Voting rights

It's been 60 years since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law.

Last week, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that student IDs can't be used to vote in the Gem State.

A bill restricting Idaho’s long standing practice of no-excuse absentee voting is moving forward, though it could see some changes.

The use of student ID cards at the polls may have another chance at life in Idaho, though some of the state’s top justices openly questioned a lawsuit aimed at reviving them.

Registered voters in Idaho who forget their ID will still be able to sign an affidavit at the polls to get a ballot.

Voters who forget their ID when they head to the polls may soon be out of luck if they want to cast a ballot in an Idaho election.

No one, except for county or state officials, would be able to hand out absentee ballot requests in Idaho under a bill heading to the House floor.

August 18, 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the United States. But that right came much earlier in the Mountain West.