Filing Period - February 26 through March 9, 2018

The required declaration and petitions/filing fee must be received by the County Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 9th, 2018.

Partisan and judicial candidates have two options to be placed on the ballot:

  1. File declaration of candidacy and pay the filing fee or
  2. File declaration of candidacy and nominating petitions, containing certain number of verified signatures.

Independent candidates do not have the two options. An independent candidate must file the declaration and petition. Independent candidates do not pay a filing fee. Independent Candidate residency, age and disclosure requirements for county offices are the same as the requirements for partisan candidates.

Declaration of Candidacy and Petition forms can be obtained by calling or mailing a written request to the County Clerk's office.

Office Idaho Code Requirements to be Elected to Office Fee Filing Qualified
Signatures		 Campaign Disclosure
County Commissioner
Dist. 1 (2 yr. term)
Dist. 3 (4 yr. term)		 Sec. 34-617
  • 21 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Resided 1 year within the County preceding the General Election
  • Resided 90 days in district which he/she represents prior to Primary Election
 $40 5 from the Commissioner District verified prior to filing County Clerk
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County Clerk
 Sec. 34-619
  • 21 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Resided 1 year within the County preceding General Election
 $40 5 signatures from County verified prior to filing County Clerk
C-1 Form & Reports
County Treasurer Sec. 34-620
  • 21 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Resided 1 year within the county preceding General Election
 $40 5 signatures from County verified prior to filing County Clerk
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County Assessor Sec. 34-621
  • 21 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Resided 1 year within the county preceding General Election
 $40 5 signatures from County verified prior to filing County Clerk
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County Coroner Sec. 34-622
  • 21 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Resided 1 year within the county preceding General Election
 $40 5 signatures from County verified prior to filing County Clerk
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Precinct Committee Person Sec. 34-624
  • 18 years or older
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Registered elector of and shall have resided within the voting precinct for a period of 6 months next preceding the Primary Election
 NA NA NA
Magistrate Judge
(File no later than August 8)		 Sec. 1-2206 & Sec. 1-2220 Runs for retention
[yes/no vote]
See Code Section		 $40 NA County Clerk
C-1 Form & Reports