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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
H0288|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN 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 thanelevenfourteen (1116 4 ) days before the day of election. The secretary of state shall pre- 17 scribe the form for said declaration.
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