County Clerk Jim Brannon told Huckleberries Online moments ago that 180 voters had elected to affiliate with the Kootenai County Republican Party, from Dec. 31 through 5 p.m. last Friday, March 14. Of that number, 31 Democrats and 149 previously Unaffiliated voters elected to affiliate with the local Republican Party in order to vote in the closed Republican primary this spring. Brannon told Huckleberries that he didn't receive the final number of affiliations until about an hour ago. Also, he reminded Huckleberries Online readers that Unaffiliated voters can affiliate with any of the four recognized political parties -- Republican, Democrat, Libertarian and Constitution -- through election day.