WELCOME TO THE IDAHO DEBATES.

A LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE

GENERAL ELECTION

BALLOT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A

COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

AMONG THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB.

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL

PUBLIC

SERVICE.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE

CENTER,

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY'S

DEPARTMENT

OF POLITICAL

SCIENCE.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS VOTER

EDUCATION

FUND.

AND IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS

PROVIDED

BY. THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO

PUBLIC TELEVISION.

AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION

ENDOWMENT.

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO

DEBATES ON

IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

TONIGHT THE CANDIDATES VYING TO

YOUR

SECRETARY OF STATE TAKE THE

STAGE TO

ASK FOR

YOUR VOTE.

I WANT TO WELCOME THE

CANDIDATES.

DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER JILL

HUMBLE

AND CURRENT SECRETARY OF STATE

LAWRENCE

DENNEY WHO WILL INTRODUCE

THEMSELVES

IN JUST A MINUTE.

ASKING THEM QUESTIONS TONIGHT

WILL

BE REPORTERS

SELECTED BY THE IDAHO PRESS

CLUB.

BETSY RUSSELL OF THE IDAHO

PRESS.

SCOTT LOGAN OF CBS 2 NEWS

AND SVEN BERG OF THE IDAHO

STATESMAN.

I'M MELISSA DAVLIN HOST OF

IDAHO REPORTS

HERE ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

I'M MODERATING TONIGHT'S DEBATE

AND WE'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE

SURE

ALL

THE CANDIDATES GET EQUAL TIME

AND STAY ON POINT TO HELP

ME AND TO REMIND THE CANDIDATES

HOW

LONG THEY'VE

BEEN TALKING AS A VOLUNTEER TIME

KEEPER FROM

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

KENDAL

SHABER.

WE'VE ASKED THE CANDIDATES TO

ENGAGE

EACH OTHER

ON THE ISSUES IN OTHER WORDS

LESS

EMPHASIS

ON A RIGID FORMAT

AND MORE FOCUS ON AN INTELLIGENT

DISCUSSION

THAT HELPS YOU THE VOTER CAST

A MORE INFORMED BALLOT.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN 90

SECONDS FOR

OPENING COMMENTS

AND 90 SECONDS FOR CLOSE.

WE FLIPPED A COIN A FEW MINUTES

AGO

AND MS. HUMBLE WILL BEGIN

WITH HER OPENING REMARKS.

GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR

THIS

OPPORTUNITY.

I'M JILL HUMBLE

AND I'M RUNNING TO BE YOUR

NEXSECRETARY OF STATETE

BECAUSE YOUR VOTING RIGHTS

MATTER TO

AND I BELIEVE I CAN REVERSE THE

TREND

OF LOW VOTER PARTICIPATION.

FIRST I BELIEVE THAT ALL

IDAHOANS

SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY

REGISTERED

TO VOTE WHEN

THEY TURN 18.

NO FORMS NO HASSLE.

SECOND I THINK VOTING BY MAIL IS

THE

MOST CONVENIENT WAY TO VOTE.

BUT RIGHT NOW YOU MUST RENEW

YOUR MAIL IN BALLOTS EVERY YEAR.

I WANT TO ALLOW VOTERS TO

BY MAIL IN BALLOTS PERMANENTLY.

THIRD I WANT TO KEEP YOUR DATA

SAFE

SECRETARY DENNEY HAS BEEN SLOPPY

WITH OUR DATA

AND PUT OUR SECURITY AT RISK.

IN FACT OUR ENTIRE VOTER

FILE AT RISK FOR THE LAST FOUR

YEARS.

I WILL KEEP YOUR INFORMATION

SAFE SO

THAT YOU

CAN VOTE WITH CONFIDENCE.

LASTLY A GOOD SECRETARY OF STATE

HAS TO RISE ABOVE PARTISANSHIP.

LAWRENCE DENNEY KNOWS THIS.

FOUR YEARS AGO HE STOOD ON THIS

VERY

STAGE

AND SAID I WILL LEAVE MY

PARTISANSHIP

AT THE DOOR.

I'M STANDING HERE ON THE STAGE.

FOUR YEARS LATER BECAUSE HE

HASN'T

KEPT

THAT PROMISE.

INSTEAD HE HAS POSTED PARTISAN

BILLBOARDS.

ALLOWED HIS POLITICAL ALLIES TO

VIOLATE

OUR SUNSHINE LAWS.

AND I PUT AND PUT ALL OF OUR

DATA AT

RISK.

