Idaho Bills
7 bills · 2017 Regular Session
Amends existing law to provide that a candidate for the state Legislature shall have been a registered elector within the legislative district for one year preceding the election.
34 – 1
Amends existing law to remove the official date of a political party change by an elected official.
This legislation amends the statute removing the waiting period for a change in party affiliation to take effect for a current partisan officeholder. The Federal Court determined that it should be consistent with other electors' change of party affiliation.
34 – 0
Amends existing law to revise the deadlines and dates for a city initiative and referendum election.
The legislation will remove the restriction of city initiative and referendum elections to only be held in odd-numbered years. Currently, allowing initiatives and referenda only in odd years causes residents to sometimes wait for nearly two years to undo or change an existing ordinance. Allowing an initiative or referendum in any year will help local government be more responsive to citizens' proposals.
Amends existing law to provide that early voting shall begin during a certain time period before the election.
The purpose of this legislation is to clarify the early voting time line for elections by defining when early voting may begin and to provide statewide consistency in the early voting process for those counties that elect to do "early voting".
45 – 24
Amends existing law to revise the procedure for filling a vacancy in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The purpose of this legislation is to update the special election provision in Idaho Code first put into law in 1899, with regard to vacancies to be filled in the United States House of Representatives.
29 – 4
Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to provide for a nonpartisan election of county, state and district officers.
This legislation provides for what is commonly referred to as a Top 2 Primary. All political party and independent candidates for a partisan political office will appear on a single primary ballot and the two candidates receiving the most votes in the primary will be placed on the general election ballot. A voter's abilitytovoteforacandidatewillnolongerbelimitedbywhetherheorsheisregisteredtovoteasamember of a particular political party, and taxpayers will no longer be required to pay for individual political party contests in which they cannot participate.
Grant Burgoyne · SD-016
Amends existing law to provide additional forms of personal identification that may be presented at the polls.
The purpose of this legislation is to amend Section 34-113, Idaho Code, in order to approve an additional form of identification because a person must provide a form of personal identification at the polls before voting or at absent electors polling places.
27 – 8