Here is a link to Shea Anderson’s Boise Weekly article dated 8/21/07:
http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A292912 [...] Idaho GOP Chairman Sullivan’s “Closed Primary Update” memo annoys many and bolsters Grassroots amended complaint.
Lots of action and quite a bit to cover in this update …
First, many have read or heard about Idaho GOP Chair J. Kirk Sullivan’s recent memo about Closed Primaries. (Click here). His tone [...]
From Rod Beck:
This is the official petition calling on J. Kirk Sullivan and the executive committee of the Idaho Republican Party to officially join our lawsuit to protect our constitutional rights of association. Specifically, it only allows registered Republicans to vote in a Republican Primary and therefore participate [...]
From Rod Beck:Â
As I predicted, the state of Idaho has filed a motion to dismiss our suit, along with the affidavit of J. Kirk Sullivan in support of the motion to dismiss.  The court filings from the State of Idaho are posted below on this blog.
Our lawyer is reviewing the documents and [...]
Just a quick update on our suit to close the Idaho Primary elections.
Ben Ysursa has until Friday August 3, 2007 to respond to our suit. As of today we have received no response. However, it seems we might have an indication of the strategy they intend to use. That would [...]
This US Supreme Court decision (2000) is very much on point for the Idaho lawsuit requiring party registration for Republican Primary Elections.Â
(Notice it was the California Democrats who promoted the lawsuit … very interesting!)
By Tony Mauro
Special to the First Amendment Center Online
06.27.00 The [...]
Rep. Marv Hagedorn (R-Meridian) was the lead sponsor of legislation last session that addressed party registration/closed primaries.
Here are some excerpts from Rep. Hagedorn’s blog:
The the Republican Party voting to close their Primary Election process is exactly the same thing the Democrats have done in their national Presidential Primary process, just a few [...]
