A Dem Speaks Out

Legislators vs. Voters

I am grateful for every voter that cast a ballot for the Vallivue bond last week. And I’m grateful for all who gathered information,...

Election time from now to May 16

For weeks a housemate has been saying the weather was going to go straight from freezing to boiling. I was just happy that the cool, wet...

Did rural voters desert the Dems–or the Dems, rural voters?

Years ago, while at a meeting of Democratic women in Ketchum, a friend who lived outside of Wilder introduced herself as living in rural...

Low voter turnout plagues some districts

I imagine most people in the valley are glad the primaries are over and they can get back to worrying about rainfall and other aspects of...

It’s not easy to run for office–or to be an informed voter

Last week I talked with a fellow Democrat confused by a postcard she’d gotten singling out one of the 46 Idaho representatives who’d...

Moon, Beyer seek to up their conservative cred

Republican legislators want to make registering to vote more difficult by ending same-day registration and limiting accepted ID.