Idaho § 34-627 - Holders of partisan elective office changing political parties
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 34-627 — Holders of partisan elective office changing political parties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 34-627. Holders of partisan elective office changing political parties
Whenever any holder of a partisan elective office desires to change political parties, the change shall only be effective if the holder files a declaration of intent to change political parties with the election official with whom the holder of the partisan elective office has filed his declaration of candidacy for the office that the holder of the partisan elective office currently holds. After receiving the declaration of intent, the election official shall send a copy of the declaration to the affected political party central committees of both the political party, if any, that the holder of the partisan elective office desires to leave and the political party, if any, that the holder of the partisan elective office desires to join. A holder of a partisan elective office cannot change political parties between the date the holder of partisan elective office files for the primary election through three (3) months after the general election in which the partisan elective office was on the ballot. A holder of a partisan elective office only may change political parties pursuant to this section once per term. The election official shall be authorized to charge a holder of a partisan elective office desiring to change his political party a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee to defray the election official’s expenses in administering the provisions of this section.
[34-627, added 1997, ch. 202, sec. 1, p. 577; am. 2017, ch. 21, sec. 1, p. 39.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 34-627 ("Holders of partisan elective office changing political parties") 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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