Title 34 — ELECTIONS

34-701. Declarations of candidacy and petitions — Form prescribed by secretary of state — Filing fees. (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for all declarations of candidacy and petitions required to be filed for any office. This form shall be uniform throughout th…

34-702. Requirements for write-in candidates at primary. (1) In addition to possessing all other qualifications, in order to become a candidate of a political party at the general election, those candidates whose names are written in at the primary election must: (a) Receive at l…

34-702A. Declaration of intent for write-in candidates. (1) No write-in vote for any office in a primary, special, or general election shall be counted unless a completed declaration of intent form has been filed indicating that the person desires the office and is legally qualif…

34-703. Nomination at primary. (1) All political party candidates for United States senator and representative in congress and all political party candidates for elective state, district and county offices, except candidates for judicial office, at general elections shall be nomi…

34-704. Declaration of candidacy. (1) Any person legally qualified to hold such office is entitled to become a candidate and file a declaration of candidacy. All political party candidates shall declare their party affiliation in their declaration of candidacy and shall be affili…

34-705. With whom declarations filed. (1) All candidates for county offices, whether political party candidates or independent candidates, and all political party candidates for precinct offices shall file their declarations of candidacy with the county clerk of their respective …

34-706. Notification to parties. Within three (3) days after the deadline for filing declarations of political party candidacy the county clerk shall notify the county central committee of each political party of the candidates who have filed for county and precinct offices under…

34-707. Party conventions. A state convention shall be held by each political party in each election year at a time and place determined by the state central committee. The state central committee chairman shall preside and cause notice to be given to each legislative district ce…

34-708. Independent candidates. (1) No person may offer himself as an independent candidate at the primary election. (2) Any person who desires to offer himself as an independent candidate for federal, state, district, or county office may do so by complying strictly with the pro…

34-708A. Independent candidates for president. (1) Any person who desires to be an independent candidate for the office of president must file a declaration of candidacy as an independent candidate no later than August 1. Such declaration must state that such person is an indepen…

34-711. Certification of candidates for president, vice president and presidential electors. The state chairman of each political party shall certify the names of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates and presidential electors to the secretary of state on or before Se…

34-711A. Certification of independent presidential electors. Independent presidential candidates who have qualified for ballot status pursuant to section 34-708A, Idaho Code, shall certify the names of the vice presidential candidate and of presidential electors to the secretary …

34-712. Sample form for primary election ballots. The secretary of state shall provide the sample form of the primary election ballot to each of the county clerks no later than the ninth Friday before the primary election. The sample ballot shall contain the proper political part…

34-713. Preparation of primary ballots. (1) Upon receipt of the sample ballot and instructions from the secretary of state, each county clerk shall print and prepare the official primary ballots for the forthcoming election. The printing of the ballots shall be a county expense a…

34-714. Filling vacancies in slate of political party candidates occurring prior to primary election. (1) Vacancies that occur before the primary election in the slate of candidates of any political party because of the death, disqualification for any reason, or withdrawal from t…

34-715. Filling of vacancies occurring before or after primary election. (1) Vacancies that occur after 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Friday before a primary election, or after the primary election but before 5:00 p.m. on the eighth Friday before the general election in the slate of ca…

34-716. Vacancies of candidates for nonpartisan offices occurring before general election not filled — Exceptions — Judicial offices. (1) All vacancies of candidates for nonpartisan offices that occur after the primary election but before the general election, except vacancies in…

34-717. Withdrawal of candidacy. (1) A candidate for nomination or candidate for election to a partisan office may withdraw from the election by filing a notarized statement of withdrawal with the officer with whom his declaration of candidacy was filed. The statement must contai…

34-740. Rules. The secretary of state as chief election officer may adopt such rules as are necessary to facilitate the operation, accomplishment and purpose of this chapter.