The vote to decide if Twin Falls County Sheriff Tom Carter loses his certification as an Idaho Peace Officer has been postponed.

Carter's possible decertification was scratched from today's POST meeting schedule in Meridian, said Interim Director Steve Raschke on Monday.

Raschke said Carter wants to be heard before the vote, though a lawyer for the state is unavailable today to be at the hearing also.

Carter's lawyer, Keith Roark, has said Carter was the victim of a political witch hunt.

Carter was accused of being insubordinate and falsifying his time card when he was a sergeant working for former sheriff Wayne Tousley. Carter defeated Tousley in last November's election.

A POST hearing officer recommended in July that Carter be decertified.

The sheriff is in his first term and may remain in his position without state certification.

A vote will likely happen next year and possibly in February, according to the sheriff's office, though Raschke said a firm date has not yet been set.

The 15-person POST council consists of leaders from county, city, state and federal law-enforcement agencies, according to its Web site.

Carter's spokeswoman, Lori Stewart, said Monday that Carter "would like to have this resolved."