IdahoElection rules set dates for districts, ballots, and vote counts
Beginning July 1, 2026, election officials use listed dates for soil district elections, mail ballots, and county reviews of election results.
What it does
Soil conservation districts hold their supervisor elections one year later than the dates listed for 2026 and 2028. Each election covers a four-year term.
County clerks mail ballots to all registered voters in designated mail-ballot precincts, but the supplied copy does not clearly show the exact earliest and latest mailing days.
County commissioners must review election results within a stated deadline after Election Day, but the supplied copy does not clearly show whether that deadline is nine or ten days.
Argument forMailing ballots to every voter in a designated precinct may make voting easier for people who cannot reach a regular polling place.
Argument againstBecause mail-ballot precincts have no regular voting place, voters needing in-person help may have to travel to the county clerk's office.
More detail
Soil conservation district supervisor elections scheduled for November 2026 and November 2028 are held in November 2027 and November 2029 instead. The rule covers elections for soil conservation district supervisors scheduled for November 2026 or November 2028. Each election is for a four-year term. The stated dates apply despite other election laws. The 2026 election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2027, and the 2028 election is held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2029; the act takes effect July 1, 2026.
County clerks mail ballots to every registered voter in a designated mail-ballot precinct within the pre-election period stated in the law. The rule covers precincts with no more than 140 registered voters at the last general election that county commissioners designate as mail-ballot precincts. The county must designate the precinct by April 1 of an even-numbered year. The precinct has no regular voting place. Voters who register on election day may vote at the clerk's office. The supplied text shows two possible sets of mailing deadlines—45 or 24 days before the election for the earliest mailing, and 11 or 14 days before the election for the latest mailing—because the copy does not preserve deleted and replacement formatting.
County commissioners canvass election results within the deadline stated in the law. The rule applies to county commissioners conducting the official review and counting of election results. The county clerk must certify the results to each political subdivision involved. Each political subdivision must issue the required election certificates. The supplied text shows both nine and ten days after the election as the canvass deadline because the copy does not preserve deleted and replacement formatting; the act takes effect July 1, 2026.
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- Passed 2nd Chamber
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- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 2Reported Signed by Governor Brad Little on April 2, 2026 Session Law Chapter 286 Effective: 07/01/2026Became Law
- Apr 1Delivered to Governor at 12:50 p.m. on April 1, 2026To Governor
- Apr 1Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to GovernorMinor
- Mar 31Signed by President; returned to HouseMajor
- Mar 31Received from the House enrolled/signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to SenateMajor
- Mar 31Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for EnrollingMinor
- Mar 30Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, ZuiderveldNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – GallowayFloor Sponsor - GuthrieTitle apvd - to HousePassed 2nd Chamber
- Vote recorded Read third time in full –. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 26Read second time; filed for Third ReadingMinor
- Mar 25Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second readingMinor
- Mar 23Introduced, read first time; referred to: State AffairsMinor
- Mar 23Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- Mar 20Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 69-0-1AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Burgoyne, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – Tanner(14)Floor Sponsor - MitchellTitle apvd - to SenatePassed 1st Chamber
- Vote recorded Read Third Time in Full –. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 19Read second time; Filed for Third ReadingMinor
- Mar 18Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second ReadingMinor
- Mar 12Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- Mar 11Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for PrintingIntroduced
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