General Election All States |
| 1st Tuesday after 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years.
(ID Code 34-601(2) ) |
Presidential Primary All States |
| (--2011) same date as the State Primary [4th Tuesday in May in even-numbered years. (ID Code 34-601(1) ) ] in Presidential Election years.
(ID Code 34-601(4) ) |
| (2011-2012) Presidential primary elections shall be held in conjunction with the primary election, on the third Tuesday of May in each presidential election year. [Idaho Statutes Title 34 Chapter 1. 34-102. s/ 23 February 2011] |
| (2012-2015) Idaho House Bill H391, signed by Governor C.L. Butch Otter (Republican) on 1 March 2012 effective 1 March 2012 removes references to the Presidential primary from [Idaho Statutes Title 34 Chapter 1. 34-102]. |
| (2015--) A presidential primary shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday in March in each presidential election year ... Any party that intends to participate shall notify the Secretary of State no later than the last Tuesday in the November. [Idaho Statutes 34-102 (2); also 34-106 (d); 34-601. (4); 34-731 (1); s/ 9 April 2015] |
State Primary All States |
| (--2010) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May, 1980, and every two (2) years thereafter on the above-mentioned Tuesday. [ID Code 34-601(1)] |
| (2011--) Primary elections shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each even-numbered year. [Idaho Statutes Title 34 Chapter 1. 34-102. s/ 23 February 2011] |
Polling times All States |
| Polls open: 8 AM local time
(however, the County Clerk has the authority to open the polls in his/her County at 7 AM local time)
Polls close: 8 PM local time
(ID Code 34-1101(1) )
[NOTE: the bulk of 10 counties in the northern portion of IDAHO (the so-called "panhandle") are in the PACIFIC TIME ZONE... thus, the polling times in these counties are one hour relative to Universal Time (GMT) later than those in the other 34 counties of the State, which are in the MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE] |