Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 34-614 (2026)
Election of state representatives and senators — Qualifications.
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Election of state representatives and senators — Qualifications.
(1) At the general election, 1972, and every alternate year thereafter, there shall be elected in each legislative district such representatives and senators as they may be severally entitled.
(2) No person shall be elected to the office of representative or senator unless he shall have attained the age of twenty-one (21) years at the time of the general election, is a citizen of the United States and shall have been a registered elector within the legislative district one (1) year next preceding the general election at which he offers his candidacy.
(3) Each candidate shall file his declaration of candidacy with the secretary of state.
(4) Each candidate who files a declaration of candidacy shall at the same time pay a filing fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) which shall be deposited in the general fund.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1982–2002 · leading case: Langmeyer v. State, 656 P.2d 114 (Idaho 1982).
Langmeyer v. State, 656 P.2d 114 (Idaho 1982). “§ 34-617(2)), state senator (one year, I.C. § 34-614(2)), and governor (two years, Id.”
Idaho State Tax Comm'n v. Hautzinger, 49 P.3d 406 (Idaho 2002). “Under I.C. § 34-614, a candidate for the Idaho Senate must be a resident of Idaho and of the legislative district for one year preceding the November election.”
— Idaho Code § 34-614(2) — 1 case
Langmeyer v. State, 656 P.2d 114 (Idaho 1982). “§ 34-617(2)), state senator (one year, I.C. § 34-614(2)), and governor (two years, Id.”
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