WEBVTT 00:04.437 --> 00:05.338 >>> WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES. 00:05.338 --> 00:09.242 A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE 2014 PRIMARY BALLOT. 00:09.242 --> 00:12.746 THE IDAHO DEBATES IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT OF THE 00:12.746 --> 00:13.646 IDAHO PRESS CLUB. 00:13.646 --> 00:16.282 THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF IDAHO, AND IDAHO PUBLIC 00:16.282 --> 00:17.550 TELEVISION. 00:17.550 --> 00:20.553 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY BOISE STATE 00:20.553 --> 00:21.621 UNIVERSITY. 00:21.621 --> 00:24.557 COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF 00:24.557 --> 00:27.660 IDAHO FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS. 00:27.660 --> 00:30.730 OFFERING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES IN PUBLIC 00:30.730 --> 00:34.200 ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC POLICY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY AND 00:34.200 --> 00:37.103 REGIONAL PLANNING, ECONOMICS, AND MORE. 00:37.103 --> 00:40.006 THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE ALSO BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR 00:40.006 --> 00:43.109 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION ENDOWMENT. 00:43.109 --> 00:46.413 THANK YOU. 00:46.413 --> 00:49.015 >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES AT THE IDAHO 00:49.015 --> 00:50.917 PUBLIC TELEVISION STUDIOS. 00:50.917 --> 00:53.687 THIS IS THE EIGHTH OF NINE PRIMARY DEBATES WE'RE HOSTING 00:53.687 --> 00:55.755 BEFORE THE MAY 20th PRIMARY. 00:55.755 --> 00:58.625 TONIGHT THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY OF STATE TAKE THE 00:58.625 --> 01:00.527 STAGE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 01:00.527 --> 01:04.597 THE SECRETARY OF STATE ADMINISTERS THE ELECTION LAWS, 01:04.597 --> 01:07.734 COMPILES AND PUBLISHES THE ELECTION CALENDAR, AND CERTIFIES 01:07.734 --> 01:08.001 VOTES. 01:08.001 --> 01:10.804 THE OFFICE ALSO ADMINISTERS THE SUNSHINE LAW FOR CAMPAIGN 01:10.804 --> 01:13.073 FINANCE AND LOBBYIST ACTIVITY DISCLOSURE. 01:13.073 --> 01:16.443 THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALSO HANDLES TRADEMARKS, FINANCING 01:16.443 --> 01:19.245 STATEMENTS, AND OTHER BUSINESS DOCUMENTS AND HAS A SEAT ON THE 01:19.245 --> 01:19.913 LAND BOARD. 01:19.913 --> 01:28.088 I WANT TO WELCOME THE CANDIDATES CANDIDATES. 01:28.088 --> 01:30.023 REPRESENTATIVE LAWERENCE DENNEY HAS SERVED A TOTAL OF 10 TERMS 01:30.023 --> 01:31.658 IN THE IDAHO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 01:31.658 --> 01:34.828 HE HAS SERVED AS ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER, MAJORITY LEADER 01:34.828 --> 01:37.731 AND THREE TERMS AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 01:37.731 --> 01:41.468 PHIL McGRANE HAS SERVED AT CHIEF DEPUTY TO THE COUNTY 01:41.468 --> 01:42.035 CLERK. 01:42.035 --> 01:44.471 HAS A LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER AND WAS A 01:44.471 --> 01:48.008 LAW CLERK FOR THE UNITED STATES ELECTIONS ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 01:48.008 --> 01:50.143 IN WASHINGTON, DC. 01:50.143 --> 01:52.212 SENATOR MITCH TORYANSKI WAS A STATE SENATOR, DEPUTY ATTORNEY 01:52.212 --> 01:54.314 GENERAL, AND A CRIMINAL PROSECUTOR. 01:54.314 --> 01:58.852 HE ALSO SERVED AS INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THE IDAHO NATIONAL 01:58.852 --> 01:59.519 GUARD. 01:59.519 --> 02:01.321 SENATOR EVAN FRASURE SERVED IN THE IDAHO HOUSE OF 02:01.321 --> 02:04.157 REPRESENTATIVES FOR TWO YEARS AND THE IDAHO STATE SENATE FOR 02:04.157 --> 02:04.624 10. 02:04.624 --> 02:08.962 HE WAS COCHAIRMAN FOR THE STATE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION IN 02:08.962 --> 02:09.229 2011. 02:09.229 --> 02:11.998 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PANEL OF REPORTERS WHO WILL ASK THE 02:11.998 --> 02:13.633 CANDIDATES QUESTIONS TONIGHT. 02:13.633 --> 02:16.970 AARON KUNZ IS WITH IDAHO REPORTS, EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS 02:16.970 --> 02:22.609 IS WITH BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO AND SCOTT LOGAN IS WITH KBOI. 02:22.609 --> 02:25.278 I'M MELISSA DAVLIN COHOST OF IDAHO ROTHER. 02:25.278 --> 02:28.281 I'M MODERATING TONIGHT, AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES HOW LONG 02:28.281 --> 02:32.252 THEY'VE BEEN TALKING IS BETSY McBRIDE, VOLUNTEER TIMEKEEPER 02:32.252 --> 02:33.353 FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. 02:33.353 --> 02:37.457 EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE FOR OPENING COMMENTS AND 02:37.457 --> 02:39.626 90 SECONDS TO CLOSE. 02:39.626 --> 02:42.729 WE DREW STRAWS TO SEE WHO GOES FIRST AND REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, 02:42.729 --> 02:43.630 HAVE YOU THAT HONOR. 02:43.630 --> 02:45.098 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. 02:45.098 --> 02:46.032 GOOD EVENING. 02:46.032 --> 02:49.035 I'M LAWERENCE DENNEY, AND I'M RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 02:49.035 --> 02:53.106 I'M A FIFTH GENERATION IDAHOAN, I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY 02:53.106 --> 02:56.276 OF IDAHO WITH A DEGREE IN AG ECONOMICS. 02:56.276 --> 02:58.244 I SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN THE U.S. 02:58.244 --> 03:02.315 ARMY, IN VIETNAM, AND RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR FOR MY SERVICE 03:02.315 --> 03:02.849 THERE. 03:02.849 --> 03:06.252 MY WIFE DONNA AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 41 YEARS. 03:06.252 --> 03:10.256 WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN. 03:10.256 --> 03:13.960 I'VE OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS, WHERE I'VE HAD TO MEET PAYROLL, 03:13.960 --> 03:18.264 SUPERVISE EMPLOYEES, AND DEAL WITH REGULATIONS AND TAXES. 03:18.264 --> 03:22.002 I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, HAVING SERVED FOR 03:22.002 --> 03:27.007 NEARLY 20 YEARS IN THE IDAHO LEGISLATURE, 14 YEARS IN 03:27.007 --> 03:29.175 LEADERSHIP, SIX AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 03:29.175 --> 03:33.546 MY BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE AND PASSION IS IN NATURAL RESOURCES, 03:33.546 --> 03:37.017 KNOWLEDGE THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE INVALUABLE IN MAKING DECISIONS 03:37.017 --> 03:39.185 ON THE LAND BOARD. 03:39.185 --> 03:42.655 AGAIN, MY NAME IS LAWERENCE DENNEY, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. 03:42.655 --> 03:45.125 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McGRANE, YOUR OPENING 03:45.125 --> 03:45.458 COMMENTS. 03:45.458 --> 03:49.029 >> FIRST OF A ALLIED LIKE TO THANK IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION, 03:49.029 --> 03:51.831 BOISE STATE, AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR HAVING US HERE 03:51.831 --> 03:52.198 TONIGHT. 03:52.198 --> 03:53.633 MY NAME IS PHIL McGRANE. 03:53.633 --> 03:56.569 AND I'M RUNNING TO BE IDAHO'S NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE. 03:56.569 --> 03:59.406 THERE ARE FEW TIMES WHEN WE PUT MORE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT THAN 03:59.406 --> 04:03.977 WHEN WE HEAD TO THE POLLS AND WE DROP OUR BALLOT INTO THE BALLOT 04:03.977 --> 04:04.210 BOX. 04:04.210 --> 04:07.247 WE TRUST THAT OUR VOTES WILL COUNT AND OUR VOICES WILL BE 04:07.247 --> 04:07.614 HEARD. 04:07.614 --> 04:10.583 AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PEOPLE WHO OVERSEE THE SYSTEM 04:10.583 --> 04:12.986 THAT WE PUT SO MUCH FAITH IN IT. 04:12.986 --> 04:16.056 IT'S PEOPLE LIKE SECRETARY OF STATE BEN YSURSA WHO FOR THE 04:16.056 --> 04:19.526 PAST 40 YEARS HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO ENSURING THE INTEGRITY 04:19.526 --> 04:21.428 OF THIS SYSTEM. 04:21.428 --> 04:23.630 I KNOW BEN AND I'VE LEARNED FROM BEN. 04:23.630 --> 04:27.167 AND I'M HONORED TO SAY BEN IS SUPPORTING ME IN THIS RACE. 04:27.167 --> 04:30.270 MY CAREER IN ELECTIONS BEGAN IN 2005. 04:30.270 --> 04:34.107 I WAS RECRUITING COWORKERS, FINDING POLLING LOCATION AND 04:34.107 --> 04:37.177 COUNTING BALLOTS WHEN WE WERE STILL USING THE PUNCH CARD. 04:37.177 --> 04:40.914 I'VE GONE ON TO EARN MY LAW DEGREE AND WORK MY WAY UP TO A 04:40.914 --> 04:45.185 POSITION WHERE I OVERSEE ALL ASPECTS OF ELECTIONS IN ADA 04:45.185 --> 04:46.019 COUNTY AND DO MUCH MORE. 04:46.019 --> 04:48.188 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT AND TO 04:48.188 --> 04:51.091 ULTIMATELY ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE. 04:51.091 --> 04:52.192 AGAIN, MY NAME IS PHIL McGRANE. 04:52.192 --> 04:52.559 THANK YOU. 04:52.559 --> 04:52.926 >> ALL RIGHT. 04:52.926 --> 04:54.361 THANK YOU. 04:54.361 --> 04:56.296 SENATOR, YOUR OPENING COMMENTS. 04:56.296 --> 04:57.764 >> HELLO, I'M MITCH TORYANSKI. 04:57.764 --> 05:00.600 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, I'VE TRAVELED TO EVERY 05:00.600 --> 05:04.137 CORNER OF IDAHO, TALKING WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT 05:04.137 --> 05:06.039 THE SECRETARY OF STATE PROVIDES. 05:06.039 --> 05:08.942 AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THEM BETTER. 05:08.942 --> 05:12.412 CUSTOMERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE INCLUDE LAWYERS, 05:12.412 --> 05:16.049 ACCOUNTANTS, CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE, CITIZENS AND BUSINESS. 05:16.049 --> 05:19.886 AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS, THEY WANT THE OFFICE MODERNIZED. 05:19.886 --> 05:23.156 THEY KNOW IT'S BEEN UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT FOR DECADES, AND 05:23.156 --> 05:26.893 THEY WANT SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND GIVE IT A FRESH LOOK. 05:26.893 --> 05:32.265 THEY WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS LESS INTERESTED IN DEFENDING THE 05:32.265 --> 05:36.903 PRACTICES OF THE PAST, AND MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING THINGS WORK 05:36.903 --> 05:38.805 BETTER FOR THE FUTURE. 05:38.805 --> 05:41.908 AS SOMEONE IN PRIVATE BUSINESS WHO HAS BROUGHT HIGH-TECH 05:41.908 --> 05:46.179 PRODUCTS TO MARKET, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HELPED THE PRODUCTIVITY 05:46.179 --> 05:49.549 OF THE STATE AS A MEMBER OF THE IDAHO TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY, AS 05:49.549 --> 05:52.619 SOMEONE WHO HAS BUILT STATE BUDGETS AND CARRIED THEM TO 05:52.619 --> 05:55.388 PASSAGE, I HAVE THE SKILLS TO GET THIS DONE. 05:55.388 --> 05:58.391 BRINGING THE OFFICE INTO THE 21st CENTURY IS WHAT I WANT TO 05:58.391 --> 06:01.561 DO FOR YOU AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE. 06:01.561 --> 06:03.029 >> THANK YOU. 06:03.029 --> 06:06.599 AND SENATOR FRASURE. 06:06.599 --> 06:08.034 >> THANK YOU. 06:08.034 --> 06:11.471 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE HAS FOUR ROLES. 06:11.471 --> 06:12.605 WE -- WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT 06:12.605 --> 06:12.872 ELECTIONS. 06:12.872 --> 06:16.876 I'VE GOT 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING ELECTION LAW, ALPHA 06:16.876 --> 06:17.143 SETS. 06:17.143 --> 06:20.246 BEING A CANDIDATE TO HELPING GET A LOT OF FOLKS ELECTED, TO 06:20.246 --> 06:23.249 ACTUALLY CHALLENGE CAN VOTES, AND DOING THE REAL GRUNT WORK AS 06:23.249 --> 06:24.851 FAR AS ELECTIONS ARE CONCERNED. 06:24.851 --> 06:27.721 YOU GET INTO THE LAND BOARD, THAT'S THE BIG ONE. 06:27.721 --> 06:31.891 LAST YEAR WE MADE 48 MILLION FOR THE CITIZEN EXPIS WANT TO 06:31.891 --> 06:33.326 COMPLEMENT THE MEMBERS OF THE LAND BOARD. 06:33.326 --> 06:36.996 I THINK CE WESTBOUND MORE A-- WE CAN BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN 06:36.996 --> 06:40.900 THAT AREA, AND CHALLENGE TO GET CONTROL OF MORE LAND THAT COULD 06:40.900 --> 06:42.702 GREATLY ENHANCE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 06:42.702 --> 06:45.905 AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE THIRD ROLE, WHICH IS ONE THAT WASN'T 06:45.905 --> 06:48.441 MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS ALSO 06:48.441 --> 06:49.642 THE CIVICS INSTRUCTOR. 06:49.642 --> 06:52.345 IF YOU GO TO THE HOME PAGE YOU'LL SEE THAT PAGE AVAILABLE 06:52.345 --> 06:53.713 THERE FOR YOU. 06:53.713 --> 06:58.318 THE LAST 12 YEARS I'M A TEACHER, I TEACH OUT OF CENTURY HIGH IN 06:58.318 --> 07:03.757 POKPOCATELLO, IDAHO. 