With just two days until the election, there's always the mad rush to get everything in the paper and on the Web so we can give you the information you want to decide who gets your vote on Tuesday.

I want to thank all the candidates for their participation in our pre-election process. Without them meeting deadlines and taking the issues seriously, you wouldn't have much to evaluate. I know we ask for a lot, but it's a small price in exchange for telling your story on why you are the best candidate to overcome an incumbent or to stay in office for another term.

We also appreciate the folks who take time to submit letters to the editor. I enjoy reading the letters. It gives me a perspective of how others think about the candidates.

Some people don't like the fact that we fact check information in letters. But as a business we must maintain the credibility that sets us apart from the other "information sources" on the Web. Our reporters keep their bias out of the stories. We keep the opinions to this page and my blog, From the Editor.

Letter writers can express their opinions, but when they start stating fact - and it's wrong - we have to draw a line.

We always try to contact the writer and we do the research or give the other side a word in an editor's note.

Some people are irked when we question them and they expect that we should believe whatever they write.

If I accept one letter writer's letter as gospel, shouldn't I accept all letters, no matter the facts written in the letter.

We do our best to get every letter published if it meets our criteria. In fact, we will help you get your letter published if you don't meet all the specifications. We heard through the grapevine that we hadn't printed one letter. We researched it and made sure it was printed the next day.

But we had several letters submitted after the Wednesday deadline that we rejected. We are a deadline-driven society and if we don't abide by our own deadlines, we aren't fair.

It always amazes me when someone gets in a twit or has a mini temper tantrum when we don't accept late letters. One person said he'd submit to The Idaho Statesman. That paper actually deadlined letters on Monday - two days before our Wednesday deadline. And we accept 100 words more per letter.

The point is, we try to accommodate everyone. But you can only go so far.

PS: If you read the comments at the end of stories and opinions, you'll notice that a couple of people have said their letters have been rejected. Those letters must have been submitted late, or are comments that have been deleted. If comments don't meet the standards for posting, they are deleted. Here's the link to our policy regarding comments.