>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> IT
>>> >> IT IS ALMOST TIME TO MAKE
YOUR VOICE HEARD FOR THE RACE
FOR PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS
COMING UP ON MARCH 10 OF THE
DEMOCRATIC RACE HAS BEEN
GETTING MUCH OF THE NATIONAL
ATTENTION AS THE CANDIDATES
SPARTAN DEBATES AND PEOPLE PICK
THEIR FAVORITES BUT DID YOU
KNOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
NOT THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE
REPUBLICAN BALLOT IF YOU ARE
VOTING REPUBLICAN IN IDAHO YOU
WILL FIND FIVE OF THE NAMES ON
YOURS.
YOURS.
YOURS. TODAY WE ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT
ALL VOTERS NEED TO KNOW BEFORE
HEADING TO YOUR POLLING PLACE
IN IDAHO PRESIDENCY PRIMER.
>> FROM NEWS CHANNEL 20 THIS IS
VIEWPOINT.
VIEWPOINT. IT WAS WELCOME TO VIEWPOINT WE
HAVE BEEN WATCHING AS VOTERS
AND OTHER STATES CAST THEIR
BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS.
BALLOTS. NOW IT IS ALMOST IDAHO'S TURN.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES ARE
COMING UP ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
THE REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND
CONSTITUTION PARTIES ARE ALL
HOLDING PRIMARIES ON THAT TO
DATE.
DATE.
DATE. BY
DATE. BY THE WAY ACCORDING TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
THERE HAVE BEEN 17 DEMOCRATS ON
THE BALLOTS EVEN THOUGH MANY OF
THOSE HAVE ENDED THEIR
CAMPAIGNS.
CAMPAIGNS. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT
FILE OFFICIAL WITHDRAWAL
PAPERWORKS BY THE JANUARY 17
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE. THE COURSE PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP BUT ALSO BILL WELL AND TO
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. THE OTHER -- SO WHO CAN VOTE IN
WHICH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND
THE DEMOCRATIC PROVINCIAL
PRIMARY REGISTERED DEMOCRATS
AND UNAFFILIATED VOTERS CAN
CAST BALLOTS.
CAST BALLOTS. UNAFFILIATED MEANS THERE ARE
NOT A MEMBER OF ANY PARTY.
IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY ONLY REGISTERED
REPUBLICANS CAN VOTE IT IS A
CLOSED PRIMARY.
CLOSED PRIMARY. AND IN THE CONSTITUTION PARTY
PRIMARY REGISTERED CONSTITUTION
PARTY MEMBERS AND UNAFFILIATED
VOTERS CAN TAKE PART.
TODAY I WILL BE TALKING WITH
LEADERS WITH IDAHO DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND GET YOU
READY FOR THE MARCH 10 PRIMARY.
WE START WITH THE DEMOCRATS
BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST RACE
AND THE WINNER WILL GO UP
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT THE ONLY
NAME ON THE GOP BALLOT.
THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND POLITICAL
DIRECTOR JESSE MALDONADO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> AFTER 2016 IT WAS DECIDED TO
SWITCH TO A PRIMARY THIS TIME
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?>> IT WAS A
MESS IN 2016.
QUITE FRANKLY IT COST US A LOT
OF MONEY TO PUT IT ON.
AND I THINK PERSONALLY AND WE
HAVE DECIDED AS A WHOLE
GOVERNING BODY OF THIS STATE
PARTY OUR STATE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE DECIDED TO
DISENFRANCHISE FOLKS BECAUSE
YOU HAD TO SHOW UP AND FIND A
BABYSITTER AND BE THERE FOR TWO
OR THREE HOURS AND BE IN LINE
AND IF YOU WERE NOT TRAVELING
OR WHAT HAVE YOU YOU COULD
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE TO BE
THERE YOU CANNOT VOTE.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO FRANCHISE MORE
IDAHO CITIZENS AND LESS OF A
TIME COMMITMENT.
TIME COMMITMENT. >> NOW THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
IS KIND OF A SEMI-CLOSE PRIMARY
REGISTERED DEMOCRATS AND
UNAFFILIATED VOTERS AS I
EXPLAINED IN OTHER WORDS
INDEPENDENCE VOTING.
