On Wednesday, in light of Idaho's election results, Idaho Freedom Foundation and Idaho Freedom Action President Ronald M. Nate released the following statement:

“The people of Idaho have spoken: Proposition 1, the attempt by out-of-state leftists to rig our elections, has failed. 

This initiative was initially placed on our ballot by organizations who deceived Idahoans into believing they were signing a petition to revert back to the old open primary system, the very same one that the legislature chose to do away with over a decade ago. Instead, Proposition 1 was really an initiative to implement jungle primaries and ranked choice voting.

This would have been costly, confusing, and would have weakened the voices of Idahoans everywhere. This movement, backed by so-called 'Idahoans for Open Primaries' was funded over 80% by out-of-state interests who sought to undermine our state's sovereignty.

Luckily, a majority of Idahoans saw through these lies and voted to strike down this initiative. This should be a lesson to all other leftist interest groups seeking to force their beliefs on us: you are wasting your time and money, and the good people of Idaho see through your deceit.”

Nate concluded with a call to action for Idaho’s legislature, saying,

“It is high-time to reform or eliminate this phony initiative process, which has been manipulated and abused by special interests. Our state works better as a true representative republic.”

The Idaho Freedom Foundation and Idaho Freedom Action collaborated together on providing resources and information to Idaho’s citizens concerning the ranked choice voting initiative in a series called “Prop 1 Exposed.”

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