Idaho elections, 2013

Idaho election information for 2013 is listed below.

On the 2013 ballot
No regularly scheduled elections in Idaho. Exceptions include special elections. Find current election news and links here.
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U.S. House	d
State Executives	d
State Senate	d
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2013 elections[edit]

Special elections[edit]

There were special elections for local ballot measures scheduled for the state of Idaho in 2013.

Local ballot measures[edit]

See also: Local ballot measure elections in 2013

See also: Local ballot measures, Idaho

There were 31 measures on the ballot in this election on May 21, 2013.

• 22 property tax measures
• 3 school bond measures requesting $64.55 million
• 3 city bond measures requesting $40.7 million
• 1 county bond measure requesting $11.2 million

Notable measure:

• The county bond measure is the fifth attempt to get voter approval for jail renovation and modernization funds in Jerome County.
  

For more information on the local ballot measures listed above, click here.

Voting in Idaho[edit]

See also: Voting in Idaho

Important voting information[edit]

• Idaho uses a closed primary system, meaning voters must register with a party to be able to vote in their primary election.
• Registration must be completed 25 days prior to the election you wish to vote in.
• Idaho does not permit online voter registration.

Voting absentee[edit]

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Idaho, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early[edit]

See also: Early voting

Idaho is one of 34 states that permits early voting with no specific restrictions as to who can vote early. Early voting begins as soon as ballots become available and ends at 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Election Day.^[1]

Elections Performance Index[edit]

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Idaho ranked 48th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Idaho received an overall score of 48 percent.^[2]

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Footnotes[edit]

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