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Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Excerpt from Mary Souza’s Newsletter

“In an interesting twist, the city has asked the judge to throw out Jim’s case.  And County Clerk Dan English signed on to the city’s request too. They think Jim’s case is “frivolous”.  Really?  It’s frivolous to expect that people voting in a city election would actually be residents of the city?  It’s frivolous to expect that poll books would be filled out in a manner consistent with the rules?  And that the number of absentee ballots received would match the number of absentee ballots counted?  

Call me “frivolous”, then, because I expect our local elections to be extremely well organized, transparent, fair and accurate.  If you agree, please join me at the fundraiser for Jim Brannon’s legal case, on February 8th. The city can try to make Jim’s legal challenge as expensive as possible in order to slow progress or stop the effort entirely.  Please come by to make a donation or send one in — every little bit helps.  All donations from the fundraiser will go to protect voters and candidates.”