Idaho § 34-2301 - Application for recount of ballots
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 34-2301 — Application for recount of ballots, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-2301. Application for recount of ballots
(1) Any candidate for federal, state, county or municipal office desiring a recount of the ballots cast in any nominating or general election or person supporting or opposing a state, county or city measure, may apply to the attorney general therefor, within twenty (20) days of the canvass of such election, by the state board of canvassers if for federal and state office, or within twenty (20) days of the canvass of such election by the county commissioners if for a county or municipal office.
(2) Candidates for all other offices and supporters and opponents to all other ballot measures desiring a recount may apply to the county clerk within twenty (20) days of the canvass of said election by the board of county commissioners.
[34-2301, added 1957, ch. 198, sec. 1, p. 410; am. 1985, ch. 41, sec. 1, p. 84; am. 2009, ch. 341, sec. 64, p. 1035; am. 2011, ch. 285, sec. 15, p. 784.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-2301 ("Application for recount of ballots") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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