INDEPENDENCE VOTING. NOW WHY DO IT THIS WAY ON THE
MAIN 19th STATEWIDE PRIMARY IT
WILL BE AN OPEN PRIMARY WHERE
ANYBODY CAN VOTE INCLUDING
REPUBLICANS?
REPUBLICANS? >> SO WE WERE ACTUALLY TOLD BY
THEM THAT I HAD TO BE PARTIALLY
CLOSED AND IT WAS NOT A
DECISION THAT WE MADE ON OUR
OWN.
OWN.
OWN. WE
OWN. WE ALSO WANT TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT DEMOCRACY IS A GREAT THING
AND WE DO IT THAT WAY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE PRESENCE OF
PRIMARY GOES IT WAS HANDED DOWN
TO US BY THE NATIONAL PARTY
THAT WE HALF TO BE SEMI-CLOSED.
>> SO HOW MANY DELEGATES ARE
HERE AND HOW WOULD THOSE BE
ALLOTTED?
ALLOTTED?
ALLOTTED? >> SO WE HAVE 20 DELEGATES
TOTAL GOING TO THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION FROM IDAHO AND HAS
BEEN COMPLETELY PROPORTIONAL
AND THERE IS A THRESHOLD THAT
THE CANDIDATES HAVE TO GET
FOLKS THAT HAVE PROBABLY BEEN
FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
IT IS 15 % AND NEW HAMPSHIRE 15
% DID QUALIFY FOR DELEGATES AND
ONLY BASED ON YOUR STATEWIDE
PERFORMANCE.>> SO IT WAS THE
PERSON WITH THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE WOULD GET THE MOST
THE DELEGATES DOWN THROUGH THE
LIST.
LIST.
LIST. SO
LIST. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR HERE AS WE
TALK ABOUT WHO CAN VOTE CAN
SOMEONE SWITCH THEIR PARTY
AFFILIATION AND VOTE ON AN
UNINTENDED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY?
>> THERE HAS BEEN NO SET TO
CHANGE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
PREFERENCE BUT FOR THE DEMO --
THERE IS NO DEADLINE SO YOU CAN
CHANGE TODAY IF YOU WANTED YOUR
ELECTIONS OFFICE OR WHEN YOU GO
TO VOTE ON MARCH 10.
>> WHAT WOULD SOMEBODY NEED TO
BRING WITH THEM IF THEY WANTED
TO DO THAT?
AND ALSO JUST TO VOTE IN THE
PRIMARY?
PRIMARY?
PRIMARY? >> THEY COULD JUST GO AND
UPDATE THEIR REGISTRATION AT
THE ELECTIONS OFFICE OR IF THEY
NEED TO REGISTER TO BECOME A
NEW VOTER THEY JUST HAVE TO
BRING SOME FORM TO PROVE THAT
THEY ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.
>> AND ON THE DAY OF AS WELL.
IT WAS WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE
FOR THAT.
FOR THAT.
FOR THAT. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE
SAME DAY REGISTRATION IN IDAHO
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE.
FOR SURE. >> SO WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON
QUESTION OR QUESTIONS THAT YOUR
OFFICE HAS BEEN GETTING IN THE
LEAD UP TO THE PRIMARY?
>> OF THE QUESTION IS JUST ARE
THEY REALLY USED US HAVING THE
SYSTEM IN IDAHO BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR
THREE YEARS AND FOLKS ARE JUST
REALLY UNSURE IF WE ARE HAVING
THIS PRIMARY SO WE ARE DOING
OUR BEST WITH YOUR HELP AND
EVERYBODY'S HELP TO INFORM
FOLKS THAT IT IS A PRIMARY THIS
TIME AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. SO
DOING. SO THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE
QUESTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
RECEIVING IS WHAT KIND OF HOW
CAN I VOTE.
>> SO INSTEAD OF GOING INTO
SOME KIND OF ASSEMBLY HALL
WHERE YOU WILL STAND AROUND FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS THEY'RE
BASICALLY GOING TO THERE NO
MORE -- NORMAL POLLING PLACE.