SO I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR BOLD

IDEAS

AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH

SECRETARY DENNEY YOUR

OPENING REMARKS PLEASE.

WELL GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU MELISSA.

IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION

AND THE OTHER PARTNERS FOR

PUTTING

ON THESE

VERY IMPORTANT FORUMS

THAT ALLOW YOU THE VOTERS TO

BETTER BE BETTER ACQUAINTED

WITH US THE CANDIDATES.

I AM LAWRENCE DENNEY.

I HAVE BEEN YOUR SECRETARY OF

STATE

NOW

FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.

IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR

AND A PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO SERVE

THIS

CAPACITY

WHEN I TOOK OVER AS

SECRETARY OF STATE.

I HAD A THING

OR I HAD A LIST OF THINGS THAT I

HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH.

LET ME LIST SOME OF THE THINGS

THAT

WE HAVE

DONE.

WE NOW HAVE ONLINE VOTER

REGISTRATION.

WE SECURED APPROVAL

AND HAVE CERTIFIED ELECTRONIC

POLL BOOKS FOR USE.

WE HAVE A NEW DIGITAL BUSINESS

SERVICES

PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER

YOUR

NEW

BUSINESS REGISTER ASSUME

BUSINESS NAMES TRADEMARK

SERVICE MARKS ALL

ONLINE.

AND WE JUST ON THE ELECTIONS

SIDE

WE JUST SIGNED A CONTRACT TO

UPGRADE

OUR ELECTION SYSTEM OUR

STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION

DATABASE

WILL NOW BE ON A GIS

MAPPING PLATFORM.

AND WE HAVE WE ARE

UPDATING OUR LOBBYIST FILING

OUR SUNSHINE FILING

OUR ELECTION NIGHT REPORTING

AND OUR ELECTION MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMS

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.

THERE IS STILL MORE TO DO.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE QUESTIONS

THIS

EVENING

AND THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.

FIRST QUESTION FROM BETSY

RUSSELL

FOR SECRETARY DENNEY.

SECRETARY DENNEY JUST TODAY

WE LEARNED THAT YOUR MOST

RECENT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS

DIDN'T PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR

FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN

CAMPAIGN

DEBT TO YOUR WIFE FROM YOUR

CAMPAIGN.

YOU HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF

AUTOMATICALLY

FINING THOSE WHO VIOLATE

THE RULES ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE

REPORTING.

WILL YOU BE FINDING YOURSELF.

BETSY THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION

AND THERE IS NOTHING IN THE LAW

FILE FOR OUR TOO FINE

FOR MISTAKES

AND THAT WAS FILED LATER AS AN

AMENDMENT.

THE PROGRAM DID NOT ALLOW

THE FILING OF THAT

ONE.

THAT WAS THAT HAS BEEN FILED

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS

GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT IT.

WE ALSO MISS THAT SAME FILING

IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION

AND IT WAS NOT POINTED OUT UNTIL

TODAY.

THE ONLY FINES THAT WE CAN LEVY

ARE FOR LATE FILINGS

AND THAT YOU KNOW.

SO THAT IS WHAT

WE WILL BE DOING IF THERE ARE

LATE

FILINGS.

SECRETARY DO YOU THINK.

THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SHOULD

HAVE MORE

ENFORCEMENT

AND INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISMS

FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS.

BETSY IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE

MORE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY IS IS

IF WE FIND A SUSPECTED

CAMPAIGN VIOLATION

WE TURN THAT FILE OVER TO THE

ATTORNEY

GENERAL AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY

THE

INVESTIGATIVE

ARM.

WE WE DO NOT HAVE THE PERSONNEL

OR THE EXPERTISE TO DO

THAT INVESTIGATION.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE DID

BUT THAT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER

DIVISION

OUR OFFICE.

ARE YOU WILLING TO ADVOCATE FOR

THAT

SECRETARY.

BRIEFLY MELISSA I THINK

I THINK THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS

WORKING.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER

EMPLOYEE

THAT WE COULD ASSIGN TO

DOING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS

BECAUSE

AT TIMES

WE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS WHEN

WE DON'T GET THEM INVESTIGATED

IN A

TIMELY

MANNER.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT QUESTION FOR MS HUMBLE.

MS HUMBLE.

DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT SYSTEM

WORKING. AS FAR AS INVESTIGATING

VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

LAWS

IMPOSING FINES

AND TAKING ACTION ON THIS WELL I

HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE.

FILINGS IN TERMS OF

FINES BECAUSE WHAT I'M

UNDERSTANDING

IS THAT THE TWO

REPUBLICANS.

