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2017 Idaho Statutes
Title 33 - EDUCATION
Chapter 5 - DISTRICT TRUSTEES
Section 33-503 - ELECTION OF TRUSTEES — UNIFORM DATE.
Universal Citation: ID Code § 33-503 (2017)
33-503. Election of trustees — Uniform date. (1) The election of school district trustees including those in charter districts shall be on the third Tuesday in May in odd-numbered years. Notice and conduct of the election, and the canvassing of the returns shall be as provided in chapter 14, title 34, Idaho Code. In each trustee zone, the person receiving the greatest number of votes cast within his zone shall be declared by the board of trustees as the trustee elected from that zone.
(2) If any two (2) or more persons have an equal number of votes in any trustee zone and a greater number than any other nominee in that zone, the board of trustees shall determine the winner by a toss of a coin.
(3) The provisions of sections 67-6601 through 67-6616, Idaho Code, and sections 67-6623 through 67-6630, Idaho Code, shall apply to all elections of school district trustees, except for elections of trustees in a school district that has fewer than five hundred (500) students. Provided however, the county clerk shall stand in place of the secretary of state and the county prosecutor shall stand in place of the attorney general. Any report or filing required to be filed by or for a candidate by such Idaho Code sections shall be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein the district lies or, in the case of a joint district, with the county clerk of the home county as designated pursuant to section 33-304, Idaho Code.
History:
[33-503, added 1963, ch. 13, sec. 53, p. 27; am. 1973, ch. 97, sec. 1, p. 166; am. 1975, ch. 181, sec. 1, p. 497; am. 2009, ch. 341, sec. 40, p. 1017; am. 2015, ch. 248, sec. 1, p. 1044.]
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