Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 34-2008 (2026)
Complaint and security for costs.
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Complaint and security for costs.
The contestants shall file in the proper court, within twenty (20) days after the votes are canvassed, a complaint setting forth the name of the contestant, and that he is an elector competent to contest such election; the name of the incumbent, the office contested, the time of the election, and the particular causes of contest, which complaint shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestant, that the causes set forth are true as he verily believes. The contestant must also file a bond, with security to be approved by the clerk of the court or district judge, as the case may be, conditioned to pay all costs in case the election be confirmed, the complaint dismissed, or the prosecution fail.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Johnson v. Boundary Sch. Dist. No. 101, 63 P.3d 457 (Idaho 2003).
Johnson v. Boundary Sch. Dist. No. 101, 63 P.3d 457 (Idaho 2003). “They argue, therefore, that the district court concluded in error that their claims were in the nature of an election contest and subject to the procedural requirements of the statute, including the bond filing prescribed by I.C. § 34-2008. We begin with a review of the record,…”
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