Where we go from here
Fellow Republicans:
As you know, earlier this week a Federal Judge dismissed our case to get the state of Idaho to not allow Democrats the right to vote in our Republican Primary. The Judge agreed with the state’s claim that we didn’t have standing to bring the suit. Furthermore, the Judge also indicated he didn’t think that we followed all the requirements to achieve derivative status.
We don’t agree and believe we have grounds to appeal, however, we will not appeal because of the time and expense and we believe can achieve our goal of a closed Republican primary faster, by NOT appealing.
The Judge drew us a fairly detailed road map for us to be recognized in a derivative suit. So we are starting that process now.
Also interesting in the Court’s decision (see page 14) is the fact that we did win on the merits of the case. “The court also noted that even if the state’s election laws violated the associational rules of the party, the party had the ability to define its own remedy.”
This means that party rule trumps state law. In other words, if J.Kirk Sullivan and other party leaders had joined us in pursuing the legitimate interests of the Idaho Republican Party we would be participating in a closed primary next May. It’s probably too late for that now.
As I indicated earlier, I am drafting a resolution to be presented to the Republican Central Committee meeting in January. I have discussed this with Barry Peterson, the Chairman of the Republican Resolutions committee, who is also a co-plaintiff with us, and I’m sure we can get the resolution passed. However, that is going to take a lot of effort on our part.
I’ll have the resolution complete and to you early next week. Please take it to your various County meetings and try to get them to support our efforts.
Thanks again for your support in this important effort. Please give me a call if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks again and call me if you would like additional information,
Rod Beck (20 
376-9797
