50-407 FORM OF DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
CHAPTER 4
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
50-407. Establishment of election precincts. [effective until january 1, 2011] The city council shall establish a convenient number of election precincts within their city. Said precincts shall conform as nearly as possible and practicable to the county election precincts within the city. The city council may establish an absentee voting precinct for the city. Voted ballots in the absentee voting precinct shall be retained by the city clerk until election day when they shall be transferred to the ballot processing center and thereafter made a part of the election returns.
50-407. Form of declaration of candidacy.[effective january 1, 2011. See section 50-431 for version effective until january 1, 2011.] Declarations of candidacy and petitions of candidacy shall read substantially as herein set forth. Any number of separate petitions of candidacy may be circulated at the same time for any candidate and all petitions for each candidate shall be considered one (1) petition when filed with the city clerk. Each signer of a petition shall be a registered qualified elector.
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
I, the undersigned, affirm that I am a qualified elector of the City of ........., State of Idaho, and that I have resided in the city for at least thirty (30) days. I hereby declare myself to be a candidate for the office of ............., for a term of .... years, to be voted for at the election to be held on the .... day of ....., ...., and certify that I possess the legal qualifications to fill said office, and that my residence address is ...............
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of ........, .....
State of Idaho
County of ........ ss.
City of ..........
PETITION OF CANDIDACY
OF
(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
FOR OFFICE OF
This petition must be filed in the office of the City Clerk not earlier than 8:00 a.m. on the eleventh Monday nor later than 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Friday immediately preceding election day. The submitted petition must have affixed thereto the names of at least five (5) qualified electors who reside within the appropriate city.
I, the undersigned, being a qualified elector of the City of .............., in the State of Idaho, do hereby certify and declare that I reside at the place set opposite my name and that I do hereby join in the petition of .............., a candidate for the office of ................. to be voted at the election to be held on the .... day of........., .....
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STATE OF IDAHO
County of ....................
I, ......................, being first duly sworn, say: That I am a resident of the State of Idaho and at least eighteen (18) years of age; that every person who signed this sheet of the foregoing petition signed his or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or her name and residence address correctly; and that each signer is a qualified elector of the State of Idaho, and the City of ....................
(Notary Seal)