WE'RE CAMPAIGNING.

TWO REPUBLICANS CAMPAIGNERS.

SORRY I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE.

WE'RE NOT FINED WHEN

THEY HAD LATENESS

IN THEIR FILINGS.

WHEREAS TWO DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES

WERE AND THAT LOOKS PARTISAN

TO ME.

AND I'M SURE.

THAT OTHERS MAY FEEL THE SAME

WAY.

BUT I KNOW I DID.

WHEN I HEARD IT

I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT

YES,

THERE WERE RESULTS.

THERE WAS ALSO A DEMOCRAT

WHO IS RUNNING FOR STATEWIDE

OFFICE.

IT WAS LATER THAN THE TWO

REPUBLICAN

CANDIDATES.

BUT WHAT WE DO WHAT THE CURRENT

LAW SAYS IS THAT

WE GIVE THEM FIVE DAYS AFTER

THEY RECEIVE WRITTEN NOTICE.

THERE IS SOME GRAY AREA THERE AS

TO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE

WRITTEN

NOTICE.

THE ONE.

DEMOCRAT THAT WAS FINED

DID NOT REPORT FOR 30

DAYS

AND SHE WAS ONLY FINED FOUR

HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE SHE SAID

THAT SHE

DID NOT RECEIVE THAT

AND FROM THE TIME SHE SAID SHE

RECEIVED

IT SHE WAS FINE.

SO SO MS HUMBLE

WITH THAT IN MIND OF WHAT

SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU

DO DIFFERENTLY.

I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE

CONSISTENCY IN

HOW WE FINE YOU FOR

ALLOWING CERTAIN WAYS THAN IT

HAS

TO BE FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT IF INDEED THERE IS A FINE

AND NEEDS TO BE.

THE SAME ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE

BOARD

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM BETSY LIKE

CAN

I RESPOND TO THAT ONE AGAIN.

VERY BRIEFLY VERY BRIEFLY TEN.

THE INTERIM COMMITTEE IS LOOKING

STARTING

THOSE FINES FROM DAY ONE

IF AT THE END THAT WOULD BE

CONSISTENT

ACROSS ALL.

AND I THINK IT WOULD ACHIEVE THE

PURPOSE OF GETTING THOSE

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS ON

TIME.

ALL RIGHT NEXT QUESTION IS FROM

BETSY A

STATEWIDE MAILER CALLED THE

IDAHO

AND WENT OUT TO VOTERS ACROSS

THE

STATE IN

THE PRIMARY SENT BY A POLITICAL

ACTION COMMITTEE

ENDORSING CANDIDATES

BUT NOT COMPLYING

WITH THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE

REPORTING

RULES.

THE IDAHO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S

OFFICE

INVESTIGATED

AND FOUND THAT A LOOPHOLE IN OUR

CURRENT

IDAHO LAW MEANT IT QUALIFIED FOR

THE NEWSPAPER EXEMPTION.

MS HUMBLE WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE

DONE

YOU WERE SECRETARY OF STATE AT

THE

TIME.

I WOULD HAVE SPOKEN TO THE

ATTORNEY

GENERAL ALSO

AND FOLLOWED UP WITH IT.

IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE

AND IF YOU WERE ELECTED

SECRETARY OF STATE WHAT WOULD

YOU

ADVOCATE FOR

ON THAT SCORE.

I WOULD NEVER ADVOCATE THAT

THEY CHANGE TO

CLEAR UP THE LOOPHOLE.

SECRETARY DENNEY VERY BRIEFLY DO

YOU

AGREE.

I I AGREE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT

CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE

LAW

AS IT IS.

I THINK THAT THE LAW DEFINITELY

NEEDS

TO BE CHANGED SO THAT THAT

LOOPHOLE IS NOT THERE.

NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FINBERG

FOR MS HUMBLE.

MS HUMBLE THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR

BEING HERE. FIRST OF ALL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE

SECRETARY OF STATE

SHOULD DO TO INCREASE VOTER

PARTICIPATION

YOU'VE NAMED OFF A COUPLE OF

THINGS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE

BIT

MORE DETAIL AS

TO WHAT HOW EXACTLY YOU WOULD

IMPLEMENT

THOSE THOSE THINGS LIKE

AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION

AND AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF

AS I UNDERSTAND IT OF

ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

YES. BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING.

FIRST OF ALL ON

AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION

IT COULD BE DONE SEVERAL WAYS.

ONE WOULD BE THROUGH

THE DMV.

