Idaho State Senator - Mike Jorgenson - Idaho State Government

Voting

Where Can I Vote

Click here to find out where to vote, if you do not already know or wish to make sure. You will be asked to first fill in the town in which you live and then your physical address and the computer program will pin-point for you where you need to go on Election Day.

You may also choose to vote by Absentee Ballot and if you would care to vote in this way, please read on below in order to download and fill out an absentee ballot request form.

Please remember to vote! Your vote DOES count!

Absentee Ballots

Application for Absentee Ballot must be applied for by the Applicants residing in Legislative District 3 to the Kootenai County Clerk.

Application for an absentee ballot: (you must be registered to vote in Idaho to request an absentee ballot)

can be requested from Clerk's office or
print from this web site (PDF) - Don't have Adobe Reader? Click here to download it for free.
or by submitting a written request with the required information (name of elector, residence address in Idaho and mailing address to which such registration or ballot is to be forwarded) signed by the applicant

If you wish to have an absentee ballot mailed to you, the request must be received by the county clerk's office by the 6th day prior to the election. You can still cast an absentee ballot in person at the absent elector's polling place (usually the county clerk's office) up until 5 p.m. the day before the election.

Important Definitions

34-104. "Qualified elector" defined. "Qualified elector" means any person who is eighteen (18) years of age, is a United States citizen and who has resided in this state and in the county at least thirty (30) days next preceding the election at which he desires to vote, and who is registered as required by law.

34-107. "Residence" defined. (1)"Residence," for voting purposes, shall be the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which his habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever he is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of absence.

(2) In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person the following circumstances relating to such person may be taken into account: business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax pursuits, residence of parents, spouse, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, situs of residence for which the exemption in section 63-602G, Idaho Code, is filed, and motor vehicle registration.

(3) A qualified elector who has left his home and gone into another state or territory or county of this state for a temporary purpose only shall not be considered to have lost his residence.

(4) A qualified elector shall not be considered to have gained a residence in any county or city of this state into which he comes for temporary purposes only, without the intention of making it his home but with the intention of leaving it when he has accomplished the purpose that brought him there.

(5) If a qualified elector moves to another state, or to any of the other territories, with the intention of making it his permanent home, he shall be considered to have lost his residence in this state.