>> OR THEY CAN GO AND VOTE
EARLY UP UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY AND
THEN THEY CAN VOTE FROM FRIDAY,
MARCH 6. AND FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM
YOU CAN VOTE ON ELECTION DAY AT
YOUR REGULAR POLLING
LOCATIONS.>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE OVERALL PICTURE ABOUT
WHAT IS ENERGIZING VOTERS OR
NOT ENERGIZING WHAT EFFECT ARE
YOU SEEING OF THE IMPEACHMENT
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP IN TERMS OF
THE ENERGY OF DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS.
VOTERS.
VOTERS. HAS IT PUMPED THEM UP?
HAS IT DISAPPOINTED THEM?
OR NO EFFECT AND IT IS KIND OF
EVEN?
EVEN?
EVEN? >>
EVEN? >> I THINK FOLKS HAVE ALWAYS
KNOWN THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS
BEEN NOT TO DOING THINGS THAT
THEY WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE
DOING.
DOING.
DOING. AS
DOING. AS FAR AS DEMOCRATIC VOTERS GO
THAT HAS JUST BEEN APPARENT
FROM THE GET GO.
BUT TO THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME
ISSUES WITH MEDDLING IN
ELECTIONS AND STUFF THAT
DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS TO WANT TO TURN OUT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS
THE OTHER SIDE THAT IS JUST NOT
TAKING THINGS SERIOUSLY WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR ELECTIONS OR THE
PRESIDENT IS YOU KNOW CALLING
IN FAVORS.
IN FAVORS. SO THAT KIND OF STUFF HAS
DEFINITELY ENCOURAGED FOLKS AND
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN OUR
REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND I KIND
OF STUFF.
OF STUFF.
OF STUFF. THE PEOPLE ARE ENERGIZED AND WE
ACTUALLY JUST SOLD OUR BIGGEST
DINNER OF THE YEAR FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN OUR PARTY'S
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. WE JUST SOLD OUR BIGGEST DINNER
BECAUSE FOLKS ARE ENERGIZED SO.
>> AND THAT IS THE GALA WITH
PEOPLE TO JUDGE COMING IN ON
MAY 7. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY
WHEN YOU HAVE A MAJOR CANDIDATE
LIKE THAT COME TO VISIT OUR
STATE DOES THAT ALSO REGARDLESS
OF MAYBE IF THE VOTER IS
SUPPORTING THAT PARTICULAR
CANDIDATE DOES THAT ALSO
ENERGIZE PEOPLE?
ENERGIZE PEOPLE? >> ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THAT WE
HAVE SENT ASKS OUT EVERY SINGLE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IF THEY
COULD COME OR A SURROGATE TO
COME BUT WE BELIEVE A LIST OF
WHO COMES WE BELIEVE THAT THERE
WILL BE OTHERS WHO ARE GOING TO
MAKE A VISIT.
IDAHO IS THAT THE ENERGY IS
GOING TO BE EXCEEDING WHAT WE
SAW BEFORE AS FAR AS TURNOUT
GOES ESPECIALLY BUT PETE IS
GOING TO DO HAS BEEN A GREAT
DRAW FOR US ALREADY AND OTHER
CANDIDATES OR ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH
A DRAW AS WELL BECAUSE FOLKS
AGAIN ARE JUST REALLY ENERGIZED
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> ANY WORD FROM ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE AT THIS POINT AUSTIN
MARK>> WE HAVE A COUPLE WAITING
SOME CONFIRMATIONS AND THEY
HAVE SOME SCHEDULING THAT THEY
NEED TO FIGURE OUT.
THEY HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY CAN GET HERE ON TIME.
>> GOT IT, GOT IT.
SO DOES THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BACK A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE?
>> WE ARE VICIOUSLY NEUTRAL AS
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT
EVERYBODY EQUALLY AND GIVE THEM
ALL EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK
TO OUR VOTERS BUT WE DO NOT
PLAY IN THE GAME.
>> OVERALL IN 2016 VOTER
TURNOUT WAS IN THE PRIMARY, THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WAS 29.5 %
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING THIS
YEAR?
YEAR?
