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Sun Oct 23, 2016, 08:17 AM Oct 2016

AG's office reviewing alleged voter intimidation in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho -- A northern Idaho prosecutor has asked the state Attorney General to look into complaints of voter intimidation and interference.

Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane said Wednesday that the office is currently reviewing the case submitted by the Bonner County prosecutor's office and could not yet comment.

The Idaho Democratic Party announced earlier this month that it had pulled a volunteer from campaign work in District 1. The district includes Bonner and Boundary counties, where many residents support far-right Republican candidates.

"Most of us in Idaho will go to the polls in November without any fear lurking about this basic act of participating and growing our democracy. But not all," Idaho Democratic Chairman Bert Marley said in a statement this week.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article109242422.html

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