TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 7

NOMINATIONS — CONVENTIONS — PRIMARY ELECTIONS

34-705.  With whom declarations filed. (1)  All candidates for county offices, whether political party candidates or independent candidates, and all political party candidates for precinct offices shall file their declarations of candidacy with the county clerk of their respective counties. All candidates for district, state and federal offices shall file their declarations of candidacy with the secretary of state.

(2)  The secretary of state shall certify to the county clerks, within ten (10) days after the filing deadline, the names of the political party candidates who filed for federal, state and district offices and are qualified for placement on the ballot.

(3)  The secretary of state shall certify the name of a candidate being appointed by the appropriate central committee pursuant to section 34-714, Idaho Code, by no later than the next business day after the appointment is received in the secretary of state’s office, if received after the certification of candidates to the county clerks under subsection (2) of this section.

History:

[I.C., sec. 34-705, as added by 1971, ch. 5, sec. 4, p. 11; am. 1971 (E.S.), ch. 9, sec. 3, p. 20; am. 1976, ch. 60, sec. 4, p. 203; am. 2019, ch. 96, sec. 8, p. 347.]