07:03.757 --> 07:08.595 I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE. 07:08.595 --> 07:11.464 THE BUSINESS OFFICE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS TIME GOES ON. 07:11.464 --> 07:13.466 EVAN FRASURE, I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT. 07:13.466 --> 07:18.238 >> THE FIRST QUESTION GOES TO SENATOR TORYANSKI. 07:18.238 --> 07:21.041 >> SENATOR, AS YOU KNOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE OVERSEES THE 07:21.041 --> 07:22.876 ELECTION PROCESS HERE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 07:22.876 --> 07:26.146 HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH LOOKING AT THE ELECTION RESULTS 07:26.146 --> 07:28.615 AND BEING ABLE TO SPOT PROBLEMS? 07:28.615 --> 07:31.785 THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WILL GO TO ALL FOUR CANDIDATES. 07:31.785 --> 07:35.689 >> WELL, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE. 07:35.689 --> 07:38.591 I SERVED AS COUNSEL TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND IN THAT 07:38.591 --> 07:41.895 ROLE WHEN THERE WAS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM, WHEN SOMETHING HAD TO 07:41.895 --> 07:45.598 BE WORKED THROUGH THAT WAS UNCOMMON, THE SECRETARY OF STATE 07:45.598 --> 07:46.366 CALLED ME. 07:46.366 --> 07:50.537 AND I HELP HIM LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINE A 07:50.537 --> 07:50.904 SOLUTION. 07:50.904 --> 07:53.106 I ALSO HELPED ON ELECTION RECOUNTS. 07:53.106 --> 07:57.610 I ORDERED BALLOTS TO BE IMPOUNDED, TRANSPORTED, SECURED. 07:57.610 --> 08:01.047 AND THEN I OVERSAW RECOUNTS. 08:01.047 --> 08:04.184 ADDITIONALLY WHEN THERE WAS CONTESTS, FOR INSTANCE WHEN 08:04.184 --> 08:07.020 FRAUD WAS ALLEGED, I BECAME INVOLVED IN THAT TOO. 08:07.020 --> 08:08.755 SO I -- AS COUNSEL OF THE SECRETARY OF 08:08.755 --> 08:13.126 STATE I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS. 08:13.126 --> 08:13.560 >> MR. McGRANE. 08:13.560 --> 08:15.028 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 08:15.028 --> 08:16.863 MY BACKGROUND IS IN ELECTIONS. 08:16.863 --> 08:18.465 IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. 08:18.465 --> 08:21.234 COUNTING BALLOTS AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 08:21.234 --> 08:24.137 I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION 08:24.137 --> 08:27.774 DATABASE AND THE INTRICACIES OF THAT AND BEING ABLE TO SPOT 08:27.774 --> 08:28.608 CHALLENGES IN ELECTIONS. 08:28.608 --> 08:31.945 OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE FACE IS NOT FRAUD, IT'S JUST ERROR. 08:31.945 --> 08:35.315 AND BEING ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ROOT OUT THOSE 08:35.315 --> 08:38.518 ERRORS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST INTEGRITY IN OUR SYSTEM IS 08:38.518 --> 08:39.319 SO IMPORTANT. 08:39.319 --> 08:42.789 SO I THINK EXPERIENCE WORKING FROM THE GROUND UP IN ELECTIONS 08:42.789 --> 08:46.326 REALLY HELPS PREPARE FOR ME FOR THAT ROLE. 08:46.326 --> 08:46.960 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 08:46.960 --> 08:48.962 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 08:48.962 --> 08:52.265 IN 2008, THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF SAME-DAY REGISTRANTS 08:52.265 --> 08:53.700 NEAR ADA COUNTY THERE. 08:53.700 --> 08:55.435 WERE OVER 40,000. 08:55.435 --> 08:59.105 AND I THOUGHT WHEN I CAME BACK TO BOISE THAT WE SHOULD LOOK 08:59.105 --> 09:01.841 INTO IF -- TO SEE IF ALL OF THOSE WERE 09:01.841 --> 09:03.276 LEGITIMATE REGISTRATIONS. 09:03.276 --> 09:08.548 SO WE REQUESTED A LIST OF THE SAME-DAY REGISTRANTS IN ADA 09:08.548 --> 09:08.815 COUNTY. 09:08.815 --> 09:13.586 THIS WAS IN JANUARY OF 2009, AND IT TOOK UNTIL THE END OF MARCH 09:13.586 --> 09:14.854 BEFORE I GOT THAT LIST. 09:14.854 --> 09:17.123 FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE ELECTION. 09:17.123 --> 09:19.059 FOR ME, THAT WAS A PROBLEM. 09:19.059 --> 09:23.329 WHEN YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU CAN INSTANTLY CHECK A VOTER'S 09:23.329 --> 09:26.032 REGISTRATION AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, WHY 09:26.032 --> 09:27.200 DID IT TAKE FIVE MONTHS? 09:27.200 --> 09:30.670 AND I THINK THIS IS ONE MUCH THOSE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO 09:30.670 --> 09:33.673 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT SO THE PEOPLE HAVE 09:33.673 --> 09:35.775 THE CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION. 09:35.775 --> 09:40.313 WE DID SUBSEQUENTLY CHECK OUT SOME OF THOSE REGISTRATIONS, AND 09:40.313 --> 09:45.051 THE FIRST FILE THAT POPPED UP ON MY COMPUTER WAS A LIST CALLED A 09:45.051 --> 09:45.785 GO-BACK LIST. 09:45.785 --> 09:49.356 A GO-BACK LIST WAS THOSE REGISTRATIONS THAT HAD NOT BEEN 09:49.356 --> 09:53.493 FILLED OUT COMPLETELY, OR THEY HAD FORGOT TO SIGN THEM OR SOME 09:53.493 --> 09:58.264 OTHER THING, AND SO TECHNICALLY THEY WERE NOT REGISTERED. 09:58.264 --> 10:00.433 THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A BALLOT AT ALL. 10:00.433 --> 10:04.170 AND I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT, WE NEED TO REALIZE THE 10:04.170 --> 10:08.608 PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ELECTIONS. 10:08.608 --> 10:11.111 >> SENATOR FRASURE. 10:11.111 --> 10:13.079 >> I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, I REALLY DO. 10:13.079 --> 10:17.183 MY BACKGROUND GOES BACK SOME 38 YEARS IN ELECTION LAWS. 10:17.183 --> 10:20.453 THE FIRST RACE I WAS INVOLVED IN, UNTIL THE FINAL TWO 10:20.453 --> 10:24.824 PRECINCTS CAME IN I WAS ALMOST ELECTED AT THE GRAND OLD AGE OF 10:24.824 --> 10:25.025 27. 10:25.025 --> 10:28.728 WE QUESTIONED THOSE BALLOTS, WE RAN ANOTHER ELECTION LATER ON I 10:28.728 --> 10:33.466 LOST BY 23 VOTES. 10:33.466 --> 10:35.201 LONG STORY SHORT, EVERY VOTE DOES COUNT. 10:35.201 --> 10:38.672 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO ARE PROPERLY REGISTERED DO VOTE. 10:38.672 --> 10:42.575 THE REALITY IS THE COUNTY CLERKS THAT COUNT THE BALLOTS, THEY ARE 10:42.575 --> 10:45.111 OUR EXPERTS, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL 10:45.111 --> 10:46.746 RESPONSIBILITY TO COUNT THOSE BALLOTS. 10:46.746 --> 10:48.682 AS SECRETARY OF STATE WE DON'T COUNT BALLOTS. 10:48.682 --> 10:51.685 WE COME IN IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WE'LL ENFORCE THE NATURE OF 10:51.685 --> 10:56.923 THE ELECTIONS, AND IF I COME IN I'LL BE DRAGGING WITH ME THE 10:56.923 --> 11:00.894 LEGAL COUNSEL THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED FROM THE 11:00.894 --> 11:04.330 A.G.'S OFFICE, BUT THE REALITY IS THE CLERKS HAVE THAT 11:04.330 --> 11:04.798 RESPONSIBILITY. 11:04.798 --> 11:08.335 ONCE THEY'VE BEEN CANVASSED THOSE BALLOTS END UP, WE 11:08.335 --> 11:10.537 OFFICIALLY CERTIFY THE ELECTIONS, WE ONLY HAVE A 11:10.537 --> 11:12.272 HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ON ELECTIONS ITSELF. 11:12.272 --> 11:13.873 IT'S THE CLERKS. 11:13.873 --> 11:17.711 AND FOR THAT REASON I DIDN'T ACCEPT ANY ENDORSEMENTS FROM ANY 11:17.711 --> 11:18.011 CLERKS. 11:18.011 --> 11:20.747 I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FOLKS, THEY 11:20.747 --> 11:22.382 ARE THE REFEREES. 11:22.382 --> 11:25.285 IT'S LIKE HAVING A BASKETBALL TEAM OUT THERE AND YOU GOT THE 11:25.285 --> 11:28.088 FIVE GUYS PLAYING, REFEREES ON ONE SIDE, IT'S A PROBLEM. 11:28.088 --> 11:32.092 THEY NEED TO STAY OUT OF PARTISAN ELECTIONS, CLERKS DO. 11:32.092 --> 11:35.462 AND I APPRECIATE THE HANDFUL THAT WANTED TO STEP FORWARD AND 11:35.462 --> 11:38.131 SUPPORT ME BUT I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE, BECAUSE THOSE 11:38.131 --> 11:40.033 FOLKS ARE IN FACT THE NEUTRAL JUDGES FOR ELECTIONS. 11:40.033 --> 11:42.836 >> WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, SENATOR FRASURE. 11:42.836 --> 11:45.105 IT WILL GO TO ALL FOUR OF YOU AS WELL. 11:45.105 --> 11:48.408 >> OUR CURRENT SECRETARY OF STATE HAS CHALLENGED POLITICAL 11:48.408 --> 11:50.944 ACTION PARTIES AND HIS REPUBLICAN PARTY OVER ISSUES HE 11:50.944 --> 11:52.012 THOUGHT MAY ABPROBLEM. 11:52.012 --> 11:55.048 HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU WITH CHALLENGING YOUR OWN PARTY? 11:55.048 --> 11:56.149 >> I HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING THAT. 11:56.149 --> 11:58.418 IF YOU LOOK AT MY SUNSHINE REPORT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S NOT 11:58.418 --> 12:03.523 A LOT OF SPECIAL INTEREST OR PACs INVOLVED. 12:03.523 --> 12:04.257 THERE'S A REASON. 12:04.257 --> 12:07.327 LY WAS A STATE SENATOR, I CHALLENGED THEM, I PUT IN PLACE 12:07.327 --> 12:08.795 SOME OF THE REFORMS WE HAVE. 12:08.795 --> 12:13.166 THE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IN IDAHO WAS 12:13.166 --> 12:15.802 LEGISLATION I CARRIED IN BOISE. 12:15.802 --> 12:20.373 WHEN IT GETS INTO THE WHOLE SHIEWRKS I'VE HELPED SPONSOR 12:20.373 --> 12:23.176 CIVIL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, ONE DEALING WITH 12:23.176 --> 12:24.444 REAPPORTIONMENT. 12:24.444 --> 12:27.013 I HAVE NO PROBLEMS CHALLENGING -- 12:27.013 --> 12:30.650 WHEN I ACTUALLY GOT THOSE LIMITS IN, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 12:30.650 --> 12:33.286 SUPPORTED ME HEAVILY. 12:33.286 --> 12:37.924 AND THEY CAME IN TO KILL THE BILL BECAUSE THEY WOULD GIVE ME 12:37.924 --> 12:39.826 LITERALLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET REELECTED. 12:39.826 --> 12:41.294 I THINK THAT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. 12:41.294 --> 12:42.662 >> TIME TO MOVE ON. 12:42.662 --> 12:44.731 SENATOR TORYANSKI, YOUR RESPONSE? 12:44.731 --> 12:48.735 >> I'M VERY COMFORTABLE DOING MY DUTY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, AND 12:48.735 --> 12:49.669 UNDER LAW. 12:49.669 --> 12:52.472 AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE LEGISLATURE WAS ONE OF MY 12:52.472 --> 12:52.939 CLIENTS. 12:52.939 --> 12:57.210 AND I SERVED DEMOCRATS, I SERVED REPUBLICANS, WITH THE SAME HIGH 12:57.210 --> 13:00.246 QUALITY OF SERVICE, WITH TOTAL FAIRNESS TO BOTH. 13:00.246 --> 13:03.083 I THINK WHEN DUTY REQUIRES YOU TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. 13:03.083 --> 13:07.220 I JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT SENATOR FRASURE SAID 13:07.220 --> 13:08.888 ABOUT THE CLERKS. 13:08.888 --> 13:14.060 THE CLERKS ARE THE ELECTIONS OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY, AND 13:14.060 --> 13:17.964 UNFORTUNATELY MR. McGRANE PUT THEM IN A VERY BAD POSITION. 13:17.964 --> 13:21.901 HE PERSUADED THEM TO USE THEIR POSITION AND THEIR TITLE TO 13:21.901 --> 13:23.269 BOLSTER HIS CAMPAIGN. 13:23.269 --> 13:28.274 AND THE IRONIC THING S. AT THE SAME TIME HE DID THAT, HE TOLD 13:28.274 --> 13:31.511 EVERYBODY THAT THE CLERKS JUST ARE LIKE UMPIRES, THEY CALL THE 13:31.511 --> 13:32.245 BALLS AND STRIKES. 13:32.245 --> 13:34.614 AND THEY'RE NOT TO TAKE SIDES IN ELECTIONS. 13:34.614 --> 13:40.120 SO HERE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MR. FRASURE SAID, WHERE 13:40.120 --> 13:43.623 PHIL SAYS ONE THING, BUT WHEN IT BENEFITS HIM HE DOES ANOTHER. 13:43.623 --> 13:46.092 AND THAT BOTHERS ME. 13:46.092 --> 13:49.095 >> MR. McGRANE, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME RIGHT 13:49.095 --> 13:50.830 NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR SHORT RESPONSE. 13:50.830 --> 13:54.200 IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL AS ANSWER THE QUESTION. 13:54.200 --> 13:54.634 >> ABSOLUTELY. 13:54.634 --> 13:57.570 I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BEN 13:57.570 --> 13:59.873 YSURSA AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CLERKS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 13:59.873 --> 14:03.243 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS RACE, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE 14:03.243 --> 14:05.211 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND THE ROLE IT SERVES. 14:05.211 --> 14:07.981 FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE SAME TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO 14:07.981 --> 14:11.518 HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'VE COME TO RELY UPON THIS 14:11.518 --> 14:11.785 OFFICE. 