Idaho Secretary of State
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The Secretary of State for Idaho has a wide range of duties, one presiding over the Elections Division, which has large amount of involvement in the initiative process.
The current secretary of state of Idaho is Ben Ysursa.
Duties
There are a multitude of responsibilities that the Secretary of State is responsible for, which include:
- Business entities
- Uniform commercial codes
- Elections
- Notaries
- Trademarks
- Health care registry
- Will registry
- Publications and code commission
- State emblems
Roles in the initiative process
Filing the Petition
In Idaho a petition must have 20 sponsors before being filed with the Secretary of State. At this point the initiative will be sent to the Attorney General for review of its legality.
Within 15 days of the Attorney's General's review the Secretary of State will issue a "Certificate of Review" that will be issued to the sponsors regardless of whethor or not the Attorney General's recommendation is taken.
- Any person who is dissatisfied with ballot titles, may appeal to the Supreme Court within 20 days after said ballot title is filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State give the approved form with the ballot titles to the petitioners along with printing instructions.
Signature Verification
Signatures are submitted to the appropriate County Clerk for verification no later the close of business on May 1st in the year that the election will be held. However, the petition must be submitted at least 18 months from the official date that sponsors recieved the title of the ballot. Which ever of these dates is earlier is the deadline for the initiative.
Electors are allowed to write to their County Clerk asking for their names to be removed from petitions. When signatures are submitted therefore the County Clerk shall strike through and not count these requests.
The County Clerk shall within 60 calendar days of the deadline for the submission of the signatures, verify the signatures, but in no event shall the time extend beyond the last day of June in the year an election on the initiative will be held. If enough signatures are valid then the initiative will be placed onto the ballot.
Contact Information
Secretary of State
PO Box 83720
Boise ID 83720-0080
Telephone:208-334-2300
See also
- Ben Ysursa, Idaho Secretary of State
- Idaho Governor
- Idaho Lieutenant Governor
- Idaho Attorney General
External links
Idaho Secretary of State website
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