Sound and fury signifying nothing
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Wagnerian opera dictates that it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. As of press time she’s staying mum as far as the U.S. presidential …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Wagnerian opera dictates that it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. As of press time she’s staying mum as far as the U.S. presidential …
By Sandy Compton
Reader Columnist
As we approach our national Election Day, polls report that Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by 35 points among women, but only by two points …
By Paul Graves
Reader Contributor
I offer a challenge to readers of the Reader: If you have adult children, grandchildren of voting age, or younger friends of voting age, please …
By Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke and House Minority Leader Representative Ilana Rubel
Reader Contributors
The ballots submitted by the Republican speaker of the House and the Democratic leader of …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
With fewer than two weeks until Election Day, the deadline to request an absentee ballot — Friday, Oct. 23 — marks every Idaho voter’s last …
—U.S. Senator Race—
Jim Risch, Republican (incumbent)
Age: 77
Birthplace: Milwaukie, Wisc.
Residence: My family has lived on a farm southwest of Boise for the last 48 years.…
We believe strongly in informing the community about candidates running for public office. As part of our commitment to this effort, we present this questionnaire for candidates running for office. …
By Reader Staff
Bonner County Elections had mailed almost 12,500 absentee ballots as of Oct. 6 and, according to Bonner County Clerk Mike Rosedale, received about 4,000 completed ballots back. …
We believe strongly in informing the community about candidates running for public office. As part of our commitment to this effort, we present this questionnaire for candidates running for office. …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
In an historic election shaped by COVID-19 social distancing restrictions and allegations — unfounded — by some including the president that the attendant mail-in voting …
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