14:11.785 --> 14:14.254 SO IT'S THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK MOST CLOSELY WITH THE SECRETARY 14:14.254 --> 14:18.858 OF STATE'S OFFICE BEN YSURSA KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE 14:18.858 --> 14:20.060 WHAT THE JOB ENTAILS. 14:20.060 --> 14:21.695 THE CLERKS KNOW EVEN BETTER. 14:21.695 --> 14:24.731 THEY WORK SO CLOSELY, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF HOW THE 14:24.731 --> 14:27.067 CLERKS AND SECRETARY OF STATE WORK TOGETHER. 14:27.067 --> 14:28.802 THERE ISN'T A HAMMER TO BRING DOWN. 14:28.802 --> 14:32.005 NO ONE HAS EVER HAD A HAMMER BROUGHT DOWN ON THEM AS A CLERK. 14:32.005 --> 14:34.708 I'M VERY PROUD OF THE SUPPORT THAT I HAVE FROM THE CLERKS 14:34.708 --> 14:36.109 BECAUSE I'VE WORKED WITH THEM. 14:36.109 --> 14:39.346 WE WORK THROUGH TROUBLES ON ELECTIONS, WE WORK THROUGH OTHER 14:39.346 --> 14:41.181 ISSUES AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT. 14:41.181 --> 14:44.017 OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, PEOPLE RELY UPON 14:44.017 --> 14:46.886 THEIR CLERKS AND TRUST THEM IN THIS PROCESS, AND I THINK WHEN 14:46.886 --> 14:49.656 LOOKING AT WHO'S QUALITYL QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE, THOSE 14:49.656 --> 14:51.658 GUYS HAVE A GREAT VOICE IN THIS PROCESS. 14:51.658 --> 14:54.394 SO I'M HONORED TO HAVE THEM. 14:54.394 --> 14:55.662 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, YOUR RESPONSE. 14:55.662 --> 14:56.096 >> THANK YOU. 14:56.096 --> 15:00.600 I TOO AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH -- 15:00.600 --> 15:02.769 BECAUSE WE CONSTRAINED BY THE IDAHO CODE. 15:02.769 --> 15:07.407 THE IDAHO CODE TELLS US HOW TO RUN THE ELECTIONS, THE IDAHO 15:07.407 --> 15:11.778 CODE TELLS US ABOUT THE SUNSHINE DISCLOSURES AND THE LOBBYIST 15:11.778 --> 15:14.581 REPORTS AND THE REST. 15:14.581 --> 15:17.617 TO BE PARTISAN IN THAT, I THINK IS BREAKING THE LAW. 15:17.617 --> 15:21.888 AND I THINK THAT I'M VERY COMFORTABLE FOLLOWING THE CODE, 15:21.888 --> 15:25.358 FOLLOWING THE LAW, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 15:25.358 --> 15:25.992 >> ALL RIGHT. 15:25.992 --> 15:26.693 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 15:26.693 --> 15:31.531 THIS NEXT QUESTION IS DIRECTED AT MR. McGRANE FROM EMILY 15:31.531 --> 15:31.998 RITTER SAUNDERS. 15:31.998 --> 15:35.602 >> THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS ONE PERSON WHO IS SUPPOSED TO 15:35.602 --> 15:38.338 PROTECT THE VOTING PROCESS IN IDAHO. 15:38.338 --> 15:43.276 AS YOU KNOW IDAHO'S REPUBLICAN PARTY RECENTLY CLOSED ITS 15:43.276 --> 15:46.746 PRIMARY, REQUIRING A DECLARATION OF PARTY AFFILIATION. 15:46.746 --> 15:49.883 DO YOU THINK THAT HURTS THE VOTING PROCESS, DOES IT LIMIT 15:49.883 --> 15:50.116 ACCESS? 15:50.116 --> 15:51.651 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 15:51.651 --> 15:54.521 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DEDICATED MY CAREER TO MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR 15:54.521 --> 15:57.457 PEOPLE TO VOTE, I WANT TO SEE AS MANY PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE. 15:57.457 --> 16:00.393 I HOPE THAT THE VIEWERS TONIGHT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY VOTE 16:00.393 --> 16:01.127 NEXT TUESDAY. 16:01.127 --> 16:03.229 AND AS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, I WOULD LIKE 16:03.229 --> 16:04.764 TO SEE OUR PRIMARY OPEN. 16:04.764 --> 16:07.233 I THINK HAVING MORE PARTICIPATION, THE REPUBLICAN 16:07.233 --> 16:10.303 PARTY IS A BIG TENT AND I AGREE WITH RONALD REAGAN AND GOVERNOR 16:10.303 --> 16:13.073 BAT THAT THIS IS AN OPEN LARGE PARTY AND WE NEED MORE 16:13.073 --> 16:14.307 PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS. 16:14.307 --> 16:17.310 AND SO AS SECRETARY OF STATE MY ROLE WOULD BE TO ENFORCE THE 16:17.310 --> 16:17.610 LAW. 16:17.610 --> 16:20.246 AND AS THE WAY THE LAW STAND, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE 16:20.246 --> 16:23.049 REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A RIGHT TO CLOSE THEIR PRIMARY UNDER THE 16:23.049 --> 16:24.884 FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. 16:24.884 --> 16:26.786 AND I WILL ENFORCE THE LAW THAT WAY. 16:26.786 --> 16:30.623 BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE PARTY, I WILL TRY TO FIGHT TO OPEN UP THE 16:30.623 --> 16:33.326 PROCESS TO AS MANY VOTERS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK HAVING 16:33.326 --> 16:36.996 MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED IS BETTER FOR OUR REPUBLIC. 16:36.996 --> 16:38.331 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, SAME QUESTION. 16:38.331 --> 16:39.899 >> THANK YOU. 16:39.899 --> 16:42.369 I TOO SUPPORT THE CLOSED PRIMARY. 16:42.369 --> 16:45.705 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE OF IDAHO IS 16:45.705 --> 16:48.274 RUNNING THIS, THIS IS NOT AN ELECTION. 16:48.274 --> 16:50.643 IT IS A NOMINATION PROCESS. 16:50.643 --> 16:54.914 AND I THINK THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE THE 16:54.914 --> 16:57.717 ONES TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN CANDIDATES. 16:57.717 --> 17:01.121 EVEN THOUGH WE -- THE ONLY THING WE REQUIRE IS 17:01.121 --> 17:04.557 THAT THEY CERTIFY OR THAT THEY SIGN UP TO BE A REPUBLICAN 17:04.557 --> 17:07.060 BEFORE THEY CAN VOIGHT IN OUR PRIME -- 17:07.060 --> 17:08.661 VOTE IN OUR PRIMARY. 17:08.661 --> 17:09.496 >> SENATOR FRASURE. 17:09.496 --> 17:11.765 >> KEEP IN MIND, EVEN IN THE CLOSE PRIMARY SITUATION, RIGHT 17:11.765 --> 17:16.503 NOW YOU STILL HAVE OVER 90% OF IDAHOANS THAT CAN VOTE IN A 17:16.503 --> 17:19.039 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, AND I HOPE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. 17:19.039 --> 17:22.842 SO A WEEK FROM TUESDAY IF YOU'RE AN UNAFFILIATED VOTER YOU CAN GO 17:22.842 --> 17:26.212 IN AND ON THE SPOT CHANGE YOUR REGISTRATION AND VOTE IN THE 17:26.212 --> 17:26.980 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. 17:26.980 --> 17:28.148 THAT'S THE LAW. 17:28.148 --> 17:31.518 AND SO IT'S STILL OPEN TO 90% OF THE PEOPLE IF THEY CHOOSE TO 17:31.518 --> 17:34.721 VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. 17:34.721 --> 17:38.425 BUT THAT'S WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS PUT IN PLACE AND I 17:38.425 --> 17:39.159 APPLAUD THAT. 17:39.159 --> 17:43.963 SO PEOPLE STILL CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. 17:43.963 --> 17:47.100 PARTIES DO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, THEY CHOSE. 17:47.100 --> 17:50.804 IN '08 THE DEMOCRATS CHOSE TO NOMINATE THEIR CANDIDATE THROUGH 17:50.804 --> 17:52.105 THE CAUCUS SYSTEM. 17:52.105 --> 17:55.342 BARACK OBAMA DEFEATED HILLARY CLINTON, IN THAT PROCESS, HER 17:55.342 --> 17:59.446 NAME WAS ALSO IN THE BALLOT THAT LATER ON, EVEN THOUGH THEY 17:59.446 --> 18:03.049 DECIDED IN THEIR PRIMARY, AGAIN, HILLARY CLINTON DID VERY WELL IN 18:03.049 --> 18:03.750 THE PROCESS. 18:03.750 --> 18:05.752 SO PARTIES HAVE A RIGHT TO DO THAT. 18:05.752 --> 18:09.589 IT IS THE REAL ELECTION IS NOVEMBER, THAT'S THE GENERAL 18:09.589 --> 18:09.856 ELECTION. 18:09.856 --> 18:12.759 THE PARTIES CERTAINLY HAVE THAT, AND I SUPPORT THAT. 18:12.759 --> 18:13.760 >> SENATOR TORYANSKI. 18:13.760 --> 18:17.597 >> IT ABSOLUTELY IS THE RIGHT OF ANY POLITICAL PARTY TO DECIDE 18:17.597 --> 18:20.233 HOW IT'S GOING TO CHOOSE ITS NOMINEES. 18:20.233 --> 18:25.839 AND IT'S THE DUTY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO GIVE THEIR 18:25.839 --> 18:26.306 DECISION EFFECT. 18:26.306 --> 18:30.677 I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT MR. McGRANE SAID ABOUT OPEN 18:30.677 --> 18:30.977 PRIMARIES. 18:30.977 --> 18:34.581 WHAT THAT MEANS IS, A TOTALLY OPEN PRIMARY MEANS THAT EVEN 18:34.581 --> 18:38.318 SOMEBODY AFFILIATED WITH ANOTHER PARTY, FOR INSTANCE, A DEMOCRAT, 18:38.318 --> 18:41.321 SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DEFEAT REPUBLICAN PARTY, SOMEBODY WHO 18:41.321 --> 18:45.525 WANTS TO SEEK ITS DEMISE, MR. McGRANE IS INVITING THEM 18:45.525 --> 18:50.730 TO HELP THE REPUBLICANS CHOOSE THEIR NOMINEES. 18:50.730 --> 18:53.533 LIKE I SAID, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IT'S UP TO THE 18:53.533 --> 18:55.535 REPUBLICAN PARTY TO -- IT'S UP TO THE SECRETARY OF 18:55.535 --> 18:56.636 STATE TO SUPPORT IT. 18:56.636 --> 19:02.842 BUT I WOULD SAY THIS -- AS MR. DENNEY SAID, WE'RE 19:02.842 --> 19:06.012 CHOOSING NOMINEES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION, AND 19:06.012 --> 19:09.816 MR. McGRANE'S POSITION ON THAT IS COMPLETELY 180 DEGREES OUT 19:09.816 --> 19:13.019 FROM WHAT HIS OWN PARTY HAS CHOSEN TO DO. 19:13.019 --> 19:15.922 >> BECAUSE THAT WAS A DIRECT ATTACK ON YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO 19:15.922 --> 19:16.656 RESPOND TO THAT? 19:16.656 --> 19:17.290 >> I WOULD. 19:17.290 --> 19:19.926 IDAHO HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING ABLE TO SELECT OUR PEOPLE. 19:19.926 --> 19:23.196 WHEN YOU LOOK AT IDAHO, THOSE PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH US, 80% OF 19:23.196 --> 19:25.765 THE TIME ARE NOT OUR ENEMIES. 19:25.765 --> 19:28.568 IDAHO HAS CONSERVATIVE VALUES AND AS SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN 19:28.568 --> 19:32.839 IDAHO, RAISED BY IDAHOANS, WITH IDAHO VALUES, I SUPPORT HAVING 19:32.839 --> 19:36.576 CONSERVATIVES BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROCESS. 19:36.576 --> 19:40.080 AS EVAN ALLUDED TO THERE ARE 60% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION 19:40.080 --> 19:41.881 UNAFFILIATED AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS ELECTION. 19:41.881 --> 19:44.784 I THINK AS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO OVERSEE THE ELECTIONS PROCESS, 19:44.784 --> 19:48.321 WE NEED TO HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AS POSSIBLE. 19:48.321 --> 19:51.224 OUR REPUBLIC IS STRONGER BY HAVING PEOPLE ENGAGED. 19:51.224 --> 19:54.527 >> THIS NEXT QUESTION IS FOR REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY FROM SCOTT 19:54.527 --> 19:54.994 LOGAN. 19:54.994 --> 19:56.496 >> GOOD EVENING CANDIDATES. 19:56.496 --> 20:00.233 REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, AS HE'S PREPARING TO LEAVE THE OFFICE 20:00.233 --> 20:04.270 YOU'RE SEEKING, SECRETARY OF STATE BEN YSURSA SAYS HE'S VERY 20:04.270 --> 20:06.906 DISCOURAGED BY THE DECREASE IN VOTER TURNOUT. 20:06.906 --> 20:11.177 SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT IN OUR STATE? 20:11.177 --> 20:14.114 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE CAN DO TO 20:14.114 --> 20:15.115 INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT. 20:15.115 --> 20:17.751 NUMBER ONE IS BY EDUCATING OUROUTS. 20:17.751 --> 20:20.553 I THINK OUR YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE, AND CERTAINLY WE NEED TO 20:20.553 --> 20:26.893 MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INFORMED AND THAT THEY DO VOTE. 20:26.893 --> 20:30.130 WE'RE TURNING THIS COUNTRY OVER TO THE YOUTH, AND WE NEED TO 20:30.130 --> 20:35.568 MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INFORMED MUCH THE THINGS THAT WE ARE 20:35.568 --> 20:36.102 DOING. 20:36.102 --> 20:39.039 AND SO THEY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE. 20:39.039 --> 20:43.376 SO I THINK THE WAY WE -- THE WAY THAT WE GET A HIGHER 20:43.376 --> 20:46.680 VOTER PARTICIPATION IS TO START WITH THEM YOUNG, AND CONTINUE 20:46.680 --> 20:47.414 RIGHT THROUGH. 20:47.414 --> 20:51.117 SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR. 20:51.117 --> 20:51.651 >> SENATOR FRASURE. 20:51.651 --> 20:53.153 >> THANK YOU. 20:53.153 --> 20:54.754 I AM A CIVICS TEACHER. 20:54.754 --> 20:56.690 THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR 12 YEARS. 20:56.690 --> 20:57.791 I'M PROUD OF THAT. 20:57.791 --> 21:00.060 I TEACH GOVERNMENT OUT AT CENTURY HIGH. 21:00.060 --> 21:02.429 MY KIDS, THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT GOVERNMENT. 21:02.429 --> 21:07.267 I DO MOCK LEGISLATURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY USE THE REAL BILLS THE 21:07.267 --> 21:10.070 LEGISLATURE USES, THEY COME OUT OF IT UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF 21:10.070 --> 21:10.637 A LAWMAKER. 