THE SECOND ONE IF THEY DON'T

HAVE A

LICENSE

IT COULD BE DONE WITH THE.

IDAHO ID'S.

WHEN YOU GET THAT THEN

YOU WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY

ENROLLED

OR THIRDLY THEY COULD.

THEN IF THEY CHOOSE TO WAIT

THEY COULD GO RIGHT DOWN TO THIS

COUNTY

CIRCUIT OFFICE

AND VOTE OR VOTE

SORRY REGISTER ONLINE.

THAT WAY WITH THEM

OR ONLINE.

SO THEY THEY HAVE SEVERAL WAYS

TO GO

WITH THAT.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE

SAYING IS

YOU WOULD BE ABLE

TO DO THE SAME THINGS YOU ARE

NOW

BUT YOU WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES

TO BE REGISTERED.

YES. AND IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC

TERMS

OF 18 YEAR OLDS.

IN OTHER WORDS WHEN THEY

SAY I'M PERSON

MAKING A GUESS HERE THEY'D BE

16.

THEY'D GET THEIR LICENSE.

BUT WHEN THEY TURNED 18 IT WOULD

COORDINATE WHERE IT WOULD BE

AUTOMATIC FOR

THEM TO BE REGISTERED.

ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR

YOU

ON THAT.

THAT'S THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF

LOGISTICS TO PUT

IN PLACE. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE

THAT

DISENFRANCHISED GROUPS DO

NOT END UP GETTING

DISENFRANCHISED

SLIPPING

THROUGH THE CRACKS OF

REGISTRATION

AS AS THESE SYSTEMS

ARE IMPLEMENTED.

WELL THAT'S WHERE MY

EXPERTISE COMES IN.

I WORKED AS A PERFORMANCE

IMPROVEMENT

SPECIALIST FOR YEARS

AND I'VE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER

LOOK AT

A PROCESS.

YOU BRING THE POWERS THAT BE

YOU YOU FLOW THE CHART.

YOU LOOK AT WHERE BREAKDOWNS

COULD

OR PEOPLE.

AND AND YOU CORRECT THAT

AND YOU MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK FOR

EVERYBODY

BECAUSE VOTING IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S OUR DEMOCRACY.

THANKS. I THINK EVERYONE HERE

WOULD

AGREE

WITH THAT.

ON TO YOU SECRETARY DENNEY.

SAME QUESTION SAME FIRST

QUESTION

ANYWAY.

WHAT SHOULD THE SECRETARY OF

STATE'S

ROLE

BE AN INCREASING VOTER

PARTICIPATION

IF ANY AT ALL.

WELL THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS

SVEN.

I THINK I THINK THAT

THAT IT IS CURRENTLY

EASY TO REGISTER.

I I DON'T AGREE

WITH THE SYSTEM THAT

AUTOMATICALLY

REGISTERS I THINK YOU HAVE TO

HAVE

OPT OUT PROVISION BECAUSE

NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO BE

REGISTERED.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE

AN OPT IN PROVISION.

EVERYONE CAN CAN REGISTER

ONLINE IF THEY HAVE AN IDAHO

DRIVER'S

LICENSE THEY CAN REGISTER ONLINE

USING THEIR COMPUTER THEY CAN

USE

THEIR

HANDHELD PHONE.

THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE

AND IT'S NOT HARD IF YOU

WANT TO. YOU CAN REGISTER ON

HERE

YOU

CAN REGISTER BY MAIL.

YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER

AT YOUR CLERK'S OFFICE

AND IF YOU FORGET ALL ABOUT IT

YOU CAN ACTUALLY REGISTER

ON ELECTION DAY AT THE POLLS.

MAY I ADDRESS THAT PLEASE.

PLEASE. FIRST OF ALL

WITH THE APP OUT OF COURSE THAT

WOULD BE CONSIDERED

THEY'D BE PART OF OUR PROCESS IF

WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE

DIFFERENT

PROCESSES AND WHAT WORKS

AND WHAT ARE BARRIERS

AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT.

AND AS FOR THE OTHER.

YOU MADE THE STATEMENT ABOUT ALL

THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE HAVE.

WELL RESEARCH PROVES

THAT IF YOU REGISTER PEOPLE.

THAT THEY WILL COME.

AND I BELIEVE THAT DATA

AND WE WANT EVERYBODY THAT CAN

POSSIBLY VOTE TO SPEAK

THEIR VOICE. WHAT RESEARCH.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T PUT IT RIGHT

NOW

BUT I DO HAVE AN IF ANYBODY IS

INTERESTED.

