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HOUSE BILL NO. 116

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H0116......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
CANDIDATES - Amends existing law to increase the time for the filing
deadline for write-in candidates to twenty-five days before the day of the
election.

01/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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H0116


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

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 116

                                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        TWENTY-FIVE 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      twenty-five    (  11
16     25 ) days before the day of election. The secretary of state
17    shall prescribe the form for said declaration.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
            RS 08653
      
The purpose of this bill is to establish a twenty-five (25) day
deadline for all write-in candidates to file prior to an election.
Currently the time frame for write-in candidates in non-partisan
elections is twenty-five (25) days prior to the election and this
will provide uniformity.

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

                                         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE   Bill No.  H 116