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INITIATIVE PETITIONS -- TIME FOR GATHERING SIGNATURES -- TIME
FOR SUBMISSION OF SIGNATURES TO THE COUNTY CLERK -- TIME FOR FILING. (1)
Except as provided in section 34-1804, Idaho Code, petitions for an initiative
shall be circulated and signatures obtained beginning upon the date that the
petitioners receive the official ballot title from the secretary of state and
extending eighteen (18) months from that date or April 30 of the year that an
election on the initiative will be held, whichever occurs earlier. The last
day for circulating petitions and obtaining signatures shall be the last day
of April in the year an election on the initiative will be held.
(2) The person or persons or organization or organizations under whose
authority the measure is to be initiated shall submit the petitions containing
signatures to the county clerk for verification pursuant to the provisions of
section 34-1807, Idaho Code. The signatures required shall be submitted to the
county clerk not later than the close of business on the first day of May in
the year an election on the initiative will be held, or eighteen (18) months
from the date the petitioner receives the official ballot title from the
secretary of state, whichever is earlier.
(3) The county clerk shall, within sixty (60) calendar days of the
deadline for the submission of the signatures, verify the signatures contained
in the petitions, but in no event shall the time extend beyond the last day of
June in the year an election on the initiative will be held.
(4) Initiative petitions with the requisite number of signatures attached
shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four (4) months
before the election at which they are to be voted upon.

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