YEAH.

WE CERTAINLY DO WANT EVERYONE TO

GET

OUT AND VOTE.

IT'S VOTING IS NOT ONLY

A PRIVILEGE IT IS A

RESPONSIBILITY

BUT WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE

RESPONSIBLE.

YOU KNOW THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE

CAN DO THAT.

PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FREE WILL TO

WHAT

THEY WANT.

VOTER TURNOUT HAS GONE DOWN.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING

MECHANICAL

THAT HAS CAUSED THAT.

I THINK THE LOWER VOTER

PARTICIPATION IS BECAUSE OF ALL

THE NEGATIVITY THAT'S GOING ON

PEOPLE ARE TURNED OFF BY IT.

THEY'RE STAYING AWAY FROM THE

POLLS.

NOW SPEAKING OF

PARTISAN ISSUES THAT MIGHT LEAD

THAT NEGATIVITY

WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THOSE

PRIMARIES.

YES.

MS HUMBLE THIS QUESTION IS FOR

YOU.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE CLOSE

PRIMARY

IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CLOSED

PRIMARY

HAS DEPRESSED VOTER TURNOUT

IN IDAHO.

I BELIEVE IT HAS IN THE PRIMARY.

YES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS LED TO

THAT.

PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THAT THEY

FEEL

THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD

BECAUSE

IF THEY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PARTY

THEY

DON'T GET TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE

CANDIDATES.

THANK YOU.

AND SAME QUESTION TO YOU

SECRETARY

DENNEY.

YOU KNOW I.

I DO NOT THINK THAT IT

SUPPRESSES

VOTER TURNOUT.

IF YOU LOOK AT A CLOSE PRIMARY

THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE VOTING

IN THAT PRIMARY ARE THE

REGISTERED

REPUBLICANS IF IT'S A REPUBLICAN

CLOSE PRIMARY.

I THINK IF YOU IF YOU JUST TOOK

THAT

VOTER TURNOUT TOTALS FROM THOSE

WHO ARE REGISTERED

AS REPUBLICANS THE TURNOUT

IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT IS

IN OTHER ELECTIONS.

MAY I SAY SOMETHING BRIEFLY.

I FEEL IT DISENFRANCHISES MANY

PEOPLE. ABOUT 62.

I THINK 60,000,

62,000 PEOPLE ARE.

DISENFRANCHISED OVER.

THE SECRETARY. WELL YOU KNOW

AND THE PARTY

LINE IS THAT IF

THEY WANT TO CHOOSE

THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES THEY

SHOULD BE AT LEAST WILLING TO

SAY

THAT

THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.

SO THAT'S THE PARTY

LINE. NO YOU'RE SECRETARY OF

STATE

FOR

ALL IDAHOANS REGARDLESS OF PARTY

AFFILIATION.

SO IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE

POSITION

FOR

THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TAKE.

THE PRIMARY IS NOT AN ELECTION.

IT IS A NOMINATING PROCESS.

I WOULD I COULD GO

WITH THE STATE.

NOT RUNNING THE PRIMARY AT ALL.

BUT THEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY PUT

BACK INTO

THE CAUCUSES WHERE WE CHOOSE

OUR CANDIDATES.

I THINK THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE

HAS MORE PARTICIPATION THAN

CAUCUSES

WOULD.

AND I THINK I THINK THAT

IS THE INTENT

OF THE CLOSED PRIMARY.

ALL RIGHT THE NEXT QUESTION IS

FOR

HIM AS HUMBLE

FROM SCOTT LOGAN.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY QUESTION HAS TO DO

WITH SOMETHING IT'S.

A BIG CONCERN FOR EVERYONE

RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S ELECTION

SECURITY.

HOW CAN THIS HUMBLE WHAT WOULD

YOU

DO TO ENSURE

THAT IDAHO ELECTIONS WILL NOT

EVER BE HACKED.

DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER

GUARANTEE

THAT WE WILL NEVER BE HACKED

BUT WE CAN BE VERY VIGILANT

AND BY VIGILANT I CONSIDER

FIRST REGULAR AUDITS.

BUT I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER IDEA

I'D LIKE TO SEE US GO TO POST

ELECTION MICRO AUDITS

WHICH

COULD I EXPLAIN THAT PLEASE THE

AUDIENCE

PLEASE. THAT IS A HAND

COUNT OF 1 PERCENT OF OUR

BALLOTS.

SO WHAT IS IT WHAT DOES THAT

ACCOMPLISH THEN.

