Electronic Poll Book Certification Hearing Friday, June 17

Idaho State SealFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: June 13, 2016
Contact: Office of the Secretary of State, Elections Division
Phone: (208) 334-2852

Boise, Idaho — The office of the Secretary of State will examine the Every One Counts electronic poll book for possible certification for use in Idaho elections on Friday, June 17. The public examination will begin at 9am in the J.R. Williams Building East conference room, 700 West State, Boise Idaho.

The use of electronic poll books to check in voters at the polls after certification by the Secretary of State was authorized by the Idaho legislature in 2015. I.C. 34-1106A

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ABOUT LAWERENCE DENNEY

Lawerence Denney has served the people of Idaho since 1990. His public service began as a representative in District 13 and, following redistricting, then became a representative in District 9 until 2014. During this time, Denney served two terms as Majority Leader and three terms as Speaker of the House before successfully running for state office as Idaho’s Secretary of State. He is currently in his first term as Secretary of State.

System Upgrade In Progress

Campaign Finance, Lobbyist Reporting, and Online Voter Tools are expected to be offline from April 9th at 5:00 p.m. MDT, through April 12th at 8:00 a.m. MDT to complete a system upgrade.

Per Idaho Code 67-6607, campaign finance is reported monthly during a campaign’s election year. The deadline for the March report falls on Saturday, April 10th. Due to the interruption caused by this upgrade, political treasurers will be allowed to file the March report until 11:59 p.m. MDT on Monday, April 12th.

While we do our best to ensure compliance with all deadlines in statute, the timing of this release is critical to ensure minimal (or no) impact to the May election cycle. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.