Idaho

​We encourage everyone to contact their Senators and Representative in Congress.

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SENIOR SENATOR: Michael Crapo

 

JUNIOR SENATOR: James Risch

 

DISTRICT 1: Russ Fulcher

  

DISTRICT 2: Michael Simpson

 

  

STARTING A POLITICAL PARTY IN IDAHO:

METHOD: PETITION
SIGNATURES NEEDED - 2% of votes cast for president

As of May 2017, Idaho officially recognized four political parties: the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties.

According to Idaho Code, a political party is "an organization of electors under a given name."

In Idaho a party can qualify to participate in elections in any of the following three ways:

1. by having three or more candidates for state or national office listed under the party name at the last general election (provided that those individuals seeking the office of president, vice president, and presidential elector are considered one candidate)
2. by polling at the last general election for any one of its candidates for state or national office at least 3 percent of the aggregate votes cast for governor or for presidential electors
3. by having an affiliation of electors sign a petition to be submitted to and verified by the secretary of state.

If a new political party seeks qualification through the submission of a petition, the party must fulfill the following requirements:

1. The party must state its proposed name in no more than six words.
2. The petition must state that the subscribers of the proposed party desire to place the party on the ballot.
3. The party must submit signatures equaling at least 2 percent of the aggregate votes cast for president in Idaho at the previous general election for president.
4. The party must file the petition with the secretary of state by the stated deadline.
5. The format of petition sheets must be patterned after such sheets as used for state initiative and referendum measures.

​Upon certification by the secretary of state that the petition has met the requirements of the law, the party shall have all the rights of a political party whose ticket was on the ballot at the preceding general election.

Constitution Party of Idaho  Link  National party platform
Democratic Party of Idaho  Link  Party by-laws
Libertarian Party of Idaho  Link
Republican Party of Idaho  Link  Party platform

See statutes: Chapter 5, Section 34 of the Idaho Code