Title 34 — ELECTIONS

34-620. Election of county treasurers — Qualifications. (1) At the general election, 1974, and every four (4) years thereafter, a county treasurer shall be elected in every county. The county treasurer shall be the ex officio public administrator and ex officio tax collector. (2)…

34-621. Election of county assessors — Qualifications. (1) At the general election, 1974, and every four (4) years thereafter, a county assessor shall be elected in every county. (2) No person shall be elected to the office of county assessor unless he has attained the age of twe…

34-622. Election of county coroners — Qualifications. (1) At the general election, 1986, and every four (4) years thereafter, a coroner shall be elected in every county. (2) No person shall be elected to the office of coroner unless he has attained twenty-one (21) years of age at…

34-623. Election of county prosecuting attorneys — Qualifications. (1) At the general election, 1984, and every four (4) years thereafter, a prosecuting attorney shall be elected in every county. (2) No person shall be elected to the office of prosecuting attorney unless he has a…

34-624. Election of precinct committeemen — Qualifications. (1) At the primary election, 1980, and every two (2) years thereafter, a precinct committeeman for each political party shall be elected in every voting precinct within each county. The term of office of a precinct commi…

34-624A. Alternative to precinct committeeman — Precinct committeeman and voters’ delegate to the party’s county and district conventions. (1) At least sixty (60) days prior to an election at which precinct committeemen are to be elected, the state chairman of any Idaho political…

34-625. Election of highway district commissioners in single countywide districts — Qualifications. (1) In each general election, highway district commissioners in single countywide districts shall be elected as provided for in section 40-1404, Idaho Code. (2) No person shall be …

34-625A. Election of highway district commissioners in certain single countywide districts — Qualifications. (1) In each general election, highway district commissioners in single countywide districts shall be elected as provided for in section 40-1404A, Idaho Code. (2) No person…

34-626. Petition in lieu of filing fee. In lieu of paying the filing fee, candidates may qualify for the offices mentioned in section 34-604 through section 34-623, Idaho Code, by filing a declaration of candidacy and a nominating petition. The petition shall contain the signatur…

34-627. Holders of partisan elective office changing political parties. Whenever any holder of a partisan elective office desires to change political parties, the change shall only be effective if the holder files a declaration of intent to change political parties with the elect…

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.

34-901. Official election ballot identification. (1) The county clerk shall provide that all election ballots are identified as official. Each ballot shall have upon its face the date and year of the election in which it is used and the words "Official Election Ballot." To ensure…

34-902. County commissioners to provide sufficient ballots and ballot boxes for each polling place at all elections. The board of county commissioners shall authorize that a suitable number of ballots be printed for each polling place. The county clerk shall cause such ballots to…

34-903. Secretary of state to prescribe form and contents of all ballots and related documents. (1) The secretary of state shall, in a manner consistent with the election laws of this state, prescribe the form for all ballots, absentee ballots, diagrams, sample ballots, voting ma…

34-903A. Name on ballot. Should it appear to the secretary of state or county clerk that a person has filed as a candidate and that such person has changed their name and has changed their name to words that convey or attempt to convey a political message, the secretary of state …

34-903B. ranked choice voting prohibited. (1) No county elections office shall use ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting to conduct an election or nomination of any candidate in this state for any local government, statewide, or federal elective office. (2) For the purpos…

34-904. Primary election ballots. (1) There shall be a separate primary election ballot for each political party upon which its ticket shall be printed; however, a county may use a separate ballot for the office of precinct committeeman. All candidates who have filed their declar…

34-904A. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an elector who has designated a party affiliation shall be allowed to vote only in the primary election of the political party for which such an elector is so registered. …

34-905. Nonpartisan ballots for election of justices of supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, and district judges. There shall be a single nonpartisan ballot for the election of justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, and district judges. The names…

34-905A. Nonpartisan ballots for election of highway district commissioners — Plurality required for election. There shall be a single nonpartisan ballot for the election of highway district commissioners in each highway district. The ballot shall designate the highway district c…

34-906. Ballots for general elections. (1) There shall be a single general election ballot on which the complete ticket of each political party shall be printed. Each political party ticket shall include that party’s nominee for each particular office. The secretary of state shal…

34-908. Each ballot to carry official election ballot identification on outside — Marking of ballot by voter. (1) Every ballot used at any primary, general or special election shall be marked on the outside with the official election ballot identification before it is given to th…

34-909. General election sample ballots forwarded to counties by secretary of state. (1) The secretary of state, no later than September 7, shall provide the necessary general election sample ballot layout to each of the county clerks. (2) The sample ballot layout shall contain t…

34-910. Duty of county clerk to furnish sufficient ballots to each voting precinct — Record of number of ballots printed and furnished. (1) It shall be the duty of the county clerk to furnish and cause to be delivered a sufficient number of election ballots to the judges of elect…

34-911. County clerk to prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at elections. The county clerk shall prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at such elections, as to obtaining ballots, as to the manner of marking them, and as to obtaining new tickets in …

34-912. Procedure for correction of ballots when vacancy occurs after printing — Notice. When any vacancy occurs after the printing of the ballots and is filled as provided by law, the county clerk shall thereupon have printed a sufficient number of stickers containing the name o…

34-913. disclosures in elections to authorize bonded indebtedness. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after July 1, 2021, any taxing district that proposes to submit any question to the electors of the district that would authorize any bonded indebtedness must…

34-914. disclosures in elections to authorize a levy. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after July 1, 2021, any taxing district that proposes to submit any question to the electors of the district that would authorize any levy, except for the levies authorize…

34-1001. Voting by absentee ballot authorized. Any registered elector of the state of Idaho may vote at any election by absentee ballot as herein provided.

34-1002. Application for absentee ballot. (1) Any registered elector may make written application to the county clerk, or other proper officer charged by law with the duty of issuing official ballots for such election, for an official ballot or ballots of the kind or kinds to be …

34-1002A. emergency situation absentee ballot — application. (1) A registered elector who has not previously requested an absentee ballot for the same election and who is physically unable to vote in person at the elector’s designated polling place on the day of the election beca…

34-1003. Issuance of absentee ballot. (1) Upon receipt of an application for an absent elector’s ballot within the proper time, the county clerk receiving it shall examine the records of the county clerk’s office to ascertain whether or not such applicant is registered and lawful…