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Brannon Won Contested Soldier Ballot

U.S. Army Sgt. Gregory A. Proft, now of Fort Benning, Ga., has submitted an affidavit that reports that he voted absentee for losing candidate Jim Brannon in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections last November. Proft? You may remember him as an individual whose vote was questioned by Brannon because he has never lived in Coeur d'Alene. In his affidavit, Proft said that he lived in Post Falls from August 2001 to August 2002. He left his family in Post Falls while he moved on military orders to several locations. In 2006, he sold the Post Falls home and moved his family to Fort Benning. Upon asking for an absentee ballot in 2009, he was given one that listed his address as the county courthouse in Coeur d'Alene. Sgt. Proft concludes: "With regards to the Mike Kennedy and Jim Brannon race in the November 3, 2009 City of Coeur d'Alene General Election I voted, on the absentee ballot that I returned to Kootenai County, for (hand printed) Jim BRANNON." See: Affadavit here.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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