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Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 34-306 (2026)

Precinct boundary requirements. 

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Precinct boundary requirements. 

(1) Precinct boundaries shall follow visible, easily recognizable physical features on the ground including, but not limited to, streets, railroad tracks, roads, streams and lakes. The exception shall be when a precinct boundary coincides with a city, county, Indian reservation or school district boundary which does not follow a visible feature.

(2)  In order to achieve compliance with the requirements of this section, and simultaneously maintain legislative district boundaries which may not follow visible features, a county may designate subprecincts within precincts, the internal boundaries of which do not follow visible features.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Pentico v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment, 504 P.3d 376 (Idaho 2022).
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Pentico v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment, 504 P.3d 376 (Idaho 2022). · cites it 14× “11 I.C. § 34-306 (italics added). Contrary to Pentico’s assertions, precinct boundaries are not required to be redrawn based on a congressional reapportionment plan, nor are the precincts required to follow the boundaries of congressional districts.”
Twin Falls Cnty. v. Idaho Comm'n on Redistricting, 271 P.3d 1202 (Idaho 2012). · cites it 4× “(7) District boundaries shall retain the local voting precinct boundary lines to the extent those lines comply with the provisions of section 34-306, Idaho Code. When the commission determines, by an affirmative vote of at least five (5) members recorded in its minutes, that it…”
Bingham Cnty. v. Idaho Comm'n for Reapportionment, 55 P.3d 863 (Idaho 2002). · cites it 6× “(7) District boundaries should retain, as far as practicable, the local voting precinct boundary lines to the extent those lines comply with the provisions of section 34-306, Idaho Code. (8) Counties shall not be divided to protect a particular political party or a particular…”
Bonneville Cnty. Ex Rel. Bd. of Bonneville Cnty. Commissioners v. Ysursa, 129 P.3d 1213 (Idaho 2005). · cites it 2× “§ 72-1506(7)’s suggestion that “[district boundaries should retain, as far as practicable, the local voting precinct boundary lines to the extent those lines comply with the provisions of section 34-306, Idaho Code.”
Durst v. ID Comm. for Reapportionment, 505 P.3d 324 (Idaho 2022). · cites it 2× “(7) District boundaries shall retain the local voting precinct boundary lines to the extent those lines comply with the provisions of section 34-306, Idaho Code. When the commission determines, by an affirmative vote of at least five (5) members recorded in its minutes, that it…”
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