Edit: Voting Got Lost In 2014 Election
In an editorial, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune addressed the issue of non-voters in Idaho: “What they can’t do much about is deliberate and defiant nonvoting: The fellow who believes he can escape another civic obligation — jury duty — by keeping his name off the voting rolls. The woman who is so turned off by Idaho’s non-competitive politics, negative campaigns and government scandals that she gives up in disgust. The people who believe the system is the problem. (Retiring Secretary of State Ben Ysursa) called it “a cycle of non-voting. We’ve got to reverse that trend. I don’t know what the magic answer is - I’ve been trying for 40 years.” Full editorial here.
* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog