakers increased education funding on their own — and to legalize medical marijuana. Last year, an effort to enact open political primaries and ranked-choice voting made it on the ballot, but failed with 30% of votes.

Several proposed election reforms on the 2024 ballot offered promising solutions: Reduce the power of partisan primaries, ensure more robust competition in general elections, and increase the likelihood that winning campaigns represent the median voter rather than a lesser-of-two-evils result.

Jared DeLoof, executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party, speaks to attendees during the general election watch party Nov. 5, 2024, in Boise. (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun) Idaho Democratic Party Executive Director Jared DeLoof is resigning ...

A civil complaint claiming that more than $2.3 million in fines could be levied against elected officials in Teton County, Idaho, and 19 volunteer committee members for alleged open meeting

While Idaho voters rejected Proposition 1, there is evidence that they favor an open primary. Boise State University last year surveyed Idahoans and found that nearly 58% backed the concept of an open primary but only 34% supported ranked choice voting.

Dorothy Moon, the current chair of the extremist faction of the Idaho Republican Party, proclaimed on election night that: “We’re not ever going to let Reclaim Idaho bring another initiative.”

JONES: Idaho Republican leaders propose new restrictions on voter initiatives after failed education measure, including higher signature requirements and vote thresholds.

There is a split in the Idaho Republican Party, Magic Valley Liberty Alliance board Chair Lyle Johnstone says. The split is real and it’s bigger now than ever before. Conservatives who supported Proposition 1 — the failed November ballot measure to create open primaries and ranked-choice voting — outed themselves,