125 years ago today - Oct 12, 1888

[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] We concluded in case the decision of the Idaho Courts was averse [sic] to our people registering that we would be willing for them to give written notice of withdrawal from membership in the several wards in which they lived and after the election to join again.

[It became illegal for Mormons to vote in Idaho]

[Source: Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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