YEAR? >>
YEAR? >> DEFINITELY MORE THAN THAT.
WE DEFINITELY SAW 41,000 MORE
FOLKS ABOUT AN HOUR EDITORIAL
PRIMARY SO FOR OUR PRESIDENT OR
FOR A GOOD EDITORIAL PRIMARY IT
WAS TWOFOLD THAN IT WAS FOR
YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS SO WE
ARE EXPECTING I THINK SOMEWHERE
RIGHT AROUND THE RANGE OF
PROBABLY 90,000 FOLKS TO GO OUT
AND TURNOUT IN OUR PRIMARY THAT
WOULD BE SOMEWHERE WE HAVE KIND
OF CALCULATED OUT.
IT WAS FINALLY IN 2016 BERNIE
SANDERS PRETTY HANDILY BEAT
HILLARY CLINTON IN THIS DO YOU
HAVE ANY KIND OF PULLING OUR
INDICATIONS AT THIS POINT ON
WHICH CANDIDATE MIGHT BE
LEAVING HERE IN IDAHO?
>> NONE REALLY WHATSOEVER WE
HAVE CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE STAFF
ON THE GROUND THAT I THINK IS
GOING TO HELP TURNOUT VOTERS
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM. AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE
CLOSEST INDICATION THAT WE HAVE
ON WHO IS TRYING THEIR HARDEST
RIGHT NOW IN IDAHO TO TURNOUT
VOTERS FOR THEM.
MOST OF THE CAMPAIGNS HAVE
VOLUNTEERS HERE.
VOLUNTEERS HERE. AND THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF SELF
GROWN BUT SOME CAMPAIGNS HAVE
SINCE LAST YEAR WE HAVE NO
POLES OR ANYTHING.
THE ENTHUSIASM HAS BEEN STRONG
FOR ALMOST ALL THE CANDIDATES
REALLY AS FAR AS PHONE CALLS
AND INTERESTS AND MESSAGES.
EVEN THE STRAW POLLS THAT WE
HAVE HAVE BEEN PRETTY FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. >> ANOTHER VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GETTING
READY.
READY.
READY. >>
READY. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME I
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. >> UP NEXT TO THE
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> WELCOME BACK TO VIEWPOINT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT RUNNING
UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY
ALTHOUGH HE IS OF COURSE
EXPECTED TO CRUISE THROUGH THE
NOMINATION.
NOMINATION. REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND IDAHO
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WILL FIGHT
FIVE OF THE NAMES ON THE
BALLOT.
BALLOT.
BALLOT. HERE'S THE LIST FOR YOUR
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, BILL
WELDS, JOE WALSH RECENTLY
DROPPED OUT, AND THREE OTHERS.
MY GUEST TODAY IS IDAHO
REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN AND
FORMER IDAHO CONGRESSMAN PAUL.
>> THINK IT IS GREAT TO BE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ALL BUT
OFFICIALLY HAVING THE
NOMINATION WRAPPED UP WHY DO
YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
REPUBLICANS TO STILL TURN OUT
AND VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY?
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY? >> I THINK TWO MAIN REASONS.
NUMBER ONE YOU WANT TO SHOW
YOUR LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM FOR
THE PRESIDENT FOR THE THINGS
THAT HE HAS DONE, THERE IS SO
MUCH ENTHUSIASM IN IDAHO FOR
HIM AND I THINK THAT WILL BE
REFLECTED IN THE POLLS.
AND NUMBER TWO I THINK THAT YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
DON'T ALLOW THE OTHER
CANDIDATES TO REALLY GET THAT
MANY VOTES BECAUSE IN IDAHO YOU
HAVE SEEN NATIONALLY 95 % OF
REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IN IDAHO THAT IS REFLECTED
CLOSELY I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE
FINAL RESULTS ARE GOING TO BE
BUT I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A
REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> AND IT IS 32 DELEGATES I
BELIEVE FROM THE IDAHO
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HOW ARE
THOSE DELEGATES DIVVIED UP?
>> IT IS WINNER TAKE ALL IF YOU
GET 50 % OF THE VOTE YOU TAKE
ALL OF THE DELEGATES.>> WHAT IS
YOUR TAKE ON THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY BALLOT AND IT
IS NOT RUNNING UNOPPOSED.
