34-1704. PRINTING OF PETITION AND SHEETS FOR SIGNATURES — TIME LIMITS FOR PERFECTING PETITION. (1) Before or at the time of beginning to circulate any petition for the recall of any officer subject to recall, the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the recall petition is to be circulated shall send or deliver to the secretary of state or county clerk, as the case may be, a copy of a prospective petition duly signed by at least twenty (20) electors eligible to sign such petition. The receiving officer shall immediately examine the petition and specify the form and kind and size of paper on which the petition shall be printed and circulated for further signatures. All petitions and signature sheets for recall shall be printed on a good quality bond paper of standardized size in substantial conformance within the provisions of section 34-1703, Idaho Code. To every sheet of petitioners’ signatures shall be attached a full and correct copy of the recall petition.
(2) The secretary of state or county clerk, as the case may be, shall indicate in writing on the prospective recall petition that he has approved it as to form and the date of such approval. Upon approval as to form, the secretary of state or county clerk shall inform the person or persons or organization or organizations under whose authority the recall petition is to be circulated, in writing, that the petition must be perfected with the required number of signatures within seventy-five (75) days following the date of approval as to form. Signatures on the prospective petition shall not be counted toward the required number of signatures. Any petition that does not contain the required number of signatures within the seventy-five (75) days allowed shall be declared null and void ab initio in its entirety.
History:
[34-1704, added 1972, ch. 283, sec. 3, p. 703; am. 1975, ch. 137, sec. 2, p. 302; am. 2004, ch. 164, sec. 1, p. 533; am. 2013, ch. 135, sec. 6, p. 313; am. 2021, ch. 325, sec. 6, p. 996.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 34-1701 - OFFICERS SUBJECT TO RECALL.
Section 34-1702 - REQUIRED SIGNATURES ON PETITION.
Section 34-1703 - FORM OF PETITION.
Section 34-1705 - VERIFICATION ON SHEETS FOR SIGNATURES.
Section 34-1706 - EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES.
Section 34-1707 - SUFFICIENCY OF PETITION — NOTIFICATION — EFFECT OF RESIGNATION — SPECIAL ELECTION.
Section 34-1708 - FORM OF RECALL BALLOT.
Section 34-1709 - OFFICER TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE.
Section 34-1710 - CONDUCT OF SPECIAL RECALL ELECTION.
Section 34-1711 - CANVASS OF RETURNS.
Section 34-1712 - GENERAL ELECTION LAWS CONTROL.
Section 34-1713 - TIME WITHIN WHICH RECALL MAY BE FILED — REMOVAL OF SIGNATURES.
Section 34-1714 - PROHIBITED ACTS — PENALTIES.
Section 34-1715 - REFUSAL TO ACCEPT PETITION — MANDATE — INJUNCTION.