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HOUSE BILL NO. 288 – Candidates/write-in/filing deadline

HOUSE BILL NO. 288

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H0288......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
CANDIDATES - Amends existing law to increase the time for the filing
deadline for write-in candidates from eleven to fourteen days before the
day of the election.

02/22    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/23    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 52-7-11
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Bruneel,
      Callister, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest, Hornbeck,
      Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Lake, Limbaugh, Loertscher,
      Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Pischner, Pomeroy,
      Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Smith,
      Stevenson, Taylor(Taylor), Tilman, Tippets, Watson, Williams,
      Zimmermann
      NAYS -- Ellsworth, Hadley, Kunz, Mortensen, Moyle, Smylie, Wheeler
      Absent and excused -- Boe, Campbell, Gould, Hansen(29), Kellogg,
      Linford, Stoicheff, Stone, Trail, Wood, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Alltus
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/01    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/11    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-0-5
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Geddes, Hawkins,
      Ingram, Ipsen, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch,
      Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Branch, Frasure, Keough, Parry, Wheeler
    Floor Sponsor - Geddes
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/19    To Governor
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 221
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


H0288


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 288

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO ELECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 34-702A, IDAHO CODE, TO  INCREASE  THE
 3        WRITE-IN  CANDIDATE  FILING  DEADLINE FOR A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION TO
 4        FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 34-702A, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        34-702A.  DECLARATION  OF INTENT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. No write-in vote
 9    for any office in a primary, special, or general  election  shall  be  counted
10    unless  a  declaration  of  intent  has  been filed indicating that the person
11    desires the office and is legally qualified  to  assume  the  duties  of  said
12    office if elected. The declaration of intent shall be filed with the secretary
13    of  state if for a federal, state, or legislative district office and with the
14    county clerk if for a county office. Such declaration of intent shall be filed
15    not later than  eleven   fourteen  (1 1 
16    4 ) days before the day of election. The secretary of state  shall  pre-
17    scribe the form for said declaration.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                               RS 09088

The purpose of this bill is to establish a fourteen (14) day
deadline for all write-in candidates to file prior to an election.

The current period of eleven (11) days for partisan write-in
candidates is too short of a time span to make final preparations
especially for counties using an optical scan voting system.




                            FISCAL IMPACT

No fiscal impact on the state general fund or any of its political
subdivisions.









CONTACT:  Idaho Association of Counties Phone: 345-9126
        Dan Chadwick, Tony Poinelli, Paul Beddoe
        Representative Jeff Alltus Phone: (800) 626-0471
        
                                        STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE   Bill No.  H 288