TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 11

CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

34-1101.  Opening and closing of polls. (1) At all elections conducted pursuant to title 34, Idaho Code, the polls shall be opened at 8:00 A.M. and remain open until all registered electors of that precinct have appeared and voted or until 8:00 P.M. of the same day, whichever comes first. The county clerk, at his option, however, may open the polls in his county at 7:00 A.M. for a primary or general election.

(2)  Upon opening the polls, one (1) of the judges shall make the proclamation of the same and thirty (30) minutes before closing the polls a proclamation shall be made in the same manner. Any elector who is in line at 8:00 P.M. shall be allowed to vote notwithstanding the pronouncement that the polls are closed.

History:

[34-1101, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 173, p. 351; am. 1972, ch. 349, sec. 1, p. 1033; am. 1973, ch. 304, sec. 11, p. 646; am. 1993, ch. 313, sec. 12, p. 1163.]