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Attorney General Labrador Successfully Defends Idaho Voter ID Laws in Federal Court

[BOISE] – Attorney General Raúl Labrador successfully defended Idaho’s voter identification statutes in federal court today, overcoming a constitutional challenge from March for Our Lives Idaho and the Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans. Both groups sued the Idaho Secretary of State alleging statutes, which list Idaho driver’s licenses, Idaho identification cards, tribal identification, and federal […]

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Student IDs No Longer Allowed for Voting

Dear Friends, This week we delivered another victory in protecting Idaho’s election security. The U.S. District Court upheld Idaho’s statutes that eliminated student IDs as an acceptable form of identification when it came to registering to vote and voting itself. As everyone knows, student IDs lack any kind of uniformity and security measures, as well […]

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New Republican Legislators Lead Return to Conservative Principles

In July of 2022, the Republican Party gathered in Twin Falls for our summer convention to elect new leadership of the party. The grassroots came together and overwhelmingly voted for change from the top down, setting a mandate that the party return to conservative principles.  When I took the gavel, I made a commitment to […]

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Restoring Election Integrity

Dear Editor, The 2022 General Election has been concluded. There are still unsettling questions in Americans’ minds, such as: the red wave that should have taken place, Republican control of the Legislature, and the Arizona gubernatorial race. There is one more question though. In a recent statement, Kari Lake said that she would continue to […]

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