History
In 1911, swept up in the reformist spirit of the times, the Idaho
legislature approved an I&R amendment to the state constitution, which
was approved by voters the following year. But the amendment was
flawed: it did not specify the number of petition signatures required to
qualify an initiative for the ballot. This meant that the legislature could set
the threshold - and change it at any time. No initiative could qualify for
the ballot until the legislature passed a bill to set the signature