Secret ballots ensure voters’ right to privacy during an election, and posting pictures of your ballot is discouraged in some states.

2024 marks a historic election year with lots of focus on, not just who gets elected but also on how our election system works at both a national and local level.

Nine presidential candidates, including five independent candidates, have qualified to appear on Idaho’s 2024 ballot, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office announced Wednesday. The Idaho State Journal invites you to take part in the community conversation.

An initiative to create an open primary and switch to a ranked choice voting system in Idaho will appear on the November ballot.

“I’m right here,” replied Carmen Broesder, a mother living in Idaho, which enacted a trigger law after the fall of Roe, a making it a felony for doctors to provide an abortion unless it was necessary “to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.”

Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court. The Court of Appeals in Washington issued an order Thursday night temporarily freezing the matter until it can consider and rule on the matter.