21:10.637 --> 21:12.739 BECAUSE OF IT, VERY HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE. 21:12.739 --> 21:18.278 AND ONE OF MY SUPPORTERS, A STUDENT, HE IS NOW THE STUDENT 21:18.278 --> 21:21.514 BODY PRESIDENT OF IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND I'M PROUD TO 21:21.514 --> 21:23.083 HAVE HIS SUPPORT, AND THEY'RE EXCITED. 21:23.083 --> 21:25.919 MOST OF MY KIDS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN POLITICS. 21:25.919 --> 21:32.359 SEVERAL ARE NOW STUDENT CENTERS AT THE COLLEGE. 21:32.359 --> 21:36.529 WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, I'VE 21:36.529 --> 21:40.667 GOT -- I THINK WE WILL DO IN-SERVICE 21:40.667 --> 21:43.103 TEACHER-TO-TEACHER, TEACHING THOSE CONCEPTS TO BOLSTER -- 21:43.103 --> 21:47.040 IT ISN'T JUST ME GETTING AN 85% TURNOUT, BUT WE ACTUALLY GO OUT 21:47.040 --> 21:50.276 TO STATEWIDE, TEACHING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND 21:50.276 --> 21:50.677 RESPONSIBILITIES. 21:50.677 --> 21:54.014 AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL EMPHASIZE, THAT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY UNIQUE 21:54.014 --> 21:54.948 I BRING TO THE TABLE. 21:54.948 --> 21:59.686 I KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, AND WE CAN HAVE INSTEAD OF VERY LOW 21:59.686 --> 22:02.055 PARTICIPATION WE HAVE NOW, THEY SHOULD BE LEADING THE 22:02.055 --> 22:02.522 PARTICIPATION RATE. 22:02.522 --> 22:04.257 THAT IS THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. 22:04.257 --> 22:07.961 WE NEED TO DO A LOT BETTER JOB OF ENCOURAGING AND SO FAR THAT 22:07.961 --> 22:12.065 HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST 25 YEARS IN THE SECRETARY OF 22:12.065 --> 22:13.099 STATE'S OFFICE. 22:13.099 --> 22:14.067 >> SENATOR TORYANSKI. 22:14.067 --> 22:16.336 >> I'M FOR ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION, THERE'S NO REASON 22:16.336 --> 22:18.738 WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT SAFELY. 22:18.738 --> 22:21.241 GET MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MORE LIKELY 22:21.241 --> 22:23.276 TO VOTE. 22:23.276 --> 22:26.546 ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CROP OF POLL WORKERS 22:26.546 --> 22:27.914 THAT ARE LEAVING US. 22:27.914 --> 22:31.885 THEY'VE SERVED FOR MANY YEARS, IN SOME CASES DECADES, AND 22:31.885 --> 22:36.556 THEY'RE LEAVING US NOW AND I THINK WE SHOULD GROW A NEW CROP, 22:36.556 --> 22:39.626 SPECIFICALLY SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL. 22:39.626 --> 22:40.927 AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. 22:40.927 --> 22:47.534 RECRUIT THEM, AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO REGISTER, TO VOTE. 22:47.534 --> 22:50.537 ONCE YOU TAKE THAT FIRST STEP, THE REST IS EASIER. 22:50.537 --> 22:54.841 AND I THINK THAT WILL BOOST PARTICIPATION. 22:54.841 --> 22:55.308 >> MR. McGRANE. 22:55.308 --> 22:58.511 >> FIRST, I'LL AGREE WITH MANY HERE THAT I THINK HAVING YOUNG 22:58.511 --> 23:00.347 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS IS A GREAT THING. 23:00.347 --> 23:02.982 BUT I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY WITH 23:02.982 --> 23:03.316 TECHNOLOGY. 23:03.316 --> 23:06.252 MAKING IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE AND MORE SECURE 23:06.252 --> 23:08.788 AT THE SAME TIME ENABLES US TO MOVE FORWARD. 23:08.788 --> 23:09.789 AND WE'RE DOING THAT. 23:09.789 --> 23:11.991 I THINK HAVING AN ADVOCATE IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE 23:11.991 --> 23:14.694 WHO IS WILLING TO OVERSEE THE PROCESS AND ENCOURAGE 23:14.694 --> 23:16.529 PARTICIPATION IS A GREAT THING. 23:16.529 --> 23:19.899 AS CHIEF DEPUTY IN ADA COUNTY I'VE ADVANCED EFFORTS TO MAKE 23:19.899 --> 23:22.168 VOTING EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHILE INCREASING SECURITY. 23:22.168 --> 23:26.873 A GREAT EXAMPLE IS RIGHT NOW IN TWIN FALLS COUNTY AND ADA COUNTY 23:26.873 --> 23:29.442 AND BONNEVILLE COUNTY YOU CAN GO TO YOUR EARLY VOTING 23:29.442 --> 23:32.278 REGISTRATION AND THEY'LL BE PRINTING YOUR BALLOT ONLINE. 23:32.278 --> 23:34.881 THAT SAVINGS DOLLARS, MAKES IT EASE EXPWRER MAKES PARTICIPATION 23:34.881 --> 23:37.817 AS WE MOVE TECHNOLOGY FORWARD, MORE AVAILABLE. 23:37.817 --> 23:40.120 AND AS SECRETARY OF STATE I WOULD BE DEAD INDICATED TO 23:40.120 --> 23:41.521 FINDING NEW AVENUES. 23:41.521 --> 23:43.823 MITCH MENTIONED OUR INCREASING POLL WORKERS. 23:43.823 --> 23:47.193 WE HAVE A GREAT CADRE OF POLL WORKERS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS 23:47.193 --> 23:48.094 TURNING OVER. 23:48.094 --> 23:50.830 THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF MY CAREER WAS SPENT RECRUITING AND 23:50.830 --> 23:52.032 TRAINING POLL WORKERS. 23:52.032 --> 23:55.835 IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE WHEN THEY RETIRE GET ENGAGED IN 23:55.835 --> 23:58.872 THE PROCESS AND BE WILLING TO SPEND A DAY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE 23:58.872 --> 23:59.873 THE RIGHT TO VOTE. 23:59.873 --> 24:02.042 I CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. 24:02.042 --> 24:05.245 >> WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP FROM SCOTT LOGAN. 24:05.245 --> 24:07.781 THIS IS DIRECTED AT MR. McGRANE. 24:07.781 --> 24:11.418 >> TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE -- SENATOR RAND PAUL SAID THE 24:11.418 --> 24:15.155 REPUBLICAN PARTY IS OFFENDING PEOPLE WITH ALL ITS VOTER 24:15.155 --> 24:17.590 IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, SPECIFICALLY OF PHOTO I.D. 24:17.590 --> 24:21.895 HE SAYS THE GOP IS GOING CRAZY, THAT'S HIS WORDS, AND HE SAYS 24:21.895 --> 24:23.730 THE GOP'S ALIENATING PEOPLE. 24:23.730 --> 24:26.433 DO YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO WHAT HE'S SAYING AND DO YOU 24:26.433 --> 24:29.869 THINK THERE'S A BALANCE THAT MUST BE STRUCK ON VOTER 24:29.869 --> 24:30.270 IDENTIFICATION? 24:30.270 --> 24:31.171 WHAT IS THE BALANCE? 24:31.171 --> 24:32.872 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SCOTT. 24:32.872 --> 24:34.708 IT'S GREAT. 24:34.708 --> 24:36.743 SENATOR RAND PAUL IS GOING TO BE JOINING US HERE IN THE STATE OF 24:36.743 --> 24:39.913 IDAHO THIS SUMMER, AND I AGREE WITH HIM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR 24:39.913 --> 24:43.283 OPEN AND CLOSED PRIMARY, WE TALK ABOUT OTHER PROCESSES, BEING 24:43.283 --> 24:45.352 ABLE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN TRUST IN THE PROCESS IS 24:45.352 --> 24:45.652 IMPORTANT. 24:45.652 --> 24:48.455 WHEN WE LOOK AT ISSUES LIKE VOTER I.D., VOTER I.D. FOR 24:48.455 --> 24:51.758 SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE ELECTIONS PROFESSION, IS JUST A 24:51.758 --> 24:53.660 SUPERFICIAL EFFORT IN TERMS OF PROTECTING IT. 24:53.660 --> 24:54.828 WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS. 24:54.828 --> 24:57.197 OUR VOTER I.D. LAWS WORK IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 24:57.197 --> 24:59.232 BUT THE REAL SECURITY IS BEHIND THE SCENES. 24:59.232 --> 25:02.068 IT'S IN OUR STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE. 25:02.068 --> 25:04.404 WHEN SOMEONE REGISTERS IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, MOST VOTERS 25:04.404 --> 25:07.407 DON'T REALIZE THAT WE CHECK AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR 25:07.407 --> 25:07.774 VEHICLES. 25:07.774 --> 25:10.510 WE CHECK AGAINST THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. 25:10.510 --> 25:12.979 WE CHECK AGAINST VITAL STATISTICS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 25:12.979 --> 25:13.580 CORRECTIONS. 25:13.580 --> 25:16.583 WE VERIFY THAT YOU ARE WHO YOU SAY ARE YOU AND THAT YOUR RIGHTS 25:16.583 --> 25:18.151 TO VOTE ARE INSTILLED. 25:18.151 --> 25:20.520 IT'S THROUGH THAT SYSTEM WE PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE. 25:20.520 --> 25:23.857 A GREAT EXAMPLE IS IN MARCH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A LEVY ELECTION 25:23.857 --> 25:27.627 HERE IN ADA COUNTY, SOMEONE VOTED IN MOUNTAIN HOME, DROVE TO 25:27.627 --> 25:29.896 BOISE, REGISTERED, AND VOTED HERE IN BOISE. 25:29.896 --> 25:33.099 OUR SYSTEM IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT IT ON THE BACK END AND WE WERE ABLE 25:33.099 --> 25:35.702 TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, TURN IT OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 25:35.702 --> 25:37.971 AND PURSUE PROSECUTION. 25:37.971 --> 25:40.507 THAT'S WHAT KEEPS VOTER FRAUD LOW IN THE STATE OF IDAHO AND 25:40.507 --> 25:43.610 I'M DEDICATED TO CONTINUING THE GOOD WORK TO PROTECT OUR STATE 25:43.610 --> 25:44.744 AND OUR VOTING PROCESS. 25:44.744 --> 25:45.812 >> THANK YOU. 25:45.812 --> 25:47.447 REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 25:47.447 --> 25:49.182 >> THANK YOU. 25:49.182 --> 25:52.352 IN A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, THE VOTE IS THE KEY TO THE 25:52.352 --> 25:52.886 ENTIRE THING. 25:52.886 --> 25:56.022 AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S -- 25:56.022 --> 25:58.858 I DISAGREE WITH SENATOR PAUL, I THINK -- 25:58.858 --> 26:01.861 I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO MUCH TO ASK SOMEBODY TO SHOW THEIR I.D. 26:01.861 --> 26:03.496 BEFORE THEY GET A BALLOT. 26:03.496 --> 26:08.968 I THINK THAT JUST GIVES US ALL A MORE OF A SENSE OF SECURITY THAT 26:08.968 --> 26:13.506 THE ELECTIONS ARE BEING -- ARE FAIR AND HONEST AND THAT 26:13.506 --> 26:16.776 PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE VOTING OR ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE, AND THOSE 26:16.776 --> 26:19.946 WHO SHOULD NOT BE VOTING ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE. 26:19.946 --> 26:23.049 >> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR YOU, REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 26:23.049 --> 26:26.953 HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE NEED TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT AND 26:26.953 --> 26:31.424 ACCESS WITH THAT REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE SHOW THEIR I.D.? 26:31.424 --> 26:36.162 >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S HARD FOR SOMEONE TO SHOW THEIR 26:36.162 --> 26:36.429 I.D. 26:36.429 --> 26:40.700 MOST EVERYONE HAS AN I.D. AND HERE IN IDAHO, WE GO ONE STEP 26:40.700 --> 26:43.269 FURTHER IN THEY DON'T HAVE A PHOTO I.D., THEY CAN ACTUALLY 26:43.269 --> 26:46.873 SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT SAYING THAT THEY ARE WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE, 26:46.873 --> 26:50.276 AND CONS QEBTLY THEY CAN VOTE WITHOUT A PHOTO I.D. 26:50.276 --> 26:54.614 BUT I THINK THAT -- I DON'T THINK SHOWING A PHOTO 26:54.614 --> 26:58.852 I.D. IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY DECREASES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 26:58.852 --> 27:00.854 WHO ARE LEGALLY VOTING. 27:00.854 --> 27:03.456 >> REPRESENTATIVE, DOESN'T THAT AFFIDAVIT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE 27:03.456 --> 27:05.291 THEN OF REQUIRING A PHOTO I.D.? 27:05.291 --> 27:08.962 IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE YOU CAN VOTE ANYWAY, JUST, I AM WHO I 27:08.962 --> 27:10.497 SAY I AM AND I'LL VOTE? 27:10.497 --> 27:13.566 >> IT DOTS, BUT THE COURTS HAVEN'T OVERTURNED THAT, AND I 27:13.566 --> 27:15.969 HAVE OVERTURNED A STRAIGHT PHOTO I.D. 27:15.969 --> 27:17.704 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 27:17.704 --> 27:18.838 SENATOR FRASURE. 27:18.838 --> 27:20.774 >> I'D LOVE TO GET AN EXCHANGE. 27:20.774 --> 27:23.510 I LIKE THE IDEA OF VOTER I.D. 27:23.510 --> 27:25.879 I'M GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO GO A DIFFERENT 27:25.879 --> 27:26.146 DIRECTION. 27:26.146 --> 27:30.884 WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 27:30.884 --> 27:34.054 SIMPLY -- WE'VE HAD THIS WHOLE MANTRA OF, 27:34.054 --> 27:36.523 MAKE IT EASIER TO VOTE AND TO REGISTER. 27:36.523 --> 27:38.591 AND SOMEHOW THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE OUR ILLS. 27:38.591 --> 27:42.529 AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS BETTER EDUCATION TO VOTERS TO 27:42.529 --> 27:44.164 UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, WHAT THEY'RE 27:44.164 --> 27:45.732 DOING WHEN THEY CAST THAT BALLOT. 