Coronavirus Forces Ballot Measure Campaigns To Shut Down Amid Health Fears
![Volunteers pass boxes of signatures to qualify a 2018 ballot measure to expand Medicaid in Idaho. The coronavirus outbreak has halted other ballot initiatives in Idaho and other states.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/03/31/medicaid-signature-handin4_wide-10e3f3e098ff592b510477cfb23ae3dbbeaec847.jpg?s=600)
Efforts to raise taxes, change redistricting rules and legalize gaming machines have all fallen victim to social distancing rules to make it nearly impossible to collect signatures.
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