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Category: Vote
More than the vote count will be decided Tuesday
All candidates have the right to challenge the results and request a recount, especially in close races. That goes without saying. But I suspect the reaction to this mid-term election will be…
We are entitled to our opinions, but not our facts
“I have noticed the ‘write in Tim Bertling’ signs all over the county,” a Boundary County Republican Central Committeeman wrote today on the Boundary County Politics Facebook page. “One thing that I…
May 17 will matter like no other day — vote!
We live in interesting times, times in which the word “liberty” means the exact opposite of the definition given in the dictionary, in which “patriots” are the very people our forefathers fought…
Though it’s an off-year election, every vote November 2 is critical
Many voters don’t see the election just ahead as important; they instead look to the midterms of 2022 or the presidential election of 2024. Those thinking that way are making a big…