Confusion at the Colburn polling precinct on Tuesday may have caused as many as 52 unaffiliated voters to be denied Republican primary ballots, according to the Bonner County Clerk’s Office. Clerk Michael Rosedale said polling precinct judge mistakenly told those voters that they were not allowed to affiliate with the GOP on election day. The clerk’s office received word of voters not being issued their preferred ballots, prompting Rosedale to go to the precinct location to make sure that poll volunteers were aware that unaffiliated voters could affiliate with the Republican party. “The chief judge was mortified,” Rosedale said, referring to the longtime poll worker’s error/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County Bee. More here.

Question: So the troglodytes who closed the Idaho GOP primary in 2012 now can add direct vote suppression to the collateral damage of their scheme. Thoughts?