DECISION
DECISION 2020 -- VOTERS IN 14 STATES ARE WEIGHING IN ON THE
RACE FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE TONIGHT, ON THIS
"SUPER TUESDAY."
IDAHO'S TURN IS NEXT
TUESDAY.
AND THIS YEAR,
REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ARE BOTH
HOLDING PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARIES -- A NEW
THING FOR IDAHO DEMS.
JOEY PRECHTL IS HERE IN
STUDIO TO TELL US HOW
ADA COUNTY ELECTIONS
STAFF PLAN ON MAKING
THE MARCH 10TH
ELECTION A SMOOTH
ONE.
MARK -- RIGHT NOW ITS
A LOT OF EDUCATED
GUESSES.
GUESSES. THE ADA COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE WANTS
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
AREN'T DEALING WITH
LONG LINES.
SO THEY NEED TO MAKE
SURE POLLING PLACES
HAVE ENOUGH BALLOTS --
VOLUNTEERS -- SUPPLIES
AND SO ON.
BUT SINCE THIS IS THE
STATE'S FIRST
DEMOCRATIC
BUT SINCE THIS IS THE
STATE'S FIRST
DEMOCRATIC
DEMOCRATIC
VOLUNTEERS -- SUPPLIES AND SO ON. BUT SINCE THIS IS THE
STATE'S
STATE'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN
RECENT MEMORY -- THEY
DON'T HAVE MUCH TO
BASE WHAT TURNOUT IS
GOING TO BE.
NEXT WEEK -- IDAHOANS
WILL BE HEADING TO
POLLS LIKE THIS TO VOTE
FOR WHO THEY WANT IN
THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR A
GREAT TURNOUT NEXT
TUESDAY, WE KNOW
THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
AND
AND THE
AND THE PROCESS IS NEW FOR DEMOCRATS SINCE THEY SWITCHED OVER TO
A PRIMARY -- INSTEAD OF
A CAUCUS.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY
HAVE ANY HISTORIC
NUMBERS IN TERMS OF
AND THE PROCESS IS NEW
FOR DEMOCRATS SINCE
THEY SWITCHED OVER TO
A PRIMARY -- INSTEAD OF
A CAUCUS.
SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY
HAVE ANY HISTORIC
NUMBERS IN TERMS OF
WHAT TO EXPECT IN
TERMS OF TURNOUT.
BUT THEY'RE PREPARING
FOR A HIGH ONE -- AND
ELECTION OFFICIALS
WANT YOU -- THE VOTER
-- TO BE PREPARED TOO.
THERE WILL BE PARTISAN
QUESTIONS ASKED UP
FRONT TO DETERMINE
WHICH BALLOT YOU GET
TO VOTE ON.
THEN ONCE YOU DO GET
A BALLOT -- IF YOU'RE A
DEMOCRAT -- IT'LL LOOK
LIKE THIS.
THAT'S A LOT OF NAMES.
17 TO BE EXACT.
ONE THING THAT PEOPLE
MAY BE SURPRISED TO SEE,
THERE ARE CANDIDATES
WHO HAVE BOWED OUT
OF THE RACES IN THE PAST
COUPLE WEEKS. THOSE
CANDIDATES NAMES WILL
STILL APPEAR ON THE
BALLOT.
NAMES LIKE PETE
BUTTIGIEG
BUTTIGIEG -- AMY KLOBUCHAR -- MICHAEL
BENNET
BENNET --
BENNET -- BUT NONE ARE IN THE RACE ANYMORE. THERE IS A HUGE
LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
BEHIND THE SCENES, IT'S
BASICALLY PLANNING AN
EVENT FOR 250
THOUSAND PEOPLE SO
YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE
ARE A FEW THINGS THAT
HAVE TO BE READY IN
ADVANCE.
AND TO PREPARE FOR
THIS BIG EVENT -- ADA
COUNTY IS LOOKING AT
PAST ELECTIONS. LIKE THE
2018 DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR.
WE HAD ALMOST 300
PERCENT TUNROUT FROM
WHAT
WHAT IT
WHAT IT HAD BEEN FOUR YEARS BEFORE THAT. WE'RE LEARNING FROM
THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LIVE
MOVING SCENARIO
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
FOR ALL THESE CLERKS
AND ALL THESE COUNTIES.
AS THEY TRY AND PREDICT
HOW MANY BALLOTS DO
THEY NEED, WHATS THE
PARTICIPATION LEVEL
GOING TO BE LIKE.
FEW MORE THINGS TO
KEEP IN MIND -- EARLY
VOTING IS GOING ON IN
ADA COUNTY AND
CANYON COUNTY.
THAT'S OPEN UNTIL
FRIDAY. LOCATIONS ARE
ON OUR VOTER GUIDE AT
KTVB DOT COM.
MCGRANE IS ALSO
RECOMMENDING ALL
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARE IN
THE MAIL BY TOMORROW
TO MAKE SURE THEY
COUNT.
LASTLY -- IF YOU'VE
ALREADY VOTED AND YOU
PICKED A CANDIDATE
WHO DROPPED OUT --
YOU CANNOT CHANGE
YOUR VOTE.
ONCE THEY'RE CAST --
THEY ARE FINAL.
FOR ALL OTHER VOTING
QUESTIONS -- OR
CONCERNS -- HEAD OVER
TO KTVB DOT COM AND
CHECK OUT OUR VOTER
GUIDE. MARK?
GUIDE. MARK?