Some of the unofficial Idaho Primary Election results have been posted. Here in Bannock County, out of 38,839 registered voters, a total of 7,103 ballots were cast yesterday (18.3% turnout). I’m a bit surprised at how low the turnout was. Of the ballots cast, 4,183 were Democrats.

Judd the Convict garnered 115 votes (2.91% of the votes cast) in Bannock County. Statewide (still unofficial) he picked up 734 votes meaning that 15.3% of the votes he received came from Bannock County voters. I’m not sure what that means….

In Idaho we can also vote for “None of the Above” for the presidential nomination. 7.7% of the Democratic ballots cast were for none of Ms. Clintion, Mr. Obama, or Judd the Convict. Mr. Obama garnered 49.1% of the votes and Ms. Clinton received 40.3% of the votes.

On the Republican side, “None of the Above” got 3.6% of the votes, John McCain received 71.5% and Ron Paul 24.9%.

I’ve noticed, however, of all the counties in Southeastern Idaho, most do not have any place online where election results are posted. There are seven counties that make up this part of the state and four of the seven have no election information online, one has sparse data, and two have reasonably complete data. I think my new website needs to also include election results as well. The only source is the local newspaper which today only reported on a few of the races in the area, probably because of the difficulty in getting election information.

Yesterday I wrote a bit about Judd the Convict, being held in a Texas prison, who applied in 14 states to be on the ballot for the Democratic nomination for President. Idaho only requires an application form plus a thousand dollars application fee to be on the ballot. Idaho alone put Judd the Convict on the ballot…. He’s getting more fame and notice than he’s worth!