Hucks: Vote Nitpicking Goes Global

The matter has been lost in the local blogosphere. Until now. Before Christmas, Larry Spencer challenged the right of Army Sgt. Maj. Gregory A. Proft to vote in the local elections, based on residency. And Proft fired back in a Coeur d’Alene Press comment below a Spencer letter to the editor. The key sentences are these: “It sounds like since Larry doesn’t like the results of the election, my right to cast a ballot should be cast aside, thrown out because I am not physically present in the state in which I vote. I bet Larry would not grant me a pass on the property taxes I paid on my house while I was fighting in Baquobah, Ramadi and Baghdad while he was doing whatever it is he does in Spirit Lake.” Concludes Sgt. Maj. Proft: “Instead of challenging the legitimacy of my ballot, Larry ought to be offering to buy me a beer when I return for going out of my way to participate in the democratic process.” If Spencer doesn’t offer to buy the beer, I’m sure many others will/ DFO , Huckleberries. More of Sunday’s Huckleberries column here .

Question: How long do you think it’ll take Jim Brannon’s challenge to the 2009 City Council elections to play out in the courts?