East Idaho Times

The election may have come and gone, but one woman from Idaho still believed it was "crucial" to have your voice heard.

"I think if you don't exercise your voice in America, you have no right to complain," Karen Rencher, of Idaho Falls, told the East Idaho Times, "we have the opportunity to choose and change, but only through our vote."

Rencher was one of the more than 402,000 people in Idaho to vote prior to the Nov. 3rd election. Issues that were particularly important to her included abortion, immigration, and federal spending. She called the presidential race one that wasn't just between two men, but two different ideologies.  

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"I am 69-years-old. I have followed Joe Biden for 40 years. and I have never trusted him and always thought he was a puppet figure," said Rencher.

Rencher voted for President Donald Trump, who won Idaho's 4 electoral votes. Trump still hasn't conceded the election but is behind President-elect Joe Biden in electoral votes.  

Rencher said one of the reasons she voted for Trump is because she thinks there's a likelihood VIce President-elect Kamala Harris could become the president, which she thinks will not only be dangerous, but lead the country away from the Constitution.

"I think it's important that we get back to the founders Constitution, not the big bulky one we use now," she said.

She believes their party, in particular, has drifted too far away from the Constitution. She said it's urgent we get back to it, otherwise she believes we may lose it as we know it. 

Rencher also said she voted for U.S. Sen. James Risch and U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho's Second Congressional District, both of whom won their bid for reelection, simply because "they were more conservative than the other options."