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Links & Guides

To answer frequently asked questions.

Below are links supplied to help you get your bearings on the political field of Idaho. 

HOW AND WHERE TO VOTE – 

Find Your Precinct, District and Polling Place:

Click on the links below – find the interactive map and put in your address to get your district and polling place.

Ada County - https://gis.adacounty.id.gov/apps/electionday/

Canyon County -  https://www.canyonco.org/elected-officials/clerk/elections/  - click on Interactive Map

SEE YOUR SAMPLE BALLOT -

Ada County - https://gis.adacounty.id.gov/apps/electionday/ - put in your address, click on details and view a sample ballot of your candidates.

Canyon County – https://www.canyonco.org/elected-officials/clerk/elections/ - click on Candidate Filings and find your district and precinct candidates

WHO’S RUNNING? – 

Legislative District and State Office Candidate Filings:

https://sos.idaho.gov/elections/data/Candidate_Filing_Report.pdf

HOW DO I FIGURE OUT WHO TO VOTE FOR? – 

Ada County - https://gis.adacounty.id.gov/apps/electionday/ - put in your address, click on details and view a sample ballot of your candidates.

Canyon County – https://www.canyonco.org/elected-officials/clerk/elections/ - click on Candidate Filings and find your district and precinct candidates

Vote 411: https://www.vote411.org/ - Sponsored by League of Women Voters

Vote Smart:  - https://justfacts.votesmart.org/ Sponsored by Political Board of Directors

Ivote:  https://ivoterguide.com/ - Sponsored by the American Family Association

Vote Idaho:  https://voteidaho.gov/ - Sponsored by Idaho State Government

Idaho Republican Party Voter Guide:  https://www.idgop.org/voter-guide/

Christian Voter Guide:  https://www.christianvoterguide.com/states/west-region/idaho – Sponsored by Wall Builders

Biblical Voter Guide:  https://www.biblicalvoter.com/state-voter-guides

The American Conservative Union Foundation:  http://ratings.conservative.org/– Sponsored by CPAC  

Idaho PBS Debates:  https://www.idahoptv.org/shows/idahodebates/ Sponsored by Idaho Public Television

KTVB Channel 7 Debates: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=KTVB+elecdtion+debates

 

Affiliations in These Guides: How Do We Understand Them?

Far Left Democrat.   – borderline socialist

Moderate Democrat   – liberal to moderate liberal

Moderate Republican – moderate conservative to conservative

Far Right Republican – borderline libertarian/anarchist

 

Please see our post “Voter Guides” for further comments.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS - 

Click link to Secretary of State's site disclosing campaign donations by PACs or individuals:

https://sunshine.sos.idaho.gov/

 

Click on your choice of the 5 categories:

Candidates & PACs

Contests (Candidates Only)

Donors & Donations

Vendors & Spending

Reports

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Type the name of the person, organization of office you are interested in. Usually an alphabetized list will drop down that will also help you search. Please note that some organization operate a PAC under a different name than the parent organization, so if the name of the organization doesn't come up, check out similar organization names to see if you can find what you're looking for. Click the blue Search bar at the bottom. Results will be revealed on the right.

PAST LEGISLATION AND VOTE TALLIES - 

To see past proposed legislation and how legislators voted:

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/

Select the legislative session you wish to investigate.

 

Bill Center – Will give you a listing of all proposed legislation by bill # with a short abstract of the subject. Click on the bill of interest and you can read its text (click link near the top that says “Bill Text”) and see the entire voting history, as well as whether it passed or not.

 

You can also search for legislation:

By legislation number

In an alphabetical list by subject matter

In a list including only enacted legislation

In a list including only vetoed legislation

There is a also link where you can search all current and prior sessions’ legislation. Click this link and then enter the keyword to search by subject.

 

There is also a link where you can receive weekly updates on the ongoing weekly bill status of legislation that is being considered.

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