COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- It's absentee ballot season in Idaho.
Gem State voters seeking a jump began casting in-person ballots in some counties this week -- four weeks before the Nov. 6 General Election.
In Coeur d'Alene, election officials had a busy day Tuesday as more than 250 voters showed up to cast early in-person ballots, creating periodic voter lines.
Kootenai County Election Manager Carrie Phillips says the early enthusiasm has a lot to do with 2012 being a presidential year.
The ballot also includes contests for Idaho's two seats in the U.S. House, a full slate of state legislative races and a referendum on three divisive public education reforms.
In the last presidential election, Idaho voters cast more than 667,000 absentee ballots.
November 2nd is the last day for in-person absentee voting statewide.
