50-429 GENERAL AND SPECIAL CITY ELECTIONS. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 50

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

CHAPTER 4

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

50-429. General and special city elections. [effective until january 1, 2011. See section 50-405 for version effective january 1, 2011.] (1) A general election shall be held in each city governed by this title, for officials as in this title provided, on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November in each odd-numbered year. All such officials shall be elected and hold their respective offices for the term specified and until their successors are elected and qualified. All other city elections that may be held under authority of general law shall be known as special city elections.

(2) On and after January 1, 1994, notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, there shall be no more than four (4) elections conducted in any city in any calendar year, except as provided in this section.

(3) The dates on which elections may be conducted are:

(a) The first Tuesday in February of each year; and

(b) The fourth Tuesday in May of each year; and

(c) The first Tuesday in August of each year; and

(d) The Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each year.

(e) In addition to the elections specified in subsections (a) through (d) of this section, an emergency election may be called upon motion of the city council of a city. An emergency exists when there is a great public calamity, as an extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic or other disaster, or if it is necessary to do emergency work to prepare for a national or local defense, or it is necessary to do emergency work to safeguard life, health or property. Such a special election, if conducted by the city clerk, shall be conducted at the expense of the political subdivision submitting the question.

(4) The secretary of state is authorized to provide such assistance as necessary, and to prescribe any needed rules or interpretations for the conduct of elections authorized under the provisions of this section.