At the Jackson County Courthouse (shown here), in Kadoka, South Dakota, officials are preparing to open a satellite early-voting office for the town of Wanblee, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Similar activities are underway in the courthouse of South Dakota’s Dewey County.

Spokane Tribal Chairman Rudy Peone will compete this weekend in an extreme obstacle race to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital

Could a Democrat steal a win in Idaho? If enough people vote for independent and Tea Party candidates, then, well, yes. A.J. Balukoff is challenging Republican Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter.