34-1005. RETURN OF ABSENTEE BALLOT. (1) The return envelope shall be mailed or delivered to the officer who issued the same; provided, that an absentee ballot must be received by the issuing officer by 8:00 p.m. on the day of election before such ballot may be counted.
(2) Upon receipt of an absent elector’s ballot, the county clerk of the county wherein such elector resides shall verify the authenticity of the affidavit, including verifying that the signature matches the signature from such elector’s voter registration, and shall write or stamp upon the envelope containing the same, the date and hour such envelope was received in his office and shall record the information pursuant to section 34-1011, Idaho Code. He shall safely keep and preserve all absent electors’ ballots unopened until the time prescribed for delivery to the polls or to the central count ballot processing center.
History:
[34-1005, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 166, p. 351; am. 1972, ch. 157, sec. 2, p. 349; am. 1995, ch. 215, sec. 13, p. 753; am. 2007, ch. 202, sec. 4, p. 621; am. 2011, ch. 285, sec. 10, p. 782; am. 2021, ch. 262, sec. 3, p. 808.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 34-1001 - VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT AUTHORIZED.
Section 34-1002 - APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Section 34-1002A - EMERGENCY SITUATION ABSENTEE BALLOT — APPLICATION.
Section 34-1003 - ISSUANCE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Section 34-1004 - MARKING AND FOLDING OF ABSENTEE BALLOT — AFFIDAVIT.
Section 34-1005 - RETURN OF ABSENTEE BALLOT.
Section 34-1006 - COUNTY CLERKS SHALL PROVIDE ONE OR MORE “ABSENT ELECTORS’ VOTING PLACE.”
Section 34-1007 - COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Section 34-1008 - DEPOSIT OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
Section 34-1009 - CHALLENGING ABSENTEE ELECTOR’S VOTE.
Section 34-1010 - REJECTION OF DEFECTIVE BALLOTS.
Section 34-1011 - COUNTY CLERK’S RECORD OF APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENT ELECTOR’S BALLOTS.
Section 34-1012 - ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING — EARLY VOTING.