2005 Idaho Code - 33-403 — CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

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