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 the state; provided, however, that a candidate for judicial office […]
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 least the following number of write-in votes at the primary election: […]
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 qualified to assume the duties of said office if elected. The […]
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 nominated at the primary elections, or shall have their names placed on the general election ballot […]
34-704. DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY. (1) Any person legally qualified to hold such office is entitled to become a candidate and file his declaration of candidacy. Each political party candidate for precinct, state, district or county office shall file his declaration of candidacy in the proper office between 8:00 a.m. on the twelfth Monday preceding the […]
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 counties. All candidates for district, state and federal offices shall file their declarations of candidacy with […]
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 the party name and are qualified. Within three (3) days after the […]
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 central committee and each county central committee at the earliest […]
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 provisions of this section. In order to be recognized as an […]
34-708A. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. (1) Persons who desire to be independent candidates for the offices of president and vice president, must file declarations of candidacy as independent candidates during the period set forth in section 34-704, Idaho Code. Such declarations must state that such persons are offering themselves as independent candidates […]
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 September 1, unless a five (5) day extension is granted by the secretary of state, in […]
34-711A. CERTIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. Independent candidates who have qualified for ballot status pursuant to section 34-708A, Idaho Code, shall certify the names of presidential electors to the secretary of state on or before September 1, in order for them to appear on the general election ballot. The secretary of state shall certify the […]
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 forty (40) days prior to the primary. The sample ballot shall contain the proper political party candidates to be voted upon within the county whose […]
34-713. PREPARATION OF PRIMARY BALLOTS. 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 and paid out of the county treasury except presidential primary ballots, which […]
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 the nomination process by the candidate, shall be filled in the following manner […]
34-715. FILLING OF VACANCIES OCCURRING BEFORE OR AFTER PRIMARY ELECTION. Vacancies that occur during the ten (10) day period before a primary election, or after the primary election but at least ten (10) days before the general election in the slate of candidates of any political party, except candidates for precinct committeeman, shall be filled […]
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 the offices of nominated candidates for judicial office which shall be filled as provided 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 contain all information necessary to identify the candidate and the office sought […]
34-731. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. (1) In years in which a president of the United States is to be nominated and elected, a presidential primary shall be held at which voters may express their choice of candidate for nomination by a political party for president. The presidential primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in March […]
34-732. CANDIDATES. The name of any candidate for a political party nomination for president of the United States shall be printed on the ballots only if the candidate files with the secretary of state a declaration of candidacy accompanied by a one thousand dollar ($1,000) filing fee not less than ninety (90) days prior to […]