>> I THINK IT HAPPENS WITH
EVERY SINGLE ELECTION CYCLE
THERE IS GOING TO BE ALWAYS
SOMEBODY WHO IS MALCONTENT OR
DISCONTENT WITH THE PRESIDENT
FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY
MAY HAVE.
MAY HAVE.
MAY HAVE. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS A
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH r
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BUT I THINK
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS TO WATCH
A PRESIDENT GOING THROUGH
REELECTION THAT HAS SUCH HIGH
POPULARITY WITHIN THE PARTY IF
YOU REMEMBER OUR LAST
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT HE WAS
HAVING SOME PROBLEMS IN HIS
PRIMARY BECAUSE THERE WAS SO
MUCH DISCONTENT IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH SOME OF
HIS POLICIES.
HIS POLICIES. SO I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS UNITED NATIONALLY.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE UNITED HERE
IN IDAHO AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT NOVEMBER.
ABOUT NOVEMBER. ESPECIALLY WATCHING THE TRAIN
WHACK IN THEIR SELECTION OF A
CANDIDATE AND I THINK THAT IT
IS GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH
WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER.
>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL COME HERE
BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER?
>> I HOPE SO I CANNOT GUARANTEE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AS
THAT. AS YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS MAYBE THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONTEST.
THE PRETTY REPUBLICAN RED STATE
AND I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT
WILL BE LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS
BUT I'M STILL LOOKING PRETTY
HARD ON IT WE ARE WORKING ON
GETTING A PRETTY SPECIAL GUEST
COME IN A FEW MONTHS.
THAT I CAN'T ANNOUNCE YET.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO
BRING AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE TO THE STATE OF
IDAHO.>> WE WILL FIND OUT.>> IS
A MENTIONED EARLIER THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS A
CLOSED PRIMARY.>> WE THINK THAT
REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE SELECTING
WHO THE REPUBLICANS IN THE
BOWELS ARE GOING TO BE.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
BILL THAT I INTRODUCED WHEN I
WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OR
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE HERE
IN THE STATE OF IDAHO IN A
COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
IF YOU DON'T VOTE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY THEN YOU
SHOULD BE A REPUBLICAN.
IT HAS NOT TOTALLY FORECLOSE
PEOPLE FROM SWITCHING OVER
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN
SWITCH IF YOU'RE UNAFFILIATED
YOU CAN SWITCH.
YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF
UNAFFILIATED PEOPLE WHO ARE
REALLY DEMOCRATS.
REALLY DEMOCRATS. THAT THEY END UP SWITCHING TO
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WHENEVER
THEY WANT TO.
>> AND DEMOCRATIC REGISTERED
VOTERS CAN DO THAT THIS YEAR AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> CORRECT, CORRECT.
BUT I THINK OVERALL IT HAS
WORKED PRETTY WELL FOR THE
PARTY.
PARTY.
PARTY. >>
PARTY. >> AND IS IT BECAUSE YOU DO NOT
WANT THOSE VOTERS COMING IN WHO
ARE DEMOCRAT AND STUFFING THE
BOX FOR A PERSON WHO THEY DON'T
WANT TO WIN.
>> WITH THE USUALLY DO IS THEY
GO IN AND THEY JUST KNOW THAT A
REPUBLICAN IS GOING TO WIN
STATEWIDE.
STATEWIDE. AND THEY COME IN AND THEY VOTE
FOR A REPUBLICAN WHO WAS MADE A
LITTLE BIT MORE MODERATE BUT
FOR A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS BEEN
MODEST AND NOT AS CONSERVATIVE
AS THEY WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE
AN ESTATE ELECTED OFFICE WITHIN
A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY JUST KIND OF PLAY
AROUND WITH IT.
NO>> IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT EFFECT DO YOU THINK
IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAD ON HIM IN THE EYES OF THE
VOTERS?
VOTERS?
VOTERS? THE DAMAGE HIM OR DID IT HELP
THEM?
THEM?