IT VERIFIES THE RESULTS OF THE

ELECTION.

JUST WHY ISN'T IT JUST 1

PERCENT.

YES.

AND WE KNOW ALREADY THAT THE

MACHINES

ARE BEING DONE

AND CHECKED.

BUT THIS WOULD DO THE ACTUAL

HANDS ON TOUCH.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT QUESTION FOR SECRETARY

DENNEY

FOR ME. DO I GET TO ANSWER THAT

WHEN

YOU DO.

WELL FIRE AWAY.

OK.

ELECTIONS AND IN ELECTIONS

IN IDAHO. WE ARE A 100

PERCENT PAPER BALLOT STATE.

I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT

HACKING.

CHANGING THE OUTCOME OF ANY

ELECTION

HOWEVER I AM CONCERNED

ABOUT THE CYBER SECURITY.

TWO YEARS AGO

BEFORE THE 2016

OR AT THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

EXISTED ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.

AND NOW I PROBABLY SPEND TWO

HOURS

A DAY READING

THOSE REPORTS FROM

MSI SACK, EEI SACK

WHICH ARE THE ARE THE

INTERNET GROUPS THAT WE BELONG

TO THAT SEND US AS

WELL AS DHS THE FBI

AND THE STATE POLICE. THEY SEND

THESE REPORTS THAT

INFORM US OF WHAT WE NEED

TO BE LOOKING FOR THE IP

ADDRESSES

SO THAT WE CAN CHECK

AND MAKE SURE THAT

THOSE BAD ACTORS ARE NOT

ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO OUR

SYSTEMS.

AND ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT

CONCERNS

ME. PLEASE I'M

CONCERNED ABOUT CROSS CHECK.

WE KNOW THAT OUR DATA WAS SENT

THERE.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S A BAD

SECURITY ON IT.

IT HAS FALSE POSITIVES

AND YET WE CONTINUED TO USE

IT FOR ADDITIONAL

TOTAL OF THREE YEARS.

SECOND WELL NUMBER ONE

CROSSCHECK IS A TOOL.

THERE WAS NEVER AN THERE WAS

A SUGGESTION THAT THE SECURITY

WAS NOT THERE.

WE DID NOT PARTICIPATE LAST YEAR

BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SURE OF THE

SECURITY.

I THINK THAT CROSSCHECKED THIS

YEAR

BEING REVAMPED.

IT IS A CONSORTIUM OF 26

STATES THAT HAVE AGREED

TO SEND THEIR DATA SO THAT IT

CAN BE

CROSSCHECKED.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A

FALSE

POSITIVE.

YOU CHECK THE NAME THE FULL

NAME AND THE DATE OF BIRTH OF

THOSE

CHECK.

THOSE NAMES COME

BACK TO THE STATE.

WE DIVIDE THEM OUT THE COUNTIES

THE COUNTIES SEND OUT A LETTER

THOSE

AND IF THEY IF THEY DO NOT SEND

BACK THEY ARE PURGED FROM OUR

LIST.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.

I SPOKE TO SOMEONE AS

I WAS GOING DOOR TO DOOR

AND SHE TOLD ME HOW SHE HAD BEEN

DROPPED.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT

AND WONDERED IF IT COULD BE

CROSSCHECKED.

AND SHE HAS SIMILAR

NAME

BUT THE SOCIAL SECURITY WHICH

THEY GET FOR

NUMBERS FOR LAST PARTIAL

NUMBERS OF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY

AND THEY WERE DIFFERENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT DOES

NOT

WORK.

WE ARE CROSS CHECK IS NOT

USING.

THE CORRECT DATA.

THEY DON'T FULLY GO THROUGH THE

PROCESS

AND WE DO NOT GET THE

LAST FOUR ON EVERYBODY'S

SOCIAL SECURITY ON

OUR REGISTRATION FORM.

WE ONLY GET THAT IF THEY DO NOT

HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE

OR AN ID NUMBER

SO THE CROSSCHECK IS

NAME DATE OF BIRTH.

AND THERE'S THE MARK IN QUESTION

FROM BETSY

RUSSELL.

AN INTERIM COMMITTEE HAS BEEN

WORKING

TO REVISE

AND IMPROVE IDAHO'S LAWS ON

CAMPAIGN

AND LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BIGGEST

RECOMMENDATION

TO THIS COMMITTEE

AND THIS QUESTION IS FOR BOTH

CANDIDATES

STARTING WITH SECRETARY DENNEY.

