Kootenai County absentee ballot requests high

[RandySF]

COEUR d’ALENE — Thousands of Kootenai County voters have requested absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, and there’s still time to request one.

A total of 15,219 voters had requested absentee ballots as of Monday morning, according to the county clerk’s office. More than 14,000 ballots were part of the first batch mailed out last Friday.

“Typically, the first batch is the biggest,” Kootenai County Clerk Jennifer Locke said Monday.

With a month left until the Oct. 25 deadline to request an absentee ballot, ballot requests are already close to eclipsing the number that Kootenai County voters filled out and returned in November 2022. In that general election, the final count was 16,414.



https://cdapress.com/news/2024/sep/24/kootenai-county-absentee-ballot-requests-high/

[2naSalit]

1. Among other problems...

Created by the last administration, the healthcare crisis is probably a major issue driving the boom. There are no OB/GYN services since last spring so there are a lot of people affected by that.