27:45.732 --> 27:49.903 JUST TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT TO SAY, SOMEHOW IT'S 27:49.903 --> 27:53.640 GOING TO HELP US, PERHAPS WE SHOULD SAY, MAKE IT A 27:53.640 --> 27:54.007 REQUIREMENT. 27:54.007 --> 27:57.077 THAT'S THE OTHER EXTREME. 27:57.077 --> 28:02.482 VERY CANDIDATELY, IF THEY'RE SO RELUCTANT TO GET REGISTERED TO 28:02.482 --> 28:05.852 VOTE TO FORCE THEM TO SOMEHOW VOTE IN THIS PROCESS, DOES NOT 28:05.852 --> 28:09.589 INCREASE WHAT I THINK IS THE PROPER OLD GOVERNMENT. 28:09.589 --> 28:13.493 I WANT WELL EDUCATED VOTERS, AND WE DO A LOT BETTER JOB 28:13.493 --> 28:16.029 EXPLAINING THE REASON WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE AND THEY WILL COME 28:16.029 --> 28:16.296 OUT. 28:16.296 --> 28:19.399 LOOK AT YOUR -- WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE 28:19.399 --> 28:19.599 WORLD. 28:19.599 --> 28:23.236 IN FORMER CAMANOIST COUNTRIES, WHEN THOSE FOLKS GET A RIGHT TO 28:23.236 --> 28:26.973 VOTE, WHAT HAPPENED IN IRAQ, THEY PUT THAT INK UP THERE AND 28:26.973 --> 28:30.310 THEY'RE EXCITED BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE VOTE DOES FOR 28:30.310 --> 28:30.510 THEM. 28:30.510 --> 28:32.312 I THINK THAT HURTS THE PROCESS. 28:32.312 --> 28:34.314 >> SAME QUESTION FOR SENATOR TORYANSKI. 28:34.314 --> 28:38.785 >> VOTER I.D. IS VERY REASONABLE REQUIREMENT. 28:38.785 --> 28:40.787 THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO WANT IT. 28:40.787 --> 28:43.957 YOU HAVE TO SHOW AN I.D. TO GET ON AN AIRPLANE, YOU HAVE TO SHOW 28:43.957 --> 28:47.427 AN I.D. TO PICK UP A PIECE OF FURNITURE. 28:47.427 --> 28:51.965 SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BALANCE, THOUGH, MAKING VOTING EASIER, 28:51.965 --> 28:54.334 AND SECURING THE VOTE. 28:54.334 --> 28:58.271 AND WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING WAYS TO MAKE VOTING EASY FOR THE HONEST, 28:58.271 --> 29:01.675 BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT DARN NEAR IMPOTS FOR THE DISHONEST. 29:01.675 --> 29:04.577 >> WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FROM EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS AND 29:04.577 --> 29:08.048 I'D LIKE TO YOU KEEP YOUR ANSWERS BRIEF. 29:08.048 --> 29:10.050 SENATOR TORYANSKI, YOU'LL BE ANSWERING FIRST. 29:10.050 --> 29:13.853 >> AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WAYS TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT, 29:13.853 --> 29:17.924 I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS VOTING BY MAIL, AND PEOPLE CAN ALREADY 29:17.924 --> 29:20.493 REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL IF THEY CHOOSE. 29:20.493 --> 29:22.662 DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH EXPANDING THAT TO GET MORE 29:22.662 --> 29:25.865 PEOPLE TO VOTE? 29:25.865 --> 29:28.335 >> VOTING BY MAIL IS NOT ACTUALLY AN EXPANSION. 29:28.335 --> 29:30.303 IT'S A RESTRICTION. 29:30.303 --> 29:31.971 BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY IS VOTING BY MAIL. 29:31.971 --> 29:37.610 AND THEY HAVE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEIR COUNTY CLERK. 29:37.610 --> 29:41.781 AND THEN WHETHER THEIR BALLOT GETS DELIVERED TO THEM AND 29:41.781 --> 29:45.418 WHETHER IT GETS COUNTED IS DEPENDENT ON THE POSTAL SERVICE. 29:45.418 --> 29:47.620 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A BALANCED SYSTEM. 29:47.620 --> 29:52.058 WE HAVE A NO EXCUSE ABSENTEE SYSTEM SO YOU CAN VOTE BY MAIL, 29:52.058 --> 29:53.893 BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE POLLS. 29:53.893 --> 29:57.430 AND YOU CAN ENJOY THE ASSISTANCE THAT YOU GET THERE, IF YOU MESS 29:57.430 --> 30:00.000 UP A BALLOT YOU CAN GET ANOTHER ONE. 30:00.000 --> 30:01.334 YOU CAN GET HELP. 30:01.334 --> 30:04.437 SO I THINK WE HAVE A VERY BALANCED SYSTEM AND WE SHOULDN'T 30:04.437 --> 30:06.339 GO TO ALL MAIL VOTING. 30:06.339 --> 30:07.374 >> MR. McGRANE. 30:07.374 --> 30:09.009 >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 30:09.009 --> 30:11.344 I THINK IN IDAHO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM. 30:11.344 --> 30:14.014 THERE'S SOMETHING CIVIC ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE POLLS TO 30:14.014 --> 30:16.649 VOTE IN THE VOTING BOOTH AND DROP YOUR BALLOT INTO THE BOX. 30:16.649 --> 30:21.121 AND THE BALANCE WE HAVE, ABOUT 75% OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 30:21.121 --> 30:22.722 VOTE ON THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. 30:22.722 --> 30:23.556 I SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. 30:23.556 --> 30:26.659 I THINK HAVING THE ABSENTEE VOTE PROCESS AND HAVING EARLY VOTING, 30:26.659 --> 30:30.897 AS WE LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS, IT'S EARLY VOTING I 30:30.897 --> 30:32.999 THINK OFFERS THE BEST ALTERNATIVES. 30:32.999 --> 30:35.568 BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST SECURE PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT INTO 30:35.568 --> 30:38.838 THE STATE DATABASE, BUT ALSO IT PROVIDES CONVENIENCE WHERE THE 30:38.838 --> 30:41.307 SAME PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES CAN GO TO ONE 30:41.307 --> 30:42.575 LOCATION AND EASILY VOTE. 30:42.575 --> 30:45.311 AND I SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE 30:45.311 --> 30:46.212 PARTICIPATION. 30:46.212 --> 30:47.380 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 30:47.380 --> 30:51.651 >> THANK YOU, AND I AM OPPOSED TO GOING TO A VOTE BY MAIL 30:51.651 --> 30:52.218 SYSTEM TOTALLY. 30:52.218 --> 30:54.587 AND I AM FOR TWO REASONS. 30:54.587 --> 30:56.222 NUMBER ONE IS SECURITY. 30:56.222 --> 30:59.225 AND ONCE THE BALLOT IS PUT IN THE MAIL, WE CAN NO LONGER 30:59.225 --> 31:01.895 GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF THE BALLOT AS I SEE IT. 31:01.895 --> 31:05.699 AND THE SECOND REASON, OUR CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES US A 31:05.699 --> 31:06.599 SECRET BALLOT. 31:06.599 --> 31:11.805 HOW CAN WE GUARANTEE SECRECY ONCE THAT BALLOT IS PUT IN THE 31:11.805 --> 31:13.106 MAIL? 31:13.106 --> 31:19.646 I THINK THE ABSENTEE SYSTEM AND THE EARLY VOTING IS A GOOD WAY 31:19.646 --> 31:25.352 TO GET THAT VOTER PARTICIPATION UP. 31:25.352 --> 31:29.923 HOWEVER, IN THOSE CASES I THINK THAT LIABILITY OF THE SECRET 31:29.923 --> 31:32.892 BALLOT AND THE SECURITY IS ASSUMED BY THE VOTER RATHER THAN 31:32.892 --> 31:34.260 BY THE STATE. 31:34.260 --> 31:36.029 >> THANK YOU. 31:36.029 --> 31:36.996 SENATOR FRASURE. 31:36.996 --> 31:39.632 >> I'M GOING TO GO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON YOU HERE. 31:39.632 --> 31:44.371 THAT IS, YOU GIVE THEM THE RIGHT REASON TO VOTE, THEY'LL SHOW UP. 31:44.371 --> 31:46.940 WE'VE BEEN ON THIS TREND FOR 30 YEARS, WE'VE WATCHED THE 31:46.940 --> 31:50.310 PARTICIPATION RATE DROP FOR 30 YEARS AS WE'VE MADE IT EASIER 31:50.310 --> 31:52.912 AND EASIER. 31:52.912 --> 31:55.648 LET'S SPOON FEED THEM, VOLT AT THE GROCERY STORE. 31:55.648 --> 31:58.418 SIGN AND VOTE HERE AT THE GROCERY STORE. 31:58.418 --> 32:00.787 WE KEEP GOING THAT DIRECTION, AND I WANT INFORMED VOTERS. 32:00.787 --> 32:05.525 I THINK IT TAKES EFFORT TO GET OFF YOUR BACKSIDE AND GO VOTE ON 32:05.525 --> 32:06.159 ELECTION DAY. 32:06.159 --> 32:09.496 I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. 32:09.496 --> 32:13.333 WE WANT WELL EDUCATED VOTERS, AND IF THEY HAVE THE MOTIVATION, 32:13.333 --> 32:14.334 THEY WILL BE THERE. 32:14.334 --> 32:17.737 THE CONCEPT THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT BY MAKING 32:17.737 --> 32:20.073 IT EASIER AND EASIER HAS NOT WORKED. 32:20.073 --> 32:22.909 YOU HAVE NO PROOF OF THAT IN IDAHO. 32:22.909 --> 32:25.612 TAKE A LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES AS THEY'VE GONE DOWN IN THE LAST 32:25.612 --> 32:26.279 30 YEARS. 32:26.279 --> 32:32.085 SO I THINK YOU MOTIVATE THEM, TEACH THEM PROPER PRINCIPLE AND 32:32.085 --> 32:34.354 YOU'LL SEAT HIGHER TURNOUTS. 32:34.354 --> 32:35.255 >> ALL RIGHT. 32:35.255 --> 32:38.925 NEXT QUESTION IS FROM AARON KUNZ AND IT'S DIRECTED AT 32:38.925 --> 32:40.260 REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 32:40.260 --> 32:43.363 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, YOU'VE BEEN A HIGH-PROFILE MEMBER OF 32:43.363 --> 32:44.531 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 32:44.531 --> 32:46.366 EVEN SERVING AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 32:46.366 --> 32:49.102 DURING THAT TIME I'M SURE YOU MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS, BUT YOU 32:49.102 --> 32:51.037 PROBABLY MAIDEN NEWS ALONG THE WAY. 32:51.037 --> 32:53.106 HOW DO YOU PUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND ALL THAT 32:53.106 --> 32:56.743 BAGGAGE ON THE SIDELINES AND ACT AS AN IMG PARTIAL REFEREE AS 32:56.743 --> 32:58.144 SECRETARY OF STATE? 32:58.144 --> 33:03.850 >> YOU KNOW, AARON, I THINK THE MEDIA HAS PAINTED ME TO BE THE 33:03.850 --> 33:06.419 PERSON THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED THERE. 33:06.419 --> 33:10.690 CERTAINLY I THINK IF YOU WOULD VISIT WITH MOST ANY OF THE 33:10.690 --> 33:13.993 LEGISLATORS THAT I HAVE SERVED WITH, THEY WILL PAINT A LITTLE 33:13.993 --> 33:14.994 BIT DIFFERENT PICTURE. 33:14.994 --> 33:19.165 I THINK I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAIR AND HONEST IN MY DEALINGS FOR 33:19.165 --> 33:21.901 THE MOST PART WITH EVERYONE. 33:21.901 --> 33:26.606 IT IS A POSITION WHERE YOU DO MAKE ENEMIES, YOU DO MAKE 33:26.606 --> 33:26.873 FRIENDS. 33:26.873 --> 33:33.813 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY -- THE WAY I HAVE ALWAYS OPERATED 33:33.813 --> 33:37.350 IS TO BE FAIR AND HONEST AND I THINK EVEN THE MINORITY PARTY 33:37.350 --> 33:40.653 WILL TELL YOU THAT IN MY DEALINGS WITH THEM, I WAS ALWAYS 33:40.653 --> 33:42.822 FAIR AND HONEST WITH THEM. 33:42.822 --> 33:45.525 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS TO SENATOR FRASURE. 33:45.525 --> 33:49.562 >> SENATOR FRASURE, YOU HAVE BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN MENOPAUSE OF 33:49.562 --> 33:53.033 THE GOP PARTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, FIERCELY DEFENDED 33:53.033 --> 33:56.469 REPUBLICAN POSITIONS, YOU'VE EVEN BEEN CALLED A PARTISAN 33:56.469 --> 33:57.137 MISCHIEF MAKER. 33:57.137 --> 34:00.140 WHY SHOULD THE VOTERS HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IN YOU THAT YOU 34:00.140 --> 34:02.976 WON'T DOT SAME AS SECRETARY OF STATE? 34:02.976 --> 34:06.046 >> I FIND THAT FASCINATING. 34:06.046 --> 34:08.515 A CHEAP SHOT, CANDIDLY. 34:08.515 --> 34:11.885 I DID SERVE IN THE LEGISLATURE 12 YEARS AGO, AND I CERTAINLY 34:11.885 --> 34:14.421 HAVE THE BATTLE SCARS TO PROVE IT. 34:14.421 --> 34:17.791 AND I PROVED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATOR. 34:17.791 --> 34:19.693 IF YOU'LL CHECK THAT RECORD. 34:19.693 --> 34:23.430 ONCE I LEFT THE LEGISLATURE, I HAVE BEEN ASKED, I WAS ASKED BY 34:23.430 --> 34:26.266 THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO COCHAIR THE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION. 34:26.266 --> 34:30.103 I HELPED CREATE THAT COMMISSION, TO BE FAIR TO BOTH SIDES. 34:30.103 --> 34:32.005 YOU HAVE THREE DEMOCRATS, THREE REPUBLICANS. 34:32.005 --> 34:36.710 PERHAPS IT HASN'T WORKED AS WELL AS WE'D LIKED BUT IT SHOWS GREAT 34:36.710 --> 34:39.179 DEFERENCE TO THE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE IT IS ROUNDED AND FAIR. 34:39.179 --> 34:42.916 I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SERVE ON THE STATE PERSONNEL COMMISSION. 34:42.916 --> 34:45.018 THAT'S A GUBERNATORIAL EMPLOYMENT, HI TO BE CONFIRMED 34:45.018 --> 34:47.654 BY THE SENATE AND I CERTAINLY WENT THROUGH THE QUESTIONS 34:47.654 --> 34:50.824 THERE, BECAUSE YOU WANT A FAIR REFEREE WHEN IT COMES TO STATE 34:50.824 --> 34:53.360 EMPLOYEES IN THEIR FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO -- 34:53.360 --> 34:55.762 WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP A JOB IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. 34:55.762 --> 35:00.200 THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF ME. 35:00.200 --> 35:02.502 THE -- THE LEGISLATURE CHOSE ME IN THE 35:02.502 --> 35:05.705 SENATE TO GO OVER AND REPRESENT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT CALF 35:05.705 --> 35:07.607 BUILDING WAS PROPERLY BUILT. 