Title 34 — ELECTIONS

34-401. Electors privileged from arrest during attendance at polling place — Exception. Electors are privileged from arrest, except for treason, a felony or breach of the peace, during their attendance at a polling place.

34-402. Qualifications of electors. Every male or female citizen of the United States, eighteen (18) years old, who has resided in this state and in the county for thirty (30) days where he or she offers to vote prior to the day of election, if registered within the time period p…

34-403. Disqualified electors not permitted to vote. No elector shall be permitted to vote if he is disqualified as provided in article 6, sections 2 and 3 of the state constitution.

34-404. Registration of electors — political party affiliation — unaffiliated designation. (1) All electors must register before being able to vote at any primary, general, special, school or any other election governed by the provisions of title 34, Idaho Code. Registration of a…

34-405. Gain or loss of residence by reason of absence from state. For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his absence while employed in the service of this state or the United States, while a student of any institution…

34-406. Appointment of registrars. (1) The county clerk shall provide for voter registration in the clerk’s office and may appoint registrars to assist in voter registration throughout the county. (2) The county clerk shall provide all political parties within the county with a s…

34-407. Procedure for registration. (1) Any county clerk or official registrar shall register without charge any elector who personally appears in the office of the county clerk or before the official registrar, as the case may be, and requests to be registered. (2) Upon receipt …

34-408. Closing of register — Time limit. (1) No elector may register in the office of the county clerk after 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh day before any election held throughout the county in which he resides for the purpose of voting at such election; provided however, a legible, …

34-408A. Election day registration. (1) An individual who is eligible to vote may register on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the individual maintains residence, completing a registration application, showing proof of identity an…

34-409. electronic registration. (1) The office of the secretary of state may create and maintain an electronic system for voter registration that is publicly available on its official website. Any qualified elector who has a current valid driver’s license or identification card …

34-410. Mail registration. (1) Any elector may register by mail for any election. Any mail registration application must be received by the county clerk prior to the close of registration as provided in section 34-408, Idaho Code. (2) The secretary of state shall prescribe the fo…

34-410A. Absentee registration for uniformed and overseas citizens. Whenever provision is made for absentee voting by a statute of the United States, including the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" (42 U.S.C. 1973ff.), an application for an absentee ballot mad…

34-411. APPLICATION for registration — Contents — proof of identity and residence. (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for the registration application consistent with the provisions of this section. Each elector who requests registration shall show proof of ident…

34-411A. Primary elections — CHANGING PARTY AFFILIATION — unaffiliated electors. (1) For a primary election an elector may change such elector’s political party affiliation or become unaffiliated by filing a signed form with the county clerk no later than the last day a candidate…

34-412. Qualifications for registration. (1) The qualifications of any person who requests to be registered shall be determined in the first instance by the registering official from the evidence before him. If the registering official determines that such person is not qualified…

34-413. Reregistration of elector who changes residence. An elector who moves to another county within the state or to another state within thirty (30) days prior to any election shall be permitted to vote in the ensuing election by absentee ballot or at the polling place assigne…

34-418. Weekly review of new voter registrations — Report to interested officials. (1) Each week the county clerk shall review the registration cards of all newly registered electors for the past weekly period to determine whether they have been previously registered to vote in a…

34-419. Suspension of registration of electors who appear not to be citizens of the United States. The county clerk shall remove from the register of electors the official registration application of any elector who appears by the registration records in the office of the county …

34-420. No elector’s registration shall be canceled while serving in the armed forces — Exception. Except as provided in section 34-435, Idaho Code, or for registering to vote in another jurisdiction, no elector’s registration shall be canceled, nor shall he be deprived of his ri…

34-431. Challenges of entries in election register. At the time of any election, any registered elector may challenge the entry of an elector’s name as it appears in the election register. Such a challenge will be noted in the remarks column following the elector’s name stating t…

34-432. Correction of election register from challenges at election. (1) No later than the ninth Friday after each election, the county clerk shall examine the election register and note the challenges as described in section 34-431, Idaho Code. The county clerk shall mail a writ…

34-433. Accuracy of Voter Registration Information. (1) In order to maintain the accuracy of voter registration records in Idaho: (a) The following state entities shall furnish to the secretary of state on or about the twenty-fifth day of each month all data relevant to determini…

34-434. Retention of notices and correspondence relating to correction of election registers. Copies of all notices and other correspondence issued pursuant to the directives contained in sections 67 and 68 of this act [34-432, 34-433, Idaho Code,] shall be retained by the county…

34-435. Cancellation of registrations following any general election of those not voting for four years. Within one hundred twenty (120) days following the date of the general election, the county clerk shall examine the election register and the signed statements of challenge ma…

34-436. Retention of correspondence relating to cancellation of voter’s registration. All correspondence relating to the cancellation of an elector’s registration shall be preserved by the county clerk for a period of two (2) years following the time of any general election.

34-437. Furnishing lists of registered electors — Restrictions. (1) Each of the county clerks, upon receiving a request shall supply to any individual, a current list of the registered electors of the county and their addresses, arranged in groups according to election precincts.…

34-437A. Statewide list of registered electors. (1) The secretary of state, in conjunction with county clerks, shall develop and implement a single, uniform official, centralized, interactive, computerized statewide voter registration system as required by the help America vote a…

34-437B. Furnishing lists of registered electors to school districts. Each of the county clerks, upon receiving a request therefor, not later than the thirtieth day prior to a school election, shall, not later than the seventh day prior to the election, supply to a requesting sch…