THEM? >>
THEM? >> I THINK THE UNFAIRNESS OF
THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
ACTUALLY GALVANIZE THE
REPUBLICANS TO GET BEHIND
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU KEEP SEEING HIS POLL
NUMBERS JUST GET HIGHER, AND
HIGHER WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A
PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR
REELECTION WITH 95 % APPROVAL.
IN HIS OWN PARTY.
AND AS YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW
NOT ONLY OF THE -- IS THAT
HAVING WITH THE PARTY BUT HIS
NUMBERS ARE INCHING UP WITH THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
GENERAL PUBLIC. I THINK THE LAST POLE THAT I
SAW HE WAS A 52 % WHICH HE HAS
NOT HAD IN A LONG TIME IF EVER.
SO HE IS DOING QUITE WELL I
THINK THAT PEOPLE SAW THAT
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AS AN
UNFAIR PROCESS.
UNFAIR PROCESS. REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY THINK
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
ACTIONS.>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS
GOING TO ASK AS WELL.
WAS IT NOT JUST MAYBE THE
PROCESS BUT WHAT ARE YOU
HEARING ABOUT THE PHONE CALL
AND YOU KNOW ASKING OF FOREIGN
LEADERS FOR A FAVOR CUSTOMER
>> REMEMBER HE ASKED A FOREIGN
LEADER FOR A FAVOR WHEN HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HEY LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE 2016 ELECTION.
WE ARE HEARING THAT SOMETHING
HAS HAPPENED AND WE HAVE THIS
2016 ELECTION AND LET'S TALK
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE
EITHER PAYING ATTENTION OR THE
ONES THAT ARE PAYING ATTENTION
OR ACTUALLY TURNED OFF BY THIS
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> DEFEATED THE VOTERS THEY
SEEM LIKE THEY WERE VERY
STAUNCH CAMPS.
STAUNCH CAMPS. >> THERE WAS DEFTLY THE TRUMP
FACE IN THEIR DEFTLY THE
DEMOCRAT'S WHO DON'T LIKE HIM
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. ARE THERE FEWER VOTERS NOW IN
THE MIDDLE OF THESE DAYS WHO
CAN BE PERSUADED ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER?
ANOTHER?
ANOTHER? >> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. I
POINT. I THINK THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW
VOTERS THAT CAN BE SWAYED.
I THINK THERE ARE VERY FEW
VOTERS THAT CAN REALLY NOT KNOW
WHO THEY ARE VOTING FOR THE
QUESTION REALLY IS WHO IS THE
MOST ENERGIZED ARE THE
REPUBLICANS GOING TO BE MORE
ENERGIZED THAN THE DEMOCRATS
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
NATIONALLY IS THAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE MUCH MORE
ENERGIZED.
ENERGIZED. EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE RALLIES
THAT TRUMP IS HAVING WELL OVER
THE UNITED STATES.
AND HE IS BRINGING IN THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND AS
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE HAVING
PRIMARIES WERE REALLY THERE IS
NO CONTEST WHO IS GOING TO WIN.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT WHO
IS GOING TO WIN.
SO I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY BASE IS REALLY ENERGIZED
I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AS THE
DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT TO NOMINATE
A SOCIALIST TO BE THERE
NOMINEES AND I THINK THAT YOU
TALKED TO UNION MEMBERS YOU
HAVE TALKED TO THE MIDDLE-CLASS
FAMILIES THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT
IS HAPPENING ON THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY.
PARTY. AND THEY'RE GOING TO START YOU
KNOW COMING IN DROVES TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> AND UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY WHICH IS TAKING AN
UNBIASED STANCE NOT PICKING OR
SUPPORTING A PARTICULAR
CANDIDATE THE REPUBLICANS ARE
GOING ALL IN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
EVEN HAVING A PRESIDENT TRUMP
VICTORY PARTY THAT I SAW.>>
CONGRESSMAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND THE CHAIRMAN AS THE IDAHO
GOP I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
YOUR OPINIONS AND KNOWLEDGE ON
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING READY FOR
THE PRIMARY.
THE PRIMARY. >> THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THE
SHOW.
SHOW.
