Chrome-html select does not recognize value if key is entered

Question

I have an address form with a selection option for a list of states. If I write (tab and focus on the status dropdown, then type “I”), it will display Idaho as the selected one, and when I submit the form, it does not display the value selected for the status. But if I click on the drop-down list and select the state using click, submit submit works fine. This problem is only in chrome; it works fine in FF and IE.