Absentee Voting Begins

Kootenai County residents steered into a packed parking lot at the Elections Office on Tuesday. The office front door flew open again and again, ushering in a steady stream of citizens antsy to jump on the first day of in-person absentee voting. By the end of the day, 253 had filled out ballots, said Elections Manager Carrie Phillips. “We expected a busy day, and that’s what happened,” a tired Phillips said on Tuesday afternoon. This kind of bustle isn’t common preceding most elections, Phillips said. Obviously, the presidential election has an atypical allure. A bulk of the crowd registered before voting, she added, which also “tends to be the case for presidential elections”/ Alecia Warren , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (Jerome A. Pollos Press photo: Carol Parr, right, assist Helen James with filling out a request form for an absentee ballot Tuesday)

Question (for those voting absentee this fall): Do you plan to vote absentee this fall?