35:07.607 --> 35:09.509 FOR EVERYBODY, FOR THE CITIZENS OF IDAHO. 35:09.509 --> 35:12.612 MY RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF WHEN IT COMES THROUGH BEING VERY FAIR 35:12.612 --> 35:14.047 AND OPEN WITH EVERYBODY. 35:14.047 --> 35:19.419 AND SO TO SAY I'M JUST -- YES, I GOT 12 YEARS AS AN 35:19.419 --> 35:19.886 EFFECTIVE LEGISLATOR. 35:19.886 --> 35:21.521 I GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE. 35:21.521 --> 35:22.956 BUT SOMEHOW THAT EXCLUDED US. 35:22.956 --> 35:27.627 I LOOK AT PETE, HE WAS A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BEFORE HE WAS 35:27.627 --> 35:28.695 APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE. 35:28.695 --> 35:31.164 IT IS A PARTISAN POSITION. 35:31.164 --> 35:34.601 AND YOU WANT TO BE AS FAIR AS YOU, BUT IT'S NOT A NEUTRAL 35:34.601 --> 35:34.901 POSITION. 35:34.901 --> 35:39.339 >> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT QUESTION GOES TO SENATOR TORYANSKI. 35:39.339 --> 35:44.010 >> BASICALLY THE SAME QUESTION, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN FAIRLY 35:44.010 --> 35:49.649 OVERSEE THE JOB AS SECRETARY OF STATE EVEN AS A REPUBLICAN? 35:49.649 --> 35:53.553 >> SO IF I WAS A KARATE COULD AND IF I'M A REPUBLICAN I 35:53.553 --> 35:53.887 COULDN'T. 35:53.887 --> 35:54.654 YES, OF COURSE I CAN. 35:54.654 --> 35:59.459 I TALKED ABOUT BEING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 35:59.459 --> 36:01.661 SUPERVISING -- NOT SUPERVISING, BUT PROVIDING 36:01.661 --> 36:04.497 SERVICE FAIRLY TO LEGISLATORS NO MATTER WHAT PARTY THEY'RE IN. 36:04.497 --> 36:10.236 I THINK THE SECRETARY OF STATE CAN ALSO STRIVE TO NOT CREATE 36:10.236 --> 36:14.674 THE APPEARANCE OF PARKIALITY, THAT IS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE 36:14.674 --> 36:18.978 IS OUR STATE'S CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER, CANNOT TAKE SIDES IN 36:18.978 --> 36:19.245 ELECTIONS. 36:19.245 --> 36:22.615 NOT DO ENDORSEMENTS. 36:22.615 --> 36:27.854 IT'S NOT ONLY BEING IMPARTIAL IN THE OFFICIAL EXECUTION OF YOUR 36:27.854 --> 36:33.426 DUTIES, BUT YOU ALSO SHOULD STRIVE TO NOT CREATE THE 36:33.426 --> 36:36.496 APPEARANCE OF PARKIALITY, TO INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IN THE 36:36.496 --> 36:36.730 SYSTEM. 36:36.730 --> 36:43.336 AFTER ALL, SAY THE SECRETARY ENDORSED A CANDIDATE, ANOTHER 36:43.336 --> 36:46.506 CANDIDATE HAS A QUESTION, WANTS TO REPORT SOMETHING. 36:46.506 --> 36:50.710 PERHAPS ABOUT THE CANDIDATE WHO ENDORSED, WHO'S HE GOING TO GO 36:50.710 --> 36:50.910 TO? 36:50.910 --> 36:51.978 HIS HONORARY COCHAIR? 36:51.978 --> 36:54.547 IT MAKES THE WHOLE THING UNCOMFORTABLE. 36:54.547 --> 36:58.485 >> SO WITH THAT IN MIND, SENATOR TORYANSKI, LET'S REFRAME THE 36:58.485 --> 36:58.818 QUESTION. 36:58.818 --> 37:01.221 WOULD YOU STILL BE INTERESTED IN THE JOB AND DO YOU THINK IT 37:01.221 --> 37:05.291 SHOULD BE CHANGED TO A NONPARTISAN POSITION, LIKE A 37:05.291 --> 37:08.595 JUDGESHIP? 37:08.595 --> 37:13.133 >> THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S POSITION WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 37:13.133 --> 37:17.671 ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION AS A PARTISAN POSITION. 37:17.671 --> 37:20.573 I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS IN ALL STATES, BUT THAT'S THE 37:20.573 --> 37:21.608 WAY IT IS HERE. 37:21.608 --> 37:25.945 AND I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE HAS THE RIGHT VALUES, IS DUTY BOUND, 37:25.945 --> 37:29.249 IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PARTY THEY'RE IN. 37:29.249 --> 37:33.353 THEY CAN PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE IN AN IMPARTIAL AND A 37:33.353 --> 37:33.953 FAIR WAY. 37:33.953 --> 37:35.488 AND I CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT. 37:35.488 --> 37:36.056 >> THANK YOU. 37:36.056 --> 37:39.325 THE NEXT QUESTION FOR MR. McGRANE. 37:39.325 --> 37:41.728 >> UNLIKE THESE OTHER THREE CANDIDATES, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 37:41.728 --> 37:45.165 KNOW YOU OUTSIDE THE VALLEY, SO WHY -- 37:45.165 --> 37:48.635 I GUESS REASSURE VOTERS RIGHT NOW WHY SHOULD THEY TRUST YOU 37:48.635 --> 37:52.072 WITHOUT REALLY GETTING TO KNOW YOU TOO MUCH YET? 37:52.072 --> 37:53.807 >> WELL, AARON, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 37:53.807 --> 37:56.543 I'LL SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ME OUTSIDE THE TREASURE VALLEY 37:56.543 --> 37:59.579 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRAVELING THE STATE THE PAST SIX MONTHS 37:59.579 --> 38:01.681 MEETING WITH LOFTS IDAHOANS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 38:01.681 --> 38:05.285 I BELIEVE HERE IN ADA COUNTY, IF YOU ASK VOTERS THEY TRUST THE 38:05.285 --> 38:05.685 THE PROCESS. 38:05.685 --> 38:08.955 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMPARTIALITY AND THE FAIRNESS OF 38:08.955 --> 38:11.758 OUR SYSTEM, IT'S THROUGH BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. 38:11.758 --> 38:13.760 ALLOWING ANYBODY WHETHER IT'S A CANDIDATE, WHETHER IT'S A VOTER, 38:13.760 --> 38:16.296 WHETHER IT'S MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE 38:16.296 --> 38:18.498 PROCESS AND ENSURE THAT IT IS FAIR. 38:18.498 --> 38:21.568 AND WE OPEN AND WE'RE OPEN HERE IN ADA COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE 38:21.568 --> 38:24.137 STATE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO OBSERVE THE PROCESS. 38:24.137 --> 38:26.473 ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'VE ADDED FOR THIS ELECTION WITHIN 38:26.473 --> 38:28.708 OUR COUNTY IS WE'VE ADDED WEBCAMS. 38:28.708 --> 38:31.878 SO VOTERS ON ELECTION NIGHT WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROCESS LIVE, 38:31.878 --> 38:34.714 BE ABLE TO SEE THE BALLOTS BEING TABULATED AND ENSURE THAT THE 38:34.714 --> 38:35.682 PROCESS IS FAIR. 38:35.682 --> 38:38.518 AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SECRETARY OF STATE BEN 38:38.518 --> 38:40.520 YSURSA HAS LED THE STATE N PEOPLE TRUST HIM. 38:40.520 --> 38:43.056 AND IT'S BECAUSE HE'S DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB. 38:43.056 --> 38:46.092 AND YES, HE IS A MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT HE'S BEEN 38:46.092 --> 38:48.528 ABLE TO ENSURE A PROCESS THAT VOTERS IN IDAHO TRUST. 38:48.528 --> 38:51.798 AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY THAT HE'S BUILT TO ENSURE 38:51.798 --> 38:53.800 THAT TRUST CONTINUES WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 38:53.800 --> 38:56.169 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS AND 38:56.169 --> 38:58.905 DIRECT AT SENATOR FRASURE. 38:58.905 --> 39:02.008 >> UNDER IDAHO'S CURRENT SUNSHINE LAW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO 39:02.008 --> 39:05.378 SEE HOW LOBBYIST ARE INFLUENCING LAWMAKERS. 39:05.378 --> 39:09.482 THAT IT'S LAW PLUS A 1990s ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM WHICH 39:09.482 --> 39:12.185 MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY 39:12.185 --> 39:13.386 WRONGDOING HAPPENING. 39:13.386 --> 39:16.289 ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH THE LEVEL OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE IN IDAHO 39:16.289 --> 39:18.658 AND WOULD YOU YOURSELF AS SECRETARY OF STATE LOBBY THE 39:18.658 --> 39:21.594 LEGISLATURE TO MAKE CHANGES IN THAT DISCLOSURE SYSTEM? 39:21.594 --> 39:23.863 >> AND KEEP YOUR ANSWERS BRIEF, PLEASE. 39:23.863 --> 39:26.766 >> I'LL GO WITH YOUR BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT'S OK. 39:26.766 --> 39:27.834 I LOVE THE QUESTION. 39:27.834 --> 39:29.502 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. 39:29.502 --> 39:33.973 YES, WE NEED CHANGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE SUPER 39:33.973 --> 39:34.240 PACS. 39:34.240 --> 39:37.977 WHAT YOU HAVE, THEY'RE MANIPULATING THE SYSTEM QUITE 39:37.977 --> 39:41.681 EFFECTIVELY, ALSO YOU'LL HAVE I'LL CALL IT A MOTHER PAC. 39:41.681 --> 39:43.583 THEY'RE THE BIG ONES. 39:43.583 --> 39:48.054 IT HAS ALL THESE LITTLE BREAKAWAY PACs, AND IT'S ALL 39:48.054 --> 39:49.155 COMING FROM ONE SOURCE. 39:49.155 --> 39:51.725 WHEN I RAN THE STATE SENATE, I NOTICED THAT. 39:51.725 --> 39:55.895 ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TEACHERS' UNION, EVEN THOUGH I'M AN 39:55.895 --> 39:59.532 EDUCATOR, I COME FROM A PRETTY STRONG DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT AND 39:59.532 --> 40:02.702 THEY DID NOT LIKE THE FACT A REPUBLICAN SOLD IN THAT 40:02.702 --> 40:03.003 DISTRICT. 40:03.003 --> 40:07.173 I WATCHED THEM CREATE PAC AFTER PAC AFTER PAC TO GET AROUND THE 40:07.173 --> 40:08.074 THOUSAND DOLLAR LIMIT. 40:08.074 --> 40:11.811 ALL THOSE PACs ARE FUNDED BY ONE SOURCE, THE TEACHERS' UNION. 40:11.811 --> 40:14.447 AND THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. 40:14.447 --> 40:17.650 AND TO SEE IT ON THE REPORTS IS VERY DIFFICULT. 40:17.650 --> 40:20.754 WE NEED TO LINK IT TOGETHER SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THAT MONEY 40:20.754 --> 40:22.455 IS COMING FROM AND HOW IT'S SPENT. 40:22.455 --> 40:24.357 THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE SUNSHINE LAW ORIGINALLY. 40:24.357 --> 40:25.759 AND THEY'RE GETTING AROUND IT. 40:25.759 --> 40:29.462 WE DO NEED TIME PROVE THAT PROCESS TO MAKE IT MORE 40:29.462 --> 40:33.833 TRANSPARENT SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM AND 40:33.833 --> 40:34.768 HOW IT'S SPENT. 40:34.768 --> 40:36.469 >> HOW DO YOU PLAN ON DOING THAT? 40:36.469 --> 40:39.372 >> BY CHANGING THE WAY WE REPORT IT IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 40:39.372 --> 40:40.306 OFFICE. 40:40.306 --> 40:43.376 I'VE BEEN USE CAN THE SAME FORMS, IT'S IN NEED OF AN 40:43.376 --> 40:43.743 UPDATE. 40:43.743 --> 40:46.279 WE CAN CHANGE THE TECHNOLOGY SO YOU CAN LINK IT TOGETHER LIKE 40:46.279 --> 40:48.682 YOU CAN ON ANY OTHER COMPUTER SO YOU CAN PUNCH IT TOGETHER AND 40:48.682 --> 40:51.484 SAY WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR MONEY, LET'S LINK ALL THOSE 40:51.484 --> 40:55.689 SOURCES TOGETHER SO YOU CAN PULL UP A CANDIDATE AND SEE HOW DOES 40:55.689 --> 40:57.590 HE SPEND HIS MONEY IN ONE SHEET. 40:57.590 --> 41:00.226 WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THEIR MONEY? 41:00.226 --> 41:00.794 CLICK, YOU HAVE IT. 41:00.794 --> 41:04.230 WE DON'T HAVE THAT EXTRAS RIGHT NOW. 41:04.230 --> 41:05.498 >> SENATOR TORYANSKI? 41:05.498 --> 41:06.700 >> REAL TIME CONTRIBUTION REPORTING. 41:06.700 --> 41:07.967 THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. 41:07.967 --> 41:12.105 SO WITHIN 24 HOURS ONLINE, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE REPORTED. 41:12.105 --> 41:15.342 THE END OF THE REPORT LAST REPORTING PERIOD WAS 31 41:15.342 --> 41:16.276 DECEMBER. 41:16.276 --> 41:18.445 THE END OF THE LAST ONE WAS TODAY. 41:18.445 --> 41:21.648 SO BETWEEN THE 1st OF THE YEAR AND TODAY, WE'VE HAD NOVICE 41:21.648 --> 41:24.551 BUILT ON WHO'S GIVEN MONEY TO WHO. 41:24.551 --> 41:26.820 AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE VOTED. 41:26.820 --> 41:30.557 VOTERS DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING BEFORE THEY CAST 41:30.557 --> 41:32.559 THEIR VOTE. 41:32.559 --> 41:33.026 >> MR. McGRANE. 41:33.026 --> 41:33.560 >> THANK YOU. 41:33.560 --> 41:36.463 I THINK YOU AND I AGREE WE NEED MORE OPENNESS IN THE PROCESS. 41:36.463 --> 41:39.632 I THINK THE SUNSHINE LAW IS WHAT WE LOOK AT, BEN YSURSA WAS THE 41:39.632 --> 41:42.202 ONE TO ROLL OUT THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS IN THIS STATE. 41:42.202 --> 41:45.038 IT'S THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE'RE AT A TIME OF REVOLUTION WHERE 41:45.038 --> 41:47.574 WE'RE ADDING IN TECHNOLOGY AND MAYBE CAN IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE 41:47.574 --> 41:48.208 TO SEE. 41:48.208 --> 41:50.910 I'M PROUD TO SAY I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CANDIDATES IN IDAHO TO 41:50.910 --> 41:55.215 USE THE ONLINE ELECTION TRON IX FILING SYSTEM TO REPORT MY 41:55.215 --> 41:56.683 CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONTRIBUTION. 41:56.683 --> 41:59.319 AND WHENS WE LOOK AT THE REPORTING I BELIEVE IN 41:59.319 --> 41:59.686 TRANSPARENCY. 