SHOW. >>
SHOW. >> UP NEXT TO DEPUTY SECRETARY
OF STATE ON THE NUTS
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INFORMATION.
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> WE
>>> >> WE ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT
VOTERS NEED TO KNOW FOR THE
POTENTIAL PRIMARY FIRST OF ALL
THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8
AM TO 8 PM THAT DAY.
EARLY VOTING RUNS THROUGH
FRIDAY, MARCH 6 IN THE COUNTIES
THAT OFFER IT INCLUDING THE
CANYON I'M JOINED NOW BY A
DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE WHO
HEADS UP THE ELECTION DIVISION
FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. CHAD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. IT
TODAY. IT WAS MY PLEASURE.
>> FIRST OF ALL AS A MENTIONED
EARLIER ROTOR -- VOTER TURNOUT
WAS JUST UNDER 30 %. AS A
SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE
COMING ANY INDICATION OF HOW
VOTER TURNOUT MIGHT BE THIS
YEAR?
YEAR?
YEAR? >>
YEAR? >> IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT
FOR THE COUNTY CLERKS TO
PREDICT WHAT VOTER TURNOUT IS
GOING TO BE THAT IS CERTAINLY
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH OUR
44 CLERKS.
44 CLERKS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
SEVEN MONTHS IN FACT LARGELY
BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
NEVER HAD A PRIMARY TO WHERE WE
CAN LOOK BACK ON HISTORICAL
MEMBERS AND ANTICIPATE WHAT THE
NUMBERS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO YES WE ARE ANTICIPATING
LARGER NUMBERS SHOWING UP
BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
PIECES THAT ARE PLAYING INTO
THIS YEAR'S POTENTIAL PRIMARY
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
ELECTION. AND WE EXPECT THAT THAT IS
GOING TO CAUSE MAYBE A LITTLE
BIT OF CHAOS AT THE POLLS BUT I
KNOW THAT THE BOOKS ARE DEFTLY
VERY ALERT TO THE FACT THAT
THEY HAVE GOT A CHALLENGE IN
FRONT OF THEM.
>> OKAY LET'S GET TO THE NUTS
AND BOLTS.
AND BOLTS. WE HAVE A GRAPHIC TO SHOW WHO
CAN VOTE IN WHICH PRIMARY AND
WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT UP ON
THE SCREEN HERE IN A SECOND.
SO CAN YOU JUST LAID OUT FOR US
ONCE AGAIN SO EVERYBODY IS
CLEAR ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO VOTE IN
CERTAIN PRIMARIES.
CERTAIN PRIMARIES. >> CERTAINLY SO AS WE HAVE
ALREADY HEARD.
ALREADY HEARD. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS A
CLOSED PRIMARY WHICH MEANS THAT
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A
REPUBLICAN ABOUT YOU HAVE TO BE
A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN.
THE UNIQUE PIECE WITH THIS
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IS THAT
ANYBODY CAN CHANGE TO GET THAT
REPUBLICAN PARTY STATUS RIGHT
AT THE POLLS.
SO WHILE THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
WILL BE CLOSED.
ANYONE FUNCTIONALLY CAN WALK
INTO THAT PRIMARY, CHANGE THE
PARTY AFFILIATION TO REPUBLICAN
INCLUDING UNAFFILIATED VOTERS
AND BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. NOW THE DEMOCRATIC AND
CONSTITUTIONAL PRIMARIES THEY
HAVE INVITED UNAFFILIATED
VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
SO WHILE YES A REPUBLICAN CAN
WALK INTO EITHER OF THOSE
PRIMARIES AND AFFILIATES TO
THAT PARTY FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY AND RECEIVE THAT
PARTICULAR BALLOT ON --
UNAFFILIATED VOTERS CAN REQUEST
TO THE BALLOTS OF EITHER AND
STILL WALK OUT UNAFFILIATED.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOES ACTUALLY
MAKE THAT PARTY CHANGE THE
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER IS
THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THREE DAYS
AFTER THE PRIMARY BEFORE WE GET
INTO A DEADLINE DATE FOR PARTY
CHANGE FOR THAT MAY PRIMARY>>
THAT IS A 90 DAY DEADLINE.>>
WHAT IS THE LAST DAY THAT A
CANDIDATE CAN DECLARE AND THAT
IS 13 MARCH.>> FOR THE MAY
PRIMARY WHICH OF 13 MARCH.
