Elections

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Roughly 20% of Idaho voters went to the polls to decide local elections and ballots measures, including school funding, the foothills levy and key races in Boise and Caldwell.

This coming Tuesday, District 6 residents in Boise will be voting for a new city council member in a race that has garnered a lot of attention. Voters in the North End and northwest will choose between incumbent Jimmy Hallyburton, former council member Lisa Sánchez and newcomer Lynn Bradescu.

“This seems to be as much a referendum on short-term rentals as it is an issue about a recreation center.”

“While everyone may not have a city council race in Boise, there is a really important levy on the ballot for everyone to vote on.”

Election officials say the renovations are meant to show radical transparency to citizens about the entire election process.

After eight years, the Nampa Mayor has announced that her mayoral time has reached its end.

Two men are facing criminal charges for illegally voting in Ada County. Secretary of State Phil McGrane called their cases “isolated incidents."

Nearly every county in Idaho held a consolidated election on Tuesday. More than two dozen Idaho school districts asked voters to approve funding, either through levies or bonds. In total, they added up to nearly a quarter of a billion dollars, with a handful passing across the state.