VOTER QUALIFICATIONS

· A Citizen of the United States;
· 18 years of age, or older;
· A resident in the state and in the county for thirty (30) days prior to Election Day.
· Registered as required by law.

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REGISTRATION

1.	With your County Clerk or official registrar up until 25 days (October 8) preceding any election. Voters are required to provide their driver’s license number when registering, or if they do not have a driver's license, provide the last four digits of their social security number.
2.	Any elector may register by mail for any election if postmarked not later than 25 days (October 8) prior to an election.
3.	Any person who is eligible to vote may register on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which he/she maintains residence and:
	By completing a registration card. Making an oath in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State. Providing any document which contains a valid address in the precinct. Providing a photo ID card.
	You can visit the Elections Division of the Idaho Secretary of State to help you register and vote.

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RE-REGISTRATION

Re-registration is required if registration is canceled for the following reasons:

1.	The voter failed to vote at least once at any primary or general election during the four years following registration.
2.	An elector changes his residence to another residence.
3.	An elector has a name change.

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WHERE TO VOTE

A polling place is selected for each election precinct by the Board of County Commissioners. Election notices are published in local newspapers naming the polling place for each election precinct, the date of election, and the hours during which the polls will be open. County Clerks also have this information.

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ABSENTEE VOTING

Any registered voter may apply in writing to the County Clerk to receive an absentee ballot. The application must give the name of the elector, residence address in Idaho, and mailing address to which the ballot is to be forwarded. The mail-in application shall be signed personally by the applicant and be received by the County Clerk no later than the sixth day before the election (October 27).

In person voting at the absentee elector’s polling place ends at 5:00 p.m. on the day before the election (November 1).

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VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND COUNTY INFORMATION

For further information in regard to election procedures, contact your County Clerk or the Secretary of State.

YOUR VOTING RIGHTS

Voting Rights
Voting is a right that comes with citizenship. The state has the responsibility for making voting available to all those properly registered.

Voter registration at home for homebound electors.
An elector who is homebound by illness or physical incapacity may send a written application to the county clerk to have an official registrar come to his home to register him to vote.


Absentee Voting in emergencies.
If a registered elector is unable to vote in person at his designated polling place on election day, because of an emergency situation arising in the last 48 hours before the closing of the polls, which has made him physically unable to go to the polls, he may request of the county clerk that an absentee ballot be delivered to him.

Moved within 30 days.
If you are registered to vote in Idaho and you moved within 30 days prior to an election you are entitled to vote in the precinct in which you are registered in that election only.

An accessible polling place.
If your polling place is not accessible you may request to be assigned to another polling place that is accessible. Call your County Clerk's Office.

Curbside voting.
Election officials at your polling place will bring voting materials to your car if you are unable to get into the polling place.

Assistance.
You may have help filling out your voter registration application form. If you cannot write or cannot sign your name you may have someone fill out the form for you, but you must "sign" the application with your mark. If you cannot read the ballot or cannot mark the ballot you may choose a person (relatives, friends, pollworkers) to mark your ballot for you at your direction.

Absentee voting.
You may print out an absentee ballot request form or request in writing for a ballot and vote by mail.

Early Voting.
You may vote at the office of the County Clerk prior to election day.

In line at 8 p.m.
If you are waiting in line to vote at 8 p.m. when the polls close you must be allowed to vote.

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AT RISK:
AGENDA FOR RENEWAL AND REPAIR

League of Women Voters of the United States' campaign to increase voter participation.

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WORK AT THE POLLS

In each Primary and General Election, there are approximately 900 precincts in the state and each and every one of them need election workers!
Registered voters and certain high school students may work at the polls on election day. There is also work on election night processing and counting ballots. For information on how to become a Poll Worker, visit http://www.idahovotes.gov/POLLW.htm.