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Ex. ID-018 Order Primary source read

Proclamation converting the May 19, 2020 Primary and Consolidated Elections to absentee voting by mail

Proclamation (elections)

Governor Brad Little · Idaho (State)

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Jurisdiction
Idaho
Level
State
Authority
Idaho Code §§ 46-601, 46-1008
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01
End
Through the canvass of the May 19, 2020 elections (ballots received to June 2, 2020) (read as 2020-05-19)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to May 19, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • Secretary of State
  • county clerks
  • voters and poll workers
Functions reached
  • CRT public offices; polling places closed
  • GATH mixed gatherings of voters avoided
Collection
Idaho ID

Operative words

The requirements of the following sections of Idaho Code are suspended entirely for the duration of the 2020 Primary and Consolidated Elections: a. 34-302. DESIGNATION OF PRECINCT POLLING PLACES... e. 34-1101. OPENING AND CLOSING OF POLLS; f. 34-1107. MANNER OF VOTING. In lieu of the use of polling places on Election Day, the May 19, 2020 Primary Election and Consolidated Elections shall be conducted in accordance with the existing absentee voting by mail process.

Enforcement

Suspension of statutory election procedures

Notes

Recites that the Mar. 25, 2020 Order 'directing all residents of Idaho to stay home and all businesses to close, with certain exceptions... remains effective today' and that voting in polling places 'causes the mixed gathering of thousands of Idaho voters and poll workers'.

Retrieval note

Scanned; read by OCR.