THE VOICE OF JUST A COUPLE OF
DAYS THERETO AND THAT IS THE
FINAL DATE CAN THEY -- THEY
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE.
THEY'LL NOT BUILD A CHANGE
PARTIES IN THE MAY PRIMARY AT
THE POLE.
THE POLE.
THE POLE. NOW IN UNAFFILIATED VOTER AS
LONG AS THEY GET TO THAT
UNAFFILIATED DENTIST BY THE
13th AND UNAFFILIATED VOTER AND
THAT MAY PRIMARY WILL STILL BE
ABLE TO GO TO THE POLE AND
SELECT WHICH BALLOTS OR
AFFILIATION TO A PARTICULAR
PARTY AND ALL THAT INFORMATION
TO TRY AND HELP MAP THIS OUT A
LITTLE BIT IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT
IDAHO VOTES.GOV.
IDAHO VOTES.GOV. >> THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT
RESOURCES THERE FOR SURE.>> NOW
LEADING UP TO THIS MARY WHAT IS
THE MOST COMMON QUESTION OR
QUESTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
GETTING AT YOUR OFFICE IS THERE
CONFUSION?
CONFUSION? >> WE TYPICALLY GET A HANDFUL
OF COMMON QUESTIONS AGAIN ALL
THIS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND
ON IDAHO VOTES WE HAVE SOME
VERY SIMPLE TOOLS TO HELP
ANSWER THIS.
ANSWER THIS. THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE
GET OUR AM I REGISTERED TO
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. SO
VOTE. SO TO ADDRESS THAT ONE FIRST IN
IDAHO WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF
BEING ABLE TO REGISTER AT THE
POLLS.
POLLS.
POLLS. YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO
SO BUT IN VERY SIMPLE FORM YOU
NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVE WHERE
YOU LIVE.
YOU LIVE.
YOU LIVE. AND PROVE THAT YOU ARE AN IDAHO
CITIZEN FOR THE REQUIRED AMOUNT
OF TIME AND YOU CAN DO THAT AT
THE POLLS.
THE POLLS. THE SECOND MOST COMMON QUESTION
THAT WE GET IS WHERE DO I VOTE?
SO WE HAVE A PRECINCT LOOKUP
TOOL AS WELL AS ALL THE
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. WE OFTEN WILL GET THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER SOMEONE HAS RECEIVED
THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOT AND AGAIN
THERE IS A LOOKUP FOR THAT ON
IDAHO VOTES THOSE ARE PROBABLY
THE MOST COMMON THREE
QUESTIONS, WHERE DO I VOTE, AND
I REGISTERED, AND IF I VOTED
ABSENTEE HAVE I GOTTEN IT YET?
IT WAS THE OTHER THING WE
TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DAY WAS
NEGATIVE FOR THE PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND OR THEY CAN ONLY
VOTE IN ONE PRIMARY WAS
ABSOLUTELY GET ONE BALLOT A
MATTER WHICH ONE IT IS.>>
DEBBIE HARRY -- DEPUTY
SECRETARY.
SECRETARY. >> CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON THE MARCH
10 POTENTIAL PRIMARY INCLUDING
THE REQUIREMENTS TO VOTE IN THE
REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC OR
CONSTITUTION PARTY PRIMARY AND
LINKS TO THE PARTY WEBSITE AND
IDAHO SECRETARY OF STATE'S
OFFICE.
OFFICE.
OFFICE. THE ONE THAT CHAD WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT IDAHO VOTES.GOV
WE HAVE A LINK THERE.
THAT IS THE PRESENCE OF PRIMARY
VOTER GUIDE AGAIN THE SECRETARY
OF STATES OFFICE SET UP IDAHO
VOTES.GOV.
VOTES.GOV. ALSO IF YOU TEXT THE WORD VOTE
TO 208 321 5614 WE WILL SEND
YOU A LINK TO THE VOTER GUIDE.
THAT IS ALL OF