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Balukoff Ad Figure Hasn’t Voted Either

In an IdahoED NEWS story, Kevin Richert reports: Here’s another story about an educator who hasn’t voted in Idaho — this time, a backer of Democratic candidate A.J. Balukoff. Shoshone School District Superintendent Rob Waite appears in this Balukoff TV ad — and he describes himself as a lifelong Republican who plans to vote for a Democrat for the first time. However, Waite hasn’t voted at all in the five years he has lived in Idaho, the Associated Press’ Kimberlee Kruesi reported Friday. In other words, Waite did not vote in November 2012 — when Idaho voters rejected Propositions 1, 2 and 3, state superintendent Tom Luna’s education overhauls. Waite also did not vote in 2010, when Gov. Butch Otter and Luna were re-elected to a second term, or in this May’s primary. More here.

DFO: I vote in every election, except possibly hospital ones, because I enjoy doing so -- and to make sure that no pesky reporter or political type checks to see if I did. How about you?

Question: Do you skip any elections?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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