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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon leaders are urging members to vote against ballot measures that would legalize marijuana in Arizona, California and Nevada and a Colorado proposal to make assisted suicide legal.

The deadline to register to vote in Idaho is 25 days prior to the election - October 14th. In Idaho you can register in person or my mail, but not online. So, what can you do if you miss the registration deadline?

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho voters will once again vote on tweaking the state Constitution so lawmakers can reject rules created by executive branch agencies.

Source: WalletHub Some Idahoans choose not to vote because they believe their vote doesn't count. I believe as an American we should vote every time we are given the chance to vote. It's your right and you should exercise that right.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The campaign spokesman for Idaho Supreme Court candidate Robyn Brody says the campaign will appeal the secretary of state's findings that they may have broken the state's sunshine laws.

Having your own chickens seems to be an on-going trend. So many people are getting chickens that it is becoming an issue in some local cities.

This Thursday morning candidate for Twin Falls City Council is doing a segment on-air.  A few notes about campaigns this year and I hope people will take these to heart.  I host only ten hours of radio weekly and when you subtract news and commercial inventory the actual show is roughly 80 minutes...

Some area residents are questioning the process the city took to find a new location for City Hall.  Hear the callers during the 9 o'clock hour. Pastor Jeremy Vines invites you the the Full Life Family Church for the Christmas Eve candlelight service ... Read More ...

The huge defeat of the Democrats in Tuesday's election was NOT meant to send a message to Democrats...no...it was a message to the Republicans to cow-tow to the president.  At least, that's what Obama's illusion is. Erica Littlefield talks about an upcoming event at the Twin Falls Library ... Read More ...

Listeners weigh in on the election results.  Many were questioning the choice for a couple of state positions...namely the Sec. of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction. Randy Stapilus offers his analysis of the 2014 Idaho election ... Read More ...

Can't remember where to go cast your ballot today, are you new to the area, or perhaps this is your first election? You're in luck. We have you covered.

Negative attack ads...cost to run for office...a lot of information today on Top Story on this election day.

Compulsory voting is required in about 25% of the "democracies" of the world.  Should America require voting in this "Constitutional Republic?" Idaho Senator Jim Risch at 8:05. Randy Stapilus looks at Idaho politics on Idaho Political Update at 8:40 ... Read More ...

If you are wondering were the voting ended up yesterday, here are the final numbers.

 BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Democrats were happy with the 2012 election, a night when they suffered no numeric losses in the Legislature and when voters defeated public schools chief Tom Luna's Republican-backed education overhaul. Minority party chairman Larry Grant said Wednesday that preserving the Democrats' 20 seats in the Capitol was an accomplishment, in a year when popular GOP presidential

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he's not discouraged by Tuesday's defeat of Idaho's education overhaul because it's how the system works. Two-thirds of voters panned Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's plan to spend $180 million to lease laptops for high school students and create online-class mandates...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voters in the Republican stronghold of Idaho picked Republican Mitt Romney in his failed White House bid. Idaho residents haven't approved of putting a Democrat in the White House since 1964 and the outcome was hardly a surprise given the popularity of the Romney and the backing he received from the state's top GOP officials and campaign donors during the last two years... Read

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public schools chief Tom Luna says he can't go anywhere without being grilled about his "Students Come First" laws limiting union bargaining, promoting merit pay and providing laptops for high school kids. Michael Lanza, the head of the "Vote No on Propositions 1, 2 and 3" effort, knows the feeling...

Twin Falls, Idaho (KLIX) Many Counties are giving last week’s election results a look over. Twin Falls County Commissioners gave their thumbs up to the election results. Only 25 percent of registered voters went to the polls last week. That’s roughly eight thousand out of the thirty two thousand people who can vote...

Twin Falls, Idaho (KLIX) Two people running for Twin Falls Precinct 8 tied in Tuesday's Primary Elections. Therefore, the Twin Falls County Clerk will hold a coin toss to break the tie next week. Republicans Thomas Lowther and Don Zuck tied with 75 votes...