41:59.686 --> 42:02.889 THAT'S WHY I FILED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE 42:02.889 --> 42:04.057 ALL COMING UPON FILING. 42:04.057 --> 42:06.526 MANY OF MY OPPONENTS WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE AND MANY 42:06.526 --> 42:07.427 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 42:07.427 --> 42:10.263 BUT BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE THE 42:10.263 --> 42:13.066 OPPORTUNITY TO VANTS FREQUENCY OF REPORTING, BY MAKING IT 42:13.066 --> 42:17.704 EASIER FOR THE FILERS WHICH WILL INCREASE COMPLIANCE AND 42:17.704 --> 42:20.340 ULTIMATELY MAKE THE PROCESS MORE DISPREAPT THAT'S SOMETHING 42:20.340 --> 42:22.809 THROUGH TECHNOLOGY I WOULD TRY TO ADVANCE. 42:22.809 --> 42:23.910 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 42:23.910 --> 42:25.078 >> THANK YOU, MELISSA. 42:25.078 --> 42:31.384 I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO GO TO AN ONLINE SYSTEM WHERE YOU 42:31.384 --> 42:33.553 REPORT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS YOU GET THEM. 42:33.553 --> 42:36.656 MOST OF OUR TREASURERS ARE VOLUNTEERS. 42:36.656 --> 42:42.295 AND CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEVEN REPORTING PERIODS DURING 42:42.295 --> 42:46.733 THE ELECTION YEAR AND SO WITH THOSE REPORTING PERIODS, WE MAY 42:46.733 --> 42:50.537 WANT TO CHANGE THE TIMING OF THOSE, BUT IF YOU SAID ANY 42:50.537 --> 42:53.473 DEADLINE, WE'RE GOING TO BUMP UP AGAINST THAT DEADLINE EVERY 42:53.473 --> 42:53.740 TIME. 42:53.740 --> 42:58.044 I DO AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CHANGE IN THE SUNSHINE LAW. 42:58.044 --> 43:01.414 I SEE WAY TOO MUCH OF THIS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AND 43:01.414 --> 43:05.218 NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING, AND I THINK THE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING 43:05.218 --> 43:08.221 IS SOME OF WHAT IS TURNING OFF THE VOTERS AND ACTUALLY 43:08.221 --> 43:09.723 DEPRESSING THE VOTER TURNOUT. 43:09.723 --> 43:13.426 SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CHANGES. 43:13.426 --> 43:16.596 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE RIGHT NOW. 43:16.596 --> 43:17.263 >> ALL RIGHT. 43:17.263 --> 43:21.901 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM SCOTT LOGAN, MR. McGRANE. 43:21.901 --> 43:25.071 >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND 43:25.071 --> 43:26.639 THE LAND BOARD NOW. 43:26.639 --> 43:32.445 OF COURSE THE LAND BOARD HAS A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO MAXIMIZE 43:32.445 --> 43:35.181 FINANCIAL RETURNS ON PROPERTY OR TIMBER THAT THE STATE BUYS AND 43:35.181 --> 43:38.451 THEN SELLS TO SUPPORT IDAHO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 43:38.451 --> 43:43.757 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU BELIEVE THE STATE SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM 43:43.757 --> 43:46.359 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND INTO NATURAL RESOURCES AS A WAY TO 43:46.359 --> 43:46.993 GET MOORE REVENUE. 43:46.993 --> 43:48.028 IS THAT CORRECT? 43:48.028 --> 43:49.729 >> THAT IS CORRECT, SCOTT. 43:49.729 --> 43:53.366 I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LANDLORD AND THE ROLE IN ITS 43:53.366 --> 43:56.202 INVESTMENTS MY GRANDFATHER WAS AN INVESTOR, AND WE LOOK AT OUR 43:56.202 --> 43:59.673 ROLE IT IS TO MAXIMIZE THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL RETURN FOR 43:59.673 --> 44:00.607 THE BENEFICIARIES. 44:00.607 --> 44:04.511 OVER 85% OF THE MONEY THAT WE BRING IN AS THE LAND BOARD COMES 44:04.511 --> 44:06.946 FROM THE HARVESTING OF TIMBER. 44:06.946 --> 44:10.316 WE HAVE NATURAL RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS WHO STAFF THE 44:10.316 --> 44:13.853 IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LAND, AND WE NEED TO EMPOWER THEM TO DO WHAT 44:13.853 --> 44:14.721 THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS IN DOING. 44:14.721 --> 44:18.425 I THINK BY FOCUSING ON NATURAL RESOURCE AND FOCUSING ON THOSE 44:18.425 --> 44:21.895 RESOURCES THAT WILL SUSTAIN US WELL INTO THE LONG TERM, NOT 44:21.895 --> 44:25.598 JUST FOR THE BEE BENEFICIARIES TOMORROW, BUT 50 YEARS FROM NOW, 44:25.598 --> 44:27.000 THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE. 44:27.000 --> 44:29.803 I THINK WE DO THAT THROUGH STEADY INVESTMENTS THAT GO WELL 44:29.803 --> 44:30.437 INTO THE FUTURE. 44:30.437 --> 44:33.173 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTROVERSY, RIGHT NOW COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 44:33.173 --> 44:36.876 MAKES UP LESS THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO THAT THE LAND 44:36.876 --> 44:38.011 BOARD MANAGES. 44:38.011 --> 44:40.647 FOCUSING ON NATURAL RESOURCES WHERE WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS IS 44:40.647 --> 44:42.382 WHERE WE'RE STRONG AND SOMETHING THAT I FAVOR. 44:42.382 --> 44:46.286 >> CAN YOU MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENT IN NATURAL RESOURCES 44:46.286 --> 44:50.357 WITHOUT COMPETING WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY? 44:50.357 --> 44:50.924 >> MELISSA, NO. 44:50.924 --> 44:53.760 ANYTHING THE LAND ABORTS DOES WILL COMPETE WITH PRIVATE 44:53.760 --> 44:54.127 INDUSTRY. 44:54.127 --> 44:57.030 WHETHER IT'S POTLATCH, WHO IS ALSO HARVESTING TIMBER, WE'RE 44:57.030 --> 44:59.966 JUST VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE LOOK AT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. 44:59.966 --> 45:03.403 I THINK FOCUSING ON NATURAL RESOURCES IS OUR STRENGTH AND 45:03.403 --> 45:04.871 THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT IT. 45:04.871 --> 45:07.507 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, DID YOU HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR 45:07.507 --> 45:08.141 HIM? 45:08.141 --> 45:10.610 >> REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK IDAHO 45:10.610 --> 45:13.046 SHOULD NOT BE COMPETING WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY. 45:13.046 --> 45:14.681 IS THAT CORRECT? 45:14.681 --> 45:16.883 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 45:16.883 --> 45:22.055 I THINK ANY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT HAS TOO GREAT AN ADVANTAGE 45:22.055 --> 45:24.057 BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, GOVERNMENT DOESN'T PAY ANY 45:24.057 --> 45:27.994 PROPERTY TAX, THEY DON'T PAY ANY SALES TAX, OR ANY INCOME TAX. 45:27.994 --> 45:31.698 THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME REGULATIONS THAT 45:31.698 --> 45:34.334 BUSINESS DOES. 45:34.334 --> 45:36.870 WHAT BUSINESS OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR COMPETITOR 45:36.870 --> 45:39.739 THAT KIND OF AN ADVANTAGE? 45:39.739 --> 45:44.377 I AGREE WITH MR. McGRANE THAT WE DO NEED TO MAXIMIZE OUR 45:44.377 --> 45:49.649 RETURNS IN THOSE NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS, BECAUSE OUR 45:49.649 --> 45:53.253 FOUNDERS SAW THE STABILITY IN THOSE NATURAL RESOURCES AND I 45:53.253 --> 45:55.622 THINK THERE'S LESS STABILITY WHEN WE GO TO COMMERCIAL 45:55.622 --> 45:57.724 PROPERTY AS WELL. 45:57.724 --> 46:00.694 >> SENATOR TORYANSKI. 46:00.694 --> 46:05.231 >> IT'S IRONIC THAT LAND BOARD WOULD BE INVESTING IN PRIVATE 46:05.231 --> 46:10.136 BUSINESS, BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE NORMALLY CONSIDERED TOO 46:10.136 --> 46:11.871 SPECULATIVE FOR TRUST. 46:11.871 --> 46:14.974 AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO, THE APPROACH WE NEED TO TAKE IS, 46:14.974 --> 46:20.213 YES, WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE HIGHEST LONG-TERM RETURN, BUT WE 46:20.213 --> 46:23.616 ALWAYS LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR VALUES, WHICH IS WE 46:23.616 --> 46:27.053 LIVE IN A FREE ENTERPRISE SOCIETY, BUSINESSES SHOULD 46:27.053 --> 46:28.321 COMPETE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES. 46:28.321 --> 46:31.324 AND GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE THE ONE TO PICK THE WINNERS AND 46:31.324 --> 46:31.691 LOSERS. 46:31.691 --> 46:37.364 >> SO HOW DO YOU BALANCE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE THAT YOU 46:37.364 --> 46:41.534 MAXIMIZE, THE INVESTMENT WITH THIS IDEA OF ROLE OF GOVERNMENT? 46:41.534 --> 46:44.437 >> WELL, THAT QUESTION WOULD ASSUME THAT INVESTING IN A 46:44.437 --> 46:46.006 BUSINESS WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE. 46:46.006 --> 46:50.010 I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT PRESENT THAT CHOICE, IT'S REALLY A FALSE 46:50.010 --> 46:52.445 CHOICE. 46:52.445 --> 46:56.649 IN THE MILITARY THERE'S A SAYING, MISSION FIRST, MEN 46:56.649 --> 46:56.916 ALWAYS. 46:56.916 --> 46:59.686 YOU GOTTA ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION, BUT YOU LOOK OUT FOR 46:59.686 --> 47:02.122 YOUR MEN AND YOU DON'T DO ONE TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHER. 47:02.122 --> 47:05.492 I THINK THE SAME APPROACH CAN BE TAKEN HERE. 47:05.492 --> 47:10.230 HIGHEST MAXIMUM RETURN, IT'S THE FIRST IS JOB ONE, BUT WE ALWAYS 47:10.230 --> 47:12.198 WANT TO CONSIDER OUR VALUES. 47:12.198 --> 47:14.834 AND KEEP FROM COMPETING WITH BUSINESS. 47:14.834 --> 47:16.069 >> ALL RIGHT. 47:16.069 --> 47:16.603 AND NOR FRASURE. 47:16.603 --> 47:18.138 >> THANK YOU. 47:18.138 --> 47:21.307 AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW ENDOWMENT BOARDS WORK. 47:21.307 --> 47:24.878 TAKE A LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENT BOARD IN PERCY, FOR EXAMPLE. 47:24.878 --> 47:27.514 THEIR RATE OF RETURN IS BETTER THAN DOUBLE THE BEST RATE OF 47:27.514 --> 47:30.617 RETURN THAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE LAND BOARD CURRENTLY. 47:30.617 --> 47:34.054 WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE TURNING LESS THAN A FRACTION OF 47:34.054 --> 47:34.320 1%. 47:34.320 --> 47:35.722 THE BEST RETURNS ARE 6%. 47:35.722 --> 47:40.694 I THINK WE NEED TO REEXAMINE THE WHOLE ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO 47:40.694 --> 47:43.430 CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS MEMBERS OF THE LAND 47:43.430 --> 47:43.630 BOARD. 47:43.630 --> 47:46.900 YES, WE DO HAVE MUCH BETTER JOB MANAGING THE PUBLIC LANDS WE 47:46.900 --> 47:48.735 HAVE, COULD WE DO A BETTER JOB? 47:48.735 --> 47:50.603 I THINK WE COULD, ESPECIALLY IF -- 47:50.603 --> 47:54.007 AND I SUPPORT -- SPEAK -- 47:54.007 --> 47:57.077 THEY MET IN FIVE WESTERN STATES AND SAID WHRARKS WOULD HAPPEN IF 47:57.077 --> 48:01.047 WE ONLY HAVE TWO IN THE -- LESS THAN 2.5 MILLION ACRES OF 48:01.047 --> 48:02.482 PUBLIC LANDS IF WE CONTROL? 48:02.482 --> 48:05.852 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD 10 MILLION ACRES OF LAND? 48:05.852 --> 48:08.221 SO IT ISN'T JUST A SPECK OF PROPERTY. 48:08.221 --> 48:11.024 IF YOU CONSOLIDATED THAT MANAGEMENT AND WE HAVE A TRACK 48:11.024 --> 48:14.127 RECORD OF MANAGING LANDS A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE FEDERAL 48:14.127 --> 48:14.494 GOVERNMENT. 48:14.494 --> 48:17.864 THAT'S THE DIRECTION I'D LIKE TO SEE -- 48:17.864 --> 48:20.233 IF I WOULD BECOME AGGRESSIVE IN THAT AREA. 48:20.233 --> 48:23.303 I HAVE 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN NEGOTIATING ON LAND DEALS. 48:23.303 --> 48:24.304 THAT WAS MY PROFESSION. 48:24.304 --> 48:27.240 AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE TABLE. 48:27.240 --> 48:30.977 WE NEED TO GET CONTROL OF MORE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, WE'RE NOT 48:30.977 --> 48:33.246 CHALLENGING SOME OF THE FEDERAL LANDS, THAT'S AN AREA I THINK WE 48:33.246 --> 48:35.148 HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTMENTS. 48:35.148 --> 48:37.250 >> WE HAVE LESS AN MINUTE LEFT. 48:37.250 --> 48:39.219 YOU HAVE A VERY BRIEF FOLLOW-UP? 48:39.219 --> 48:39.619 >> SURE. 48:39.619 --> 48:43.223 MANY OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT RELYING MORE ON NATURAL 48:43.223 --> 48:45.725 RESOURCES WHICH IN IDAHO WOULD BE TIMBER AND MINING. 48:45.725 --> 48:50.263 I'M REMINDED OF THE HOUSING BEST AND HIGHWAY THAT AFFECTED THE 48:50.263 --> 48:51.431 INVESTMENTS HERE. 48:51.431 --> 48:53.800 WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT IF YOU'RE GOING MORE WITH NATURAL 48:53.800 --> 48:57.437 RESOURCE AND TIMBER? 