After Idaho Elections Who Will Be Chief of Elections?

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho political veteran and Republican candidate Lawerence Denney is running against Democratic challenger and House freshman Holli Woodings for Secretary of State.

Both say they will leave their partisanship at the door if elected. The position requires the winner to oversee Idaho's election process and business registrations. The Secretary of State also serves on the five-member Idaho Land Board, which oversees 2.5 million acres of Idaho land to benefit state public schools.

Denney, who is a nine-term lawmaker and former House Speaker, supports Idaho's closed primary election system and says Idaho needs to take greater measures to prevent voter fraud. Woodings, a Boise native, argues that the next secretary of state should focus on improving Idaho's low voter turnout rates and not make voting more difficult.