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SENATE BILL NO. 1165

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S1165......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
WRITE-IN CANDIDATES - Amends existing law to provide that all write-in
candidates must file a declaration of intent by the eighth Friday preceding
a primary or general election.
                                                                        
02/21    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/22    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1165
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE DECLARATION OF INTENT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES;  AMENDING  SEC-
  3        TION  34-702A,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO PROVIDE THAT ALL WRITE-IN CANDIDATES MUST
  4        FILE A  DECLARATION OF INTENT BY THE EIGHTH FRIDAY PRECEDING A PRIMARY  OR
  5        GENERAL ELECTION.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section 34-702A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        34-702A.  DECLARATION OF INTENT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. No write-in  vote
 10    for  any  office  in  a primary, special, or general election shall be counted
 11    unless a declaration of intent has  been  filed  indicating  that  the  person
 12    desires  the  office  and  is  legally  qualified to assume the duties of said
 13    office if elected. The declaration of intent shall be filed with the secretary
 14    of state if for a federal, state, or legislative district office and with  the
 15    county clerk if for a county office. Such declaration of intent shall be filed
 16    not  later  than fourteen (14) days before the eighth Friday preceding the day
 17    of the primary or general election. The secretary of state shall prescribe the
 18    form for said declaration.
 19        In those counties which utilize optical scan ballots an elector shall  not
 20    place  on  the ballot a sticker bearing the name of a person, or use any other
 21    method or device, except writing, to vote for  a  person  whose  name  is  not
 22    printed on the ballot.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17005

     The purpose of this bill is to require a person intending to
run as a write-in candidate to file a declaration of intent by the
eighth Friday preceding the day of the primary or general election. 
The current deadline allows write-in candidates to file a
declaration after the date that county clerks are required to print
ballots, requiring clerks to print a write-in line for each office
on the ballot.  By changing the deadline, county clerks will save
significant printing costs, because they will only need to print a
write-in line for those races that actually have a write-in
candidate.


                           FISCAL NOTE

     This bill has no effect on the general fund.  It will save
costs incurred by county clerks in printing and preparing ballots.




Contact
Name: Senator Curt McKenzie 
Phone: (208) 332-1326
Senator John McGee



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1165