Idaho Secretary of State: RCV will cost up to $40 million.

Idaho’s Secretary of State, Phil McGrane, issued an advisory to the Idaho legislature this week with several warning about the Ranked Choice Voting ballot initiative. In summary:

It would likely cost at least $25M to $40M dollars to replace the existing equipment throughout the state.

Current election software vendors in Idaho cannot currently tabulate RCV ballots and certifying a company can be an enormous undertaking.

It will take longer to produce initial election results

The fiscal impact statement of the RCV ballot initiative is broad and vague.

Read the full Advisory letter here.