48:57.437 --> 48:59.839 >> I THINK -- I WOULD DISAGREE SOMEWHAT THAT 48:59.839 --> 49:02.308 WE ACTUALLY COMPETE WITH THOSE TIMBER COMPANIES. 49:02.308 --> 49:06.179 I THINK WE ARE SELLING A COMMODITY WHEN WE'RE SELLING 49:06.179 --> 49:06.446 TIMBER. 49:06.446 --> 49:09.482 AND WE'RE NOT OPERATING A LOGGING COMPANY AND WE'RE NOT 49:09.482 --> 49:11.818 OPERATING A SAWMILL. 49:11.818 --> 49:13.753 >> I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF. 49:13.753 --> 49:15.288 IT'S TIME FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS. 49:15.288 --> 49:15.755 >> THANK YOU. 49:15.755 --> 49:20.193 >> AND YOU'RE UP FIRST, REPRESENTATIVE DENNEY. 49:20.193 --> 49:23.396 >> WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. 49:23.396 --> 49:25.598 IT'S BEEN GREAT. 49:25.598 --> 49:28.234 I AM LAWERENCE DENNEY RUNNING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 49:28.234 --> 49:32.238 MY ENTIRE PRODUCTIVE LIFE I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PRIVATE 49:32.238 --> 49:32.505 SECTOR. 49:32.505 --> 49:36.309 I'VE OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS WHERE YOU'VE MANAGED A BUDGET, 49:36.309 --> 49:39.212 SUPERVISED EMPLOYEES, MET A PAYROLL, AND DEALT WITH TAXES 49:39.212 --> 49:41.214 AND REGULATIONS. 49:41.214 --> 49:44.951 I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, HAVING SERVED IN 49:44.951 --> 49:48.154 THE LEGISLATURE SIX YEARS AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WHERE 49:48.154 --> 49:51.591 AGAIN I MANAGED A BUDGET AND SUPERVISED EMPLOYEES. 49:51.591 --> 49:54.794 SO I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND THE 49:54.794 --> 49:56.329 PUBLIC SECTORS. 49:56.329 --> 49:59.532 VERY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL BRING TO THE SECRETARY OF 49:59.532 --> 50:00.967 STATE'S OFFICE. 50:00.967 --> 50:04.170 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS HIS 50:04.170 --> 50:06.172 VOTE ON THE LAND BOARD. 50:06.172 --> 50:11.077 THE LAND BOARD OVERSEATS MANAGEMENT OF 2.4 MILLION ACRES 50:11.077 --> 50:12.612 OF ENDOWMENT LANDS. 50:12.612 --> 50:15.715 MY PRIVATE SECTOR BACKGROUND IS IN NATURAL RESOURCES. 50:15.715 --> 50:19.652 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, I'VE WORKED IN THE 50:19.652 --> 50:23.556 TIMBER INDUSTRY, AND I'VE BEEN A PARTNER IN A SMALL MINING 50:23.556 --> 50:23.823 OPERATION. 50:23.823 --> 50:26.393 SO I HAVE SOME PRACTICAL BACKGROUND. 50:26.393 --> 50:29.462 I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE PUBLIC 50:29.462 --> 50:32.365 SECTOR, I'VE BEEN ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE IN THE 50:32.365 --> 50:35.135 HOUSE, AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE. 50:35.135 --> 50:40.674 SO MY BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE I THINK OF NATURAL RESOURCES WILL 50:40.674 --> 50:44.210 HELP ME TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO HELP MANAGE THOSE 50:44.210 --> 50:45.111 EARN DOCUMENT LANDS. 50:45.111 --> 50:47.747 AGAIN, MY NAM IS LAWERENCE DENNEY, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE 50:47.747 --> 50:49.315 YOUR SUPPORT ON MAY 20th. 50:49.315 --> 50:49.916 THANK YOU. 50:49.916 --> 50:51.484 >> THANK YOU. 50:51.484 --> 50:52.285 MR. McGRANE. 50:52.285 --> 50:54.487 >> I'M PHIL McGRANE AND I WANT TO THANK IDAHO PUBLIC 50:54.487 --> 50:56.389 TELEVISION, BOISE STATE AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR 50:56.389 --> 50:57.924 HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING. 50:57.924 --> 51:01.428 IF THERE'S NOTHING YOU TAKE AWAY FROM TONIGHT, PLEASE GO VOTE. 51:01.428 --> 51:04.097 NO MATTER WHO YOU'RE SUPPORTING IN THE PROCESS, NEXT TUESDAY, 51:04.097 --> 51:07.334 PLEASE GO TO YOUR POLLING LOCATION, AND CAST YOUR BALLOT. 51:07.334 --> 51:10.070 THERE'S NOTHING MORE YOU CAN DO TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS 51:10.070 --> 51:12.505 THAN TAKING THE TIME TO VOTE. 51:12.505 --> 51:14.541 BEFORE YOU DO, I HAVE ONE REQUEST. 51:14.541 --> 51:17.444 TAKE TIME TO RESEARCH AND UNDERSTAND THE CANDIDATES. 51:17.444 --> 51:20.914 I BELIEVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS YOU WILL SEE THAT I HAVE THE 51:20.914 --> 51:23.350 EDUCATION, THE EXPERIENCE, AND THE DEDICATION TO SERVE THIS 51:23.350 --> 51:24.551 STATE WELL. 51:24.551 --> 51:29.022 AS A CURRENT CHIEF DEPUTY IN ADA COUNTY I OVERSEE ALL ASPECTS OF 51:29.022 --> 51:30.123 ELECTRICKING BUT DO MUCH MORE. 51:30.123 --> 51:34.461 I MANAGE AN OFFICE OF 140 DEPUTY CLERKS AND A 9.7 MILLION DOLLAR 51:34.461 --> 51:34.728 BUDGET. 51:34.728 --> 51:38.131 I SERVE AS THE TRUSTEE ON THE ADA COUNTY HEALTH CARE TRUST. 51:38.131 --> 51:40.734 AND I BELIEVE IT'S THIS EXPERIENCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP 51:40.734 --> 51:43.837 I'VE BELT THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT ENABLE ME TO BE A GREAT 51:43.837 --> 51:45.372 SECRETARY OF STATE. 51:45.372 --> 51:48.141 WHEN BEN YSURSA ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT FOR ME, HE USED THE 51:48.141 --> 51:50.777 WORDS OF HENRY CLAY IN DESCRIBING GOVERNMENT -- 51:50.777 --> 51:52.379 GOVERNMENT IS A TRUST. 51:52.379 --> 51:55.215 AND THE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE TRUSTEES. 51:55.215 --> 51:58.318 AND BOTH THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF 51:58.318 --> 51:59.719 THE PEOPLE. 51:59.719 --> 52:04.257 AND TONIGHT I'M ASKING FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE YOU AS A 52:04.257 --> 52:04.524 TRUSTEE. 52:04.524 --> 52:09.329 SO I ASK NEXT TUESDAY ON MAY 20th, THAT YOU VOTE FOR ME. 52:09.329 --> 52:11.598 AGAIN, I'M PHIL McGRANE, FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. 52:11.598 --> 52:12.065 THANK YOU. 52:12.065 --> 52:13.733 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 52:13.733 --> 52:15.268 AND SENATOR TORYANSKI. 52:15.268 --> 52:18.438 >> AFTER 40 YEARS UNDER THE SAME MANAGEMENT, THERE'S NO DOUBT 52:18.438 --> 52:21.541 THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE NEEDS TO MODERNIZE. 52:21.541 --> 52:24.744 AMONG THE FOUR OF US, I'M THE ONE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY 52:24.744 --> 52:28.248 BACKGROUND, THE FUNDING KNOW-HOW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION SKILLS TO 52:28.248 --> 52:29.983 GET IT DONE. 52:29.983 --> 52:31.618 WHAT ARE THE OTHER CANDIDATES? 52:31.618 --> 52:35.722 I'LL TELL YOU THIS -- DON'T SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO 52:35.722 --> 52:39.659 MR. FRASURE BECAUSE HE STILL USE AS FLIP PHONE. 52:39.659 --> 52:44.364 MR. DENNEY, HE'S THE DUCK DYNASTY CANDIDATE. 52:44.364 --> 52:48.635 HE SEEMS MORE INTERESTED IN THAT THAN MODERNIZING THE OFFICE. 52:48.635 --> 52:50.136 MR. McGRANE IS THE STATUS QUO. 52:50.136 --> 52:53.039 HE'S SO JOINED AT THE HIP WITH THE CURRENT SECTION OF STATE AND 52:53.039 --> 52:54.941 SO INVESTED IN THE PAST HE CAN'T SEE THE FUTURE. 52:54.941 --> 52:58.845 WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, HE'S NEVER WORKED AT THE STATE LEVEL, HE'S 52:58.845 --> 53:00.847 ALWAYS WORKED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 53:00.847 --> 53:04.050 WHERE HIS BOSS, THE ADA COUNTY CLERK TELLS HIM WHAT TO DO. 53:04.050 --> 53:06.252 YOU SEE, PHIL DOES WHAT HE'S TOLD. 53:06.252 --> 53:10.423 AND THAT'S WHY SOME ASSOCIATIONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO INFLUENCE THE 53:10.423 --> 53:13.893 LAND BOARD ARE TRYING SO HARD TO ELECT HIM. 53:13.893 --> 53:16.696 I'M THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AND 53:16.696 --> 53:18.164 LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND. 53:18.164 --> 53:21.334 I'VE BUILT BUDGETS, AND GUIDED THEM TO PASSAGE. 53:21.334 --> 53:24.371 I'VE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE 53:24.371 --> 53:25.638 AND SUPPORTING THEM. 53:25.638 --> 53:29.275 AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, THIS MILITARY VETERAN WILL LEAD THE 53:29.275 --> 53:32.746 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE YOU PROUD. 53:32.746 --> 53:37.751 I'LL MODERNIZE IT, TO FULFILL YOUR NEEDS AND MEET YOUR 53:37.751 --> 53:38.118 EXPECTATIONS. 53:38.118 --> 53:41.021 I'M MITCH TORYANSKI AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE THIS MAY 20th. 53:41.021 --> 53:41.654 >> ALL RIGHT. 53:41.654 --> 53:42.756 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 53:42.756 --> 53:43.356 AND SENATOR FRASURE. 53:43.356 --> 53:44.991 >> THANK YOU. 53:44.991 --> 53:46.559 I GET TO WRAP UP ON THIS. 53:46.559 --> 53:48.762 APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT, THANKS FOR YOU FOLKS OUT THERE 53:48.762 --> 53:51.197 PAYING ATTENTION TO US TONIGHT. 53:51.197 --> 53:54.034 BACKGROUND, I'VE GOT 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATIONS. 53:54.034 --> 53:57.270 THAT WILL PLAY IN VERY NICELY ON THE LAND BOARD IF I'M 53:57.270 --> 53:57.570 SUCCESSFUL. 53:57.570 --> 53:59.873 THE CIVICS TEACHER, WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE? 53:59.873 --> 54:02.509 LET'S GET A TEACHER OUT THERE THAT'S COMMITTED AND WORKING 54:02.509 --> 54:05.578 WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, WE CAN TURN 54:05.578 --> 54:08.248 AROUND THE YOUTH, THEY'LL ALSO TURN AROUND THEIR PARENTS. 54:08.248 --> 54:10.417 WE CAN CHANGE, IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE 54:10.417 --> 54:12.152 THEY WILL INCREASE THE TURNOUT. 54:12.152 --> 54:13.353 THOSE ARE TWO AREAS. 54:13.353 --> 54:16.056 THE ONE I WANT TO FINISH WITH, WE NEVER TOUCHED IT. 54:16.056 --> 54:18.792 THE BIGGEST FUNCTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IS 54:18.792 --> 54:20.860 DEALING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. 54:20.860 --> 54:22.429 YOU NEVER ASKED A QUESTION ON THAT. 54:22.429 --> 54:25.999 YOU LOOK AT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, WHICH DIVISION EMPLOYS MORE 54:25.999 --> 54:26.266 PEOPLE? 54:26.266 --> 54:27.167 THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. 54:27.167 --> 54:29.703 THOSE ARE THE FOLKS, WHEN YOU -- THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE 54:29.703 --> 54:32.105 WHEN YOU FILE YOUR CORPORATE PAPERWORK. 54:32.105 --> 54:34.874 WHAT I'D LIKE, RATHER THAN A BUREAUCRAT, AND THERE'S 54:34.874 --> 54:37.243 DIFFERENT VIEWS, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BUSINESSMAN THERE THAT'S 54:37.243 --> 54:39.512 BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END. 54:39.512 --> 54:41.748 AND NOT THE GUY BEHIND THE COUNTER. 54:41.748 --> 54:43.983 THINK ABOUT IT -- THE IRS, WHO DO YOU WANT RUNNING 54:43.983 --> 54:45.251 THE IRS? 54:45.251 --> 54:49.289 SOMEBODY THAT'S PAID A TON OF TAXES AND HAS GONE OUT THERE AND 54:49.289 --> 54:53.460 STRUGGLED TO MAKE INCOME, OR A BUREAUCRAT THAT'S GOING TO DOT 54:53.460 --> 54:54.728 AUDITING AGAINST YOU? 54:54.728 --> 54:59.833 THE COMPARISONS THAT WE HAVE HERE, THEY'RE VERY CONTRASTING. 54:59.833 --> 55:03.870 THE OLDEST, YOUNGEST, I'M ONE OF THE OLDER ONES, I'VE GOT THAT 55:03.870 --> 55:09.042 EXTRA 30 YEARS ON PHIL, HE HAS BENT ASSISTANT CLERK, BUT 55:09.042 --> 55:10.043 EXPERIENCE COUNTS. 55:10.043 --> 55:12.846 AND THIS POSITION, THE LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND, THE 55:12.846 --> 55:14.881 BUSINESS BACKGROUND AND THE TEACHING BACKGROUND IS EXACTLY 55:14.881 --> 55:17.083 WHAT WE NEED IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 55:17.083 --> 55:18.685 AND I'M EVAN FRASURE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 55:18.685 --> 55:20.687 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL FOUR OF YOU. 55:20.687 --> 55:23.323 THANKS TO REPORTERS AARON KUNZ, EMILIE RITTER SAUNDERS, AND 55:23.323 --> 55:25.091 SCOTT LOGAN FOR YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS. 55:25.091 --> 55:26.726 AND THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR WATCHING. 55:26.726 --> 55:32.065 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE CANDIDATES ON OUR WEBSITE, 55:32.065 --> 55:34.100 IDAHOPTV.ORG/ELECTIONS/2014. 55:34.100 --> 55:36.636 AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE CHECK OUT ANY OF THE DEBATES YOU MISSED 55:36.636 --> 55:39.339 AND REMEMBER TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8:00 P.M. 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