Idaho’s Legislature has an ugly history of playing politics with voting rights

Extreme elements of Idaho’s Republican Party voted in 2011 to close the GOP primary election to purge party ranks of…

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Officeholders who benefit from the closed GOP primary are desperate

It is telling that the loudest voices against Prop 1 are those who hold office because of the closed Republican…

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Idaho voters face a stark “them-or-us” choice in November

Bryan Smith, an ultra-right Republican and vice chair of the extremist Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), understands that the Open Primaries…

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School voucher boosters use deceptive push polling to mislead voters

The “push poll” is an underhanded political tactic designed to evade campaign finance reporting laws. The Oxford Dictionary accurately describes…

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A short history lesson for Moon and Labrador on ranked-choice voting

The opponents of Proposition 1, the Open Primaries Initiative, have been making uninformed claims about this game-changing voting reform. Dorothy…

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The David vs Goliath fight over state funding of religious education in Idaho

Most Idahoans would agree with Thomas Jefferson’s observation that “the government closest to the people serves the people best.” In…

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Stop the GOP steal of Idaho’s Great Seal

The extremist branch of the Idaho Republican Party is in an absolute panic about the Open Primaries Initiative (OPI), which…

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“He who represents himself has a fool for a client” — Abraham Lincoln

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador should have heeded Honest Abe’s advice before launching his repeated frivolous attacks against the Open…

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