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ELECTION 2020-IDAHO PRIMARY
Results for Idaho's first mail-in primary due late Tuesday
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is holding its first mail-in primary because of the coronavirus pandemic, and a federal court ruling is allowing voters an extra week to request ballots. What effect that has on who will be on the November ballot will be made clear late Tuesday when officials start releasing results. Former 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Paulette Jordan of Plummer is running against former congressional candidate Jim Vandermaas for a chance to challenge Republican Sen. Jim Risch in November. Jordan garnered national attention in 2018 when she sought to become the first Native American governor in the United States.
IDAHO-BALLOT INITIATIVES-LAWSUIT
Judge dismisses case challenging Idaho's initiative process
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal lawsuit challenging Idaho’s ballot initiative process as unconstitutional because it requires signatures from multiple legislative districts has been dismissed. Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye on Monday ruled that Idaho's ballot initiative process does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause involving fairness in voting. The ruling potentially clears the way for lawmakers to make the initiative process much more difficult by expanding the number of legislative districts where signatures must be collected. A 2019 attempt to do so failed when Republican Gov. Brad Little vetoed the legislation amid fears a federal court could dictate the state's initiative process.
ELECTION 2020
Curfews, pandemic test voters in primaries held amid unrest
Voters navigated curfews and health concerns in a slate of primary contests that tested the nation’s ability to host elections amid dueling crises. With no real competition, Joe Biden and President Donald Trump easily won their respective primary elections in Indiana, Rhode Island, Maryland, New Mexico and the night's biggest prize, Pennsylvania. In all, nine states and the District of Columbia were holding elections on Tuesday. In Washington, D.C., which was rocked by protests following the police killing of George Floyd, voters waited in long lines hours after polls closed in some cases.
ELECTION 2020-THE LATEST
The Latest: Biden sweeps all 7 presidential primaries
Joe Biden has scored a clean sweep of the seven states conducting Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday, not at all a surprise given that the presumptive Democratic nominee has no active opposition. His latest victories came in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Montana and South Dakota. The delegate haul remains important to Biden’s goal of gaining enough delegates to claim the Democratic nomination ahead of the summer convention. Tuesday’s results may leave Biden just short of the 1,991 delegates he needs, but primaries next week in Georgia and West Virginia could put him over the top.
AMERICA PROTESTS-NORTHWEST
Inslee orders statewide Guard activation following unrest
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee late Sunday ordered a statewide activation of the National Guard following vandalism and theft in stores and shopping malls in multiple cities after protests over the killing of George Floyd. Inslee had previously authorized 400 troops for Seattle and 200 troops for Bellevue. On Saturday night people smashed downtown Seattle store fronts and stole items from many businesses, tossing mannequins into the street. On Sunday there were thefts in stores and shopping malls in Bellevue, Spokane, Tukwila and Renton. Portland, Oregon, also again saw large rallies, and police used tear gas to disperse crowds.
ENDANGERED WOLVES-INVESTIGATIONS
Advocates question investigations used to target wolves
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An ongoing analysis by an environmental group is raising questions about investigations into livestock kills by Mexican gray wolves. The results of the investigations are used to compensate ranchers and target problem wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The Idaho-based group Western Watersheds Project has documented significant oddities, errors or conflicting details in more than two-thirds of the 117 investigations it reviewed from 2019. The group's deputy director tells the Arizona Daily Star that numerous cases were confirmed wolf kills based just on “logical leaps” and what she described as a stunning lack of evidence.
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