Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2016 6:25:14 GMT -6
Souza’s bid to expand local campaign finance reporting killed in Idaho Senate panel
BOISE – Coeur d’Alene Sen. Mary Souza’s attempt to extend campaign finance reporting requirements to all elected offices or ballot measures in Idaho, at all levels of government, was defeated in a Senate committee on Monday.
The bill, which included an emergency clause making it effective immediately if it passed, would have required the new reporting in this year’s elections, including a controversial recall attempt now under way in the state’s largest school district just west of Boise.
It drew opposition from the Idaho School Boards Association and the state’s associations of cities, counties and highway districts, all of whom said there’s no problem now, and the imposition of reporting requirements on tiny government entities would be a paperwork burden and a disincentive for people to run for those unpaid posts.
“We don’t know if there are problems, because there hasn’t been any reporting,” Souza told the Senate State Affairs Committee. “Will it cause some level of inconvenience? Yes it will. But is it worth it to increase voter confidence and participation in our election system? I believe it is.”
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/22/souzas-bid-to-expand-local-campaign-finance-report/
BOISE – Coeur d’Alene Sen. Mary Souza’s attempt to extend campaign finance reporting requirements to all elected offices or ballot measures in Idaho, at all levels of government, was defeated in a Senate committee on Monday.
The bill, which included an emergency clause making it effective immediately if it passed, would have required the new reporting in this year’s elections, including a controversial recall attempt now under way in the state’s largest school district just west of Boise.
It drew opposition from the Idaho School Boards Association and the state’s associations of cities, counties and highway districts, all of whom said there’s no problem now, and the imposition of reporting requirements on tiny government entities would be a paperwork burden and a disincentive for people to run for those unpaid posts.
“We don’t know if there are problems, because there hasn’t been any reporting,” Souza told the Senate State Affairs Committee. “Will it cause some level of inconvenience? Yes it will. But is it worth it to increase voter confidence and participation in our election system? I believe it is.”
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/feb/22/souzas-bid-to-expand-local-campaign-finance-report/