Idaho § 40-1305C - Declaration of candidacy - Qualifications
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§ 40-1305C. Declaration of candidacy - Qualifications
(1) Candidates for election as a highway district commissioner shall be nominated by nominating petitions, each of which shall bear the name of the nominee, the subdistrict for which the nomination is made, the term for which nomination is made, bear the signature of no less than five (5) electors of the candidate’s specific subdistrict, and be filed with the election official of the highway district. The form of the nominating petition shall be as provided by the county clerk. The nomination shall be filed during the time period provided in section 34-1404 , Idaho Code. The clerk of the political subdivision shall notify the county clerk within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the filing and verify the qualifications of the nominee and, no more than seven (7) days following the filing, shall certify the nominees to be placed on the ballot.
(2) A nominee shall qualify for the office of highway district commissioner if such nominee:
(a) Has attained the age of twenty-one (21) years at the time of his election; and
(b) Is a citizen of the United States; and
(c) Is a resident of the highway district commissioner’s subdistrict for which he seeks office.
[40-1305C, added 1994, ch. 123, sec. 6, p. 277; am. 2006, ch. 165, sec. 2, p. 500; am. 2025, ch. 113, sec. 22, p. 610.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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