34-1203. COUNTING OF BALLOTS — CERTIFICATES OF JUDGES. (1) The ballots and polls lists agreeing, the election personnel shall then proceed to tally the votes cast. Under each office title, the number of votes for each candidate and such other information required by the secretary of state shall be entered in the tally books together with the total of the above figures in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state. Any ballot or part of a ballot from which it is impossible to determine the elector’s choice shall be void and shall not be counted. When a ballot is sufficiently plain to determine therefrom a part of the voter’s intention, it shall be the duty of the judges to count such part.
(2) Following the counting, the judges must transmit a copy of the results to the county clerk.
(3)(a) For any election in which at least one (1) office election or ballot question in the county occurs in both time zones in Idaho, the county clerk shall release no election results to the public until all voting places in the state have closed on election day.
(b) If no office election or ballot question in the county occurs in both time zones in Idaho, the county clerk may release the election results to the public at any time after all voting places in the county have closed on election day.
(4) The secretary of state shall issue directives or promulgate administrative rules adopting standards that define what constitutes a vote and what will be counted as a vote for each category of voting system used in this state.
History:
[34-1203, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 187, p. 351; am. 1981, ch. 109, sec. 1, p. 163; am. 2003, ch. 48, sec. 12, p. 186; am. 2016, ch. 272, sec. 1, p. 749; am. 2022, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 642.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 34-1201 - CANVASS OF VOTES.
Section 34-1202 - COMPARISON OF POLL LISTS AND BALLOTS — VOID BALLOTS.
Section 34-1202A - VOID BALLOT NOT COUNTED.
Section 34-1203 - COUNTING OF BALLOTS — CERTIFICATES OF JUDGES.
Section 34-1203A - POSTELECTION AUDIT OF SELECTED BALLOTS.
Section 34-1204 - TRANSMISSION OF SUPPLIES TO COUNTY CLERK.
Section 34-1205 - COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS — MEETINGS.
Section 34-1206 - BOARD’S STATEMENT OF VOTES CAST.
Section 34-1207 - ABSTRACTS OF RETURNS.
Section 34-1208 - CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR ELECTION.
Section 34-1209 - CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION TO COUNTY CANDIDATES AFTER GENERAL ELECTION.
Section 34-1210 - TIE VOTES IN COUNTY ELECTIONS.
Section 34-1211 - STATE BOARD OF CANVASSERS — MEETINGS.
Section 34-1212 - EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF COUNTY CANVASSES BY STATE BOARD.
Section 34-1213 - CERTIFICATION OF CANVASS OF ABSTRACTS BY BOARD.
Section 34-1216 - TIE VOTES — IN STATE OR DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
Section 34-1217 - CANVASSING RETURNS OF JUDICIAL ELECTIONS — CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION OR ELECTION.