Idaho § 34-1804 INITIAL FILING OF BALLOT MEASURE — PRINTING OF PETITION AND SIGNATURE SHEETS — PROPOSED FUNDING AND FISCAL INFORMATION

Idaho Statutes

§ 34-1804 — INITIAL FILING OF BALLOT MEASURE — PRINTING OF PETITION AND SIGNATURE SHEETS — PROPOSED FUNDING AND FISCAL INFORMATION

Idaho § 34-1804

Title 34ELECTIONS

Ch. 18INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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Bluebook

Idaho Code § 34-1804 (2026).

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(1)Before or at the time of beginning to circulate any petition for the referendum to the people on any act passed by the state legislature of the state of Idaho, or for any law proposed by the initiative, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the measure is to be referred or initiated shall send or deliver to the secretary of state a copy of such petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) qualified electors of the state, which shall be filed by said officer in his office, and who shall immediately transmit a copy of the petition to the attorney general for the issuance of the certificate of review as provided in section 34-1809, Idaho Code.

(2)In the case of an initiative petition, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whos

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(1) Before or at the time of beginning to circulate any petition for the referendum to the people on any act passed by the state legislature of the state of Idaho, or for any law proposed by the initiative, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the measure is to be referred or initiated shall send or deliver to the secretary of state a copy of such petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) qualified electors of the state, which shall be filed by said officer in his office, and who shall immediately transmit a copy of the petition to the attorney general for the issuance of the certificate of review as provided in section 34-1809, Idaho Code.
(2) In the case of an initiative petition, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the measure is to be initiated shall propose a funding source for the cost of implementing the measure. The proposed funding source information shall accompany a copy of the initiative when the petition is initially filed with the secretary of state under subsection (1) of this section, and whenever the petition is circulated for signatures, but the proposed funding source information shall not formally be part of the initiative and shall have no binding effect. Upon receipt of the petition and the proposed funding source information, the secretary of state shall immediately transmit a copy of the petition and proposed funding source information to the division of financial management so that it may issue a statement of fiscal impact as provided in section 34-1812, Idaho Code. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a city or county ballot initiative.
(3) All petitions for the initiative and for the referendum and sheets for signatures shall be printed on a good quality of bond or ledger paper in the form and manner as approved by the secretary of state. To every sheet of petitioners’ signatures shall be attached a full and correct copy of the measure so proposed by initiative petition and a copy of the fiscal impact statement summary for the initiative, if applicable; but such petition may be filed by the secretary of state in numbered sections for convenience in handling. Every sheet of petitioners’ signatures upon referendum petitions shall be attached to a full and correct copy of the measure on which the referendum is demanded and may be filed in numbered sections in like manner as initiative petitions. Not more than twenty (20) signatures on one (1) sheet shall be counted. Each signature sheet shall contain signatures of qualified electors from only one (1) county.

Idaho Coalition United for Bears, a Political Committee Lynn Fritchman, an Individual Don Morgan, an Individual Ronald D. Rankin, an Individual Initiative and Referendum Institute, a Not-For-Profit Corporation v. Pete T. Cenarrussa, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Idaho

342 F.3d 1073 (Ninth Circuit, 2003)

Legislative History

[34-1804, added 1933, ch. 210, sec. 4, p. 431; am. 1988, ch. 48, sec. 2, p. 67; am. 2013, ch. 214, sec. 2, p. 504; am. 2013, ch. 336, sec. 2, p. 874; am. 2020, ch. 317, sec. 2, p. 903.]