ELECTIONS – Amends existing law to increase the vote threshold for statewide initiative petitions and to remove obsolete language.

Idaho bill H 2 changes the voting requirement for statewide ballot initiatives, raising the approval threshold from a simple majority to 60% of votes cast. This directly affects citizens and organizations collecting signatures for statewide initiative petitions, making it harder to qualify such measures for the ballot. The bill also removes outdated language from election code sections governing initiative voting procedures. It does not alter the 50%+1 threshold for referendums or local initiatives. The amendment takes effect immediately upon passage.