Asked about her statement at an earlier debate that running for state superintendent is one way she can “repay” Idaho for having not voted in a general election since she moved to the state in 1996, GOP candidate Sherri Ybarra repeated that statement, during the “Idaho Debates” tonight on Idaho Public TV. “I think the questions was asked, what is your voting history, and I had put that right out there from Day 1 that it was pretty inconsistent and that I wanted to pay back Idaho,” Ybarra said. “That’s a civic duty. And if elected, this will be a civic duty that I will repay Idaho through for my lack of having a consistent voting history.”

“And I would be honored to do that,” Ybarra said. “And I think in moving forward, that’s what we do as Idahoans, we don’t focus on the negative and the past, we move forward, we recognize it and we say how can we make it better and what’s your plan. That’s my plan, is to repay Idaho.”