YOU KNOW THERE THEY

THE THING THAT I WANT TO SEE OUT

THIS

INTERIM COMMITTEE IS IS

CLARIFYING SIMPLIFYING

AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE

WE HAVE SO MUCH VAGUENESS IN

OUR SUNSHINE LAWS THAT

WE HAVE TO INTERPRET THOSE

AND WE HAVE A BOOK

THATS THAT THICK, YOU KNOW TO

TELL

PEOPLE HOW TO INTERPRET

A BOOK. THAT IS THAT THICK

AND I YOU KNOW IF WE CAN

SIMPLIFY

CLARIFY SO THAT EVERYONE

UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE

REPORTING.

THE SECOND THING I WOULD LIKE TO

SEE

DISCLOSURE OF DARK

MONEY SOURCES.

I THINK THAT THAT IS BECOMING A

BIGGER

AND BIGGER ISSUE IN EVERY STATE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS

SOMETHING

THAT

THAT IS DIFFICULT TO GET TO

BUT IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT

SHOULD CONTINUE

TO WORK TOWARD.

MS HUMBLE THE SAME QUESTION.

WHAT WOULD YOU WHAT WOULD BE

YOUR

RECOMMENDATION TO THAT COMMITTEE

FOR

CHANGES.

WELL SIMPLIFICATION ALWAYS

HELPS.

AND THE OTHER I DO AGREE

WITH SECRETARY DENNEY.

DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP BETSY.

YES SO WHEN YOU SAY

SIMPLIFICATION

WHAT WOULD YOU. WHAT DO YOU

THINK

NEEDS TO

BE SIMPLIFIED ABOUT OUR CURRENT

SYSTEM FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE

REPORTING

AND LOBBYIST REGISTRATION.

WELL RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLINE

AND I HAVE FOUND SOME DIFFICULTY

THAT IN MAKING CHANGES

WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY HANDSOM

WITH THEM.

SO THAT COULD BE IMPROVED

BUT I SEE OTHER AREAS TOO.

I AGREE THAT THE DARK MONEY

NEEDS TO

BE OUT OF IT.

BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT.

WE NEED MORE EDUCATION AS TO HOW

USE

IT. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO

WHAT DOESN'T HELP

WITH THE CLARIFICATION OF IT.

MS HUMBLE I'M CURIOUS ASIDE

FROM VOTER REGISTRATION

HOW SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOUR

TIME AS SECRETARY OF STATE BE

DIFFERENT

THAN SECRETARY DENNEY'S

SPECIFICALLY.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT.

I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT

YOU'RE

ASKING

OTHER THAN YOUR VOTER

REGISTRATION

PROPOSALS.

HOW WOULD YOUR TIME AS

SECRETARY OF STATE BE DIFFERENT

THAN

SECRETARY DENNEY.

WELL OTHER THAN THE VOTING

REGISTRATION

THAT I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT.

THERE ARE OTHER SERVICE

AREAS.

AND WITH WORKING

WITH PROCESS IMPROVEMENT HOW CAN

IMPROVE

THEM MAKE

IT EASIER.

I'VE HAD SOMEONE SAY THAT WHEN

THEY

WENT

TO CLASSES ONE PERSON TOLD

THEM ONE THING BUT WHEN THEY

CALL

THEY GET DIFFERENT

ANSWERS. HOW COULD WE IMPROVE

THAT

SO THAT WE WOULD WORK ON THAT.

I'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR FOR YEARS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO

TO.

EDUCATE.

PEOPLE SO

THAT THEY COULD PULL UP.

AN ONLINE VIDEO.

THEY COULD DO.

I GUESS I'M NOT VERY CLEAR ON

THAT.

AND THAT'S FINE BECAUSE WE ARE

OUT

OF TIME.

ANYWAY IT IS TIME FOR CLOSING

REMARKS

AND YOU ARE UP FIRST MS HUMBLE.

OK.

THANK YOU.

GET A LITTLE ANXIOUS THERE FOR A

MINUTE.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MODERATOR

THE PANEL.

OUR TIMEKEEPER THE STAFF HERE

AT IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

THE AUDIENCE AT HOME

AND OF COURSE MY OPPONENT.

THANK YOU TONIGHT FOR MAKING THE

DEBATE HAPPEN.

TONIGHT. SECRETARY DENNEY

AND I DISAGREE ABOUT MANY THINGS

BUT THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.

ON ONE HAND YOU HAVE SECRETARY

DENNEY.

AND HE HAS BROUGHT PARTISANSHIP

THE

SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE BY

FINING DEMOCRATS.

