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One ballot measure was certified to appear on the Idaho ballot on November 8, 2016. The measure was approved.

HIGHLIGHTS

The certified measure, HJR 5, addressed allowing the state legislature to review, approve, and reject administrative rules.

Idaho allows citizen initiatives in the form of initiated state statutes and veto referendums. Idaho petition signature requirements are determined by calculating six percent of the registered voters in the state's last general election. In 2016, initiative supporters needed to gather 47,623 valid signatures by April 30, 2016, in order to qualify an initiative measure for the ballot. Signatures needed to be submitted no later than May 1, 2016.

The Idaho Legislature has the power to place constitutional amendments on the ballot when both houses of the legislature approve the amendment by a two-thirds majority vote. Once on the ballot, the amendment must be approved by a simple majority of the electors. The state legislative session ran from January 11, 2016, to March 25, 2016.

The Idaho Secretary of State provided a list of 2016 ballot initiatives that can be viewed here.

Historical facts

See also: History of Initiative & Referendum in Idaho and List of Idaho ballot measures

• From 1996 to 2016, 34 measures have been on the ballot in Idaho.
• Between 1996 and 2016, an average of four measures have appeared on even-numbered election year ballots in Idaho.
• Between 1996 and 2016, 26 of 34, or 76 percent, of Idaho ballot measures have been approved by voters.
• Conversely, eight of 34, or 24 percent, of measures have been defeated.

On the ballot

November 8:

Typ	Titel	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	HJR 5	Legislature	Allow state legislature to review administrative rules	a

Not on ballot

The 2016 regular session of the Idaho State Legislature ended on March 25, 2016. The legislature put one ballot measure on the 2016 ballot. There were also three potential citizen initiatives circulating, but none of them qualified for the ballot.

Legend

= This initiative or referendum failed to reach the ballot and the petition is dead. = This initiative or referendum failed to reach the ballot in 2016, but petitioners could try to qualify the measure for the ballot in the future.

Typ	Titel	Subject	Description	Result
CISS	Constituent Campaign Contributions Initiative	Elections and campaigns	Allows candidates to accept campaign contributions only from their constituents
CISS	Sales Tax Reduction Initiative	Taxes	Decreases the state sales tax
CISS	Campaign Contribution Limit Initiative	Elections and campaigns	Reforms the state's campaign finance laws
CISS	"College, Not Cancer Act"	Tobacco	Increases tobacco tax and uses revenue to fund education
CISS	Medical Marijuana Initiative	Marijuana	Legalizes medical marijuana
CISS	Privatization of Liquor Sales Initiative	Alcohol	Privatizes the state's liquor industry

External links

• Idaho Secretary of State

See also

• 2016 ballot measures
• List of Idaho ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Idaho
• Laws governing the initiative process in Idaho