Section 34-708A - INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.

ID Code § 34-708A (2019) (N/A)
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34-708A. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. Persons who desire to be independent candidates for the offices of president and vice-president, must file, prior to August 25 of the election year, declarations of candidacy as independent candidates. Such declarations must state that such persons are offering themselves as independent candidates and must declare that they have no political party affiliation. The declarations shall have attached thereto a petition signed by one thousand (1,000) qualified electors.

The candidates for president and vice-president shall be considered as candidates for one (1) office, and only one (1) such petition need be filed for both offices.

Signatures on the petitions required in this section shall be verified in the manner prescribed in section 34-1807, Idaho Code, provided that the petition circulators are not required to be Idaho residents.

History:

[34-708A, added 1977, ch. 14, sec. 1, p. 30; am. 1979, ch. 309, sec. 6, p. 836; am. 1985, ch. 42, sec. 3, p. 89; am. 1987, ch. 262, sec. 2, p. 555; am. 1996, ch. 28, sec. 25, p. 77; am. 2011, ch. 285, sec. 6, p. 781.]