AND WAIVING FINES FOR

REPUBLICANS,

THE BEHAVIOR IS WHY THE

LEGISLATORS

DRAFTING NEW LAWS TO STOP HIM

FROM

DISCRIMINATING

AGAINST ONE POLITICAL PARTY.

HE COMPROMISED OUR SECURITY BY

RELEASING

OUR PRIVATE DATA TO CROSS-CHECK

AND OUT OF STATE ORGANIZATION.

AND HE DID NOT KEEP OUR

INFORMATION

SAFE.

AND HE DID IT FOR YEARS IN A

ROW.

HE HAS PLACED

AND THEN BEEN FORCED TO REMOVE

PARTISAN

BILLBOARDS.

IN SHORT HE'S A CAREER

POLITICIAN

WHO CAN'T SEEM TO KEEP HIMSELF

FROM

BRINGING PARTISANSHIP

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S

OFFICE.

BUT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO VOTE

FOR

ME BECAUSE

SECRETARY DENNEY HAS DONE A BAD

JOB.

I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE FOR ME

BECAUSE

I HAVE A BOLD VISION OF

DEMOCRACY

IN IDAHO.

IN THAT VISION.

WE ARE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED

VOTE

AS SOON AS WE TURN 18.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE IN

PERSON

OR BY MAIL

WITH EASE AND CONFIDENCE YOUR

DATA WILL BE FIERCELY PROTECTED

AND YOUR VOTER PARTICIPATION

WILL

BE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH.

THAT VISION IS WHY I'M RUNNING

AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO

VOTE FOR ME.

JILL HUMBLE NOVEMBER 6TH.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT THANKS SO MUCH

SECRETARY

DENNEY,

YOUR CLOSING REMARKS PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THIS

FOR THIS FORUM.

AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO THE

VIEWERS

TONIGHT FOR WATCHING.

I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE DONE A

GOOD

JOB

AS YOUR SECRETARY OF STATE

OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS I'VE

MODERNIZED

THE OFFICE AND I BROUGHT IT INTO

THE

21ST

CENTURY.

BUT THE JOB IS NOT FINISHED YET.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN

OVERLY PARTISAN.

I AM PARTISAN

BUT THOSE PARTISAN ISSUES I HAVE

TURNED

OVER TO MY CHIEF DEPUTY

AND THEY HAVE HAD THEY HAVE BEEN

DEALT WITH EVEN HANDEDLY.

I BELIEVE.

WE WILL CONTINUE OVER

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO CONTINUE

TO IMPROVE CLARIFY

AND SIMPLIFY OUR SUNSHINE LAWS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE

SECURITY

BOTH CYBER SECURITY

AND PHYSICAL SECURITY

IN BOTH OUR ELECTION

AND THE BUSINESS SIDE OF OUR

OFFICE.

WE WILL

OR WE INTEND TO DEVELOP

AND IMPLEMENT A RANDOM POST

ELECTION AUDIT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE

RECOMMENDATIONS

OF A OF A GROUP THAT THAT

MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO

CONGRESS.

I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA

BECAUSE

IT GIVES THE VOTERS MORE

CONFIDENCE

IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM.

WE AND WE ALSO HOPE TO

WITH WORK

WITH ALL THE APPROPRIATE

AGENCIES AS

WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS

DEVELOPMENT

CENTER TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS

ONESTOP WHERE A NEW BUSINESS CAN

GO ONLINE

AND FIND IT

AND FILL OUT ALL THE FORMS THAT

THEY NEED TO START THEIR

BUSINESS

IN IDAHO.

AGAIN THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS LAWRENCE DENNEY.

I ASKED FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO

THE

CANDIDATES

AND TO OUR REPORTER PANEL

AND TO YOU FOR WATCHING.

ONCE AGAIN YOU CAN SEE OUR FULL

DEBATE SCHEDULE

ON OUR WEBSITE IDAHO PTV DOT

O-R-G SLASH ELECTION SLASH

20-18 ONCE AGAIN.

THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOOD NIGHT

AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE POLLS.

THE IDAHO DEBATES ARE A

COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

AMONG THE IDAHO PRESS CLUB.

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL

PUBLIC

SERVICE.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO'S MCCLURE

CENTER.

IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY'S

DEPARTMENT

POLITICAL SCIENCE.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS VOTER

EDUCATION

FUND.

AND IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

FUNDING FOR THE IDAHO DEBATES IS

PROVIDED

BY. THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC

TELEVISION.

AND THE IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION

ENDOWMENT.