Initiative Calls For Vote On Nuke Pact

A Snake River Alliance-led group has launched a proposed initiative that would require legislative and voter approval of Gov. Phil Batt’s October nuclear waste agreement and any future pact like it.

Stop the Shipments submitted its proposed initiative for Idaho’s Nov. 5 ballot to the secretary of state’s office on Tuesday.

“They’ll go to any length to keep this issue alive and embarrass me with it,” Batt said.

Initiative sponsors have until July 5 to submit the valid signatures of 41,335 registered voters required to qualify for the ballot.