2010 Idaho Code
TITLE 33 EDUCATION
CHAPTER 4 SCHOOL ELECTIONS
33-403 CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.

TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 4

SCHOOL ELECTIONS

33-403. Conduct of elections.[effective until january 1, 2011] In all school elections each polling place shall be presided over by a board of election. Each board shall consist of one (1) or more judges and a clerk, who shall be qualified school district electors of the district. The board of election shall determine the time of duty of each judge and clerk as full time or part time on duty and require those who count the ballots to remain on duty until the ballots are counted. Before entering upon his duties, each member of the board of election shall take an oath, which shall be administered by any qualified school district elector of the district, faithfully to perform the duties of such member.

In any election involving excision and annexation of territory, or consolidation of districts, or division of a district, the board of county commissioners of any county affected by such election shall appoint the boards of election and designate the polling places within that county; and in all other school elections, the board of trustees of the district shall appoint the board or boards of election.

Polling places designated for school election shall conform to the accessibility standards established by the secretary of state pursuant to the authority granted in section 34-302, Idaho Code.

While the polls are open neither the board of election nor any person shall give information on the progress of the election. All elections shall be by secret and separate ballot, each ballot to be in print, type or other legible writing. The ballots in each case shall be prepared by the person responsible for signing, posting and arranging the publishing of the notice of election, and shall be in such form that an elector may express a choice in the affirmative or in the negative of any proposition to be voted on or the election of any person, by marking a cross (X). Ballots shall carry a brief but clear statement of any proposition being submitted; and

1. In the case of an election involving the creation or assumption of debt, the amount of the issue, purpose and period of the issue, or the amount to be assumed;

2. In the case of election of trustees, the names of the nominees, together with space in which an elector may write in the name or names of other qualified persons;

3. In the case of an election involving excision and annexation of territory, or the consolidation of school districts, or the division of a school district, a description of the proposed change.

In all school elections, the ballots used by the electors shall be kept in a sealed container until the polls are closed at the time specified in the notice of election.

It is intended that no informalities in the conduct of school elections shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise fairly held.