FAQs

 

  • Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory bowel disease, Huntington’s disease, Tourette syndrome;

    Chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces cachexia or wasting syndrome, severe pain, chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy, or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis;

    Any terminal illness with life expectancy of less than twelve (12) months as determined by a licensed medical physician; or

    and any other serious medical condition or its treatment added at a later date.

  • Check out the map that provides locations where petitions are being hosted. We will also have volunteers at major events in your area. If you don’t see an event you think would be good for us to collect signatures at in your area, please contact us.

  • The Idaho Medical Marijuana Act 2024 is the same initiative that was approved for Ballot Initiative signature collection for the 2020 and 2022 cycles.

    The Marijuana Policy Project, the Legal Team responsible for Ontario and Oregon legalization, and members of the community that have passed the torch, paid for by funds raised by the people of Idaho to legalize Medical Marijuana, all contributed to the final version.

    Idaho Citizens Coalition has gifted Kind Idaho the intellectual rights to the petition so that we could proceed as an independent organization.

  • Circulator shall be a resident of the State of Idaho and at least 18 years of age. (34-1807 I.C.)

    • Residence defined:

      • “Residence,” for voting purposes, shall be the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which his habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever he is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of absence.

      • In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person the following circumstances relating to such person may be taken into account business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax pursuits, residence of parents, spouse, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, situs of residence for which the exemption in section 63-602G, Idaho Code, is filed, and motor vehicle registration.

      • A qualified elector who has left his home and gone into another state or territory or county of this state for a temporary purpose only shall not be considered to have lost his residence.

      • A qualified elector shall not be considered to have gained a residence in any county or city of this state into which he comes for temporary purposes only, without the intention of making it his home but with the intention of leaving it when he has accomplished the purpose that brought him there.

      • If a qualified elector moves to another state, or to any of the other territories, with the intention of making it his permanent home, he shall be considered to have lost his residence in this state. (34-107, I.C.)

    • The signatures on any one page shall be from one (1) County only. (34-1804, I.C.)

    • Circulator shall show and give the signer the opportunity to read both the short and long ballot title before the petition is signed. (34-1815, I.C.)

    • Each signer must personally place on the petition his or her complete signature, residence street and number, the name of the city or post office, and the date of signing. Each signer must print his name on the petition. (34-1801A, I.C.)

    • Circulator must sign verification on bottom of each signature page, which states that the circulator personally witnessed the signatures. (34-1807, I.C.)

    • The law provides for severe penalties for false oaths, and knowingly and willfully circulating petitions containing false, forged or fictitious names. (Sections 34-1814 thru 34- 1818, I.C.)

    • Communicate with the County Clerk concerning the signature verification process. The County Clerk is not required to return by mail petitions left for verification at their office. It is the proponents responsibility to gather verified petitions.

  • Short answer, Yes. Long answer, the version that we are circulating has only been formatted for legal size paper. There are a few reasons for this: it saves paper, it allows us to validate more signatures per petition, and reduces overall costs for printing.

  • Black. While the options of county clerks vary on this with some accepting blue, all of them accept black, while some only accept black.

  • Absolutely not. As soon as you have your petition signatures notarized by a public notary, contact a district coordinator in your county so they can collect your petitions and take them to the county clerk for validation.

  • 39-9717. TAXATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA SOLD

    (1) An excise tax of four percent (4%) shall be imposed upon the gross receipts of all marijuana sold by a medical marijuana dispensary to a qualifying patient or a designated caregiver. The Idaho State Tax Commission shall establish a procedure for the collection of this tax and shall collect the tax.

    (2) The tax revenue shall be disbursed to the Department to cover reasonable costs incurred by the Department in carrying out its duties under this Chapter. The remaining tax revenue collected shall be disbursed fifty percent (50%) to the Idaho Division of Veterans Services and the other fifty percent (50%) to the General Fund. The funds disbursed to the Idaho Division of Veterans Services are in addition to any funds regularly dispersed to the Idaho Division of Veterans Services other sources.

    (3) The tax levied in this section is separate from, and in addition to, other state and local taxes.

    This is subject to change with the convening of the 2023 legislative session. Vote for your representative wisely.

  • Under Idaho Code §34-1803B, a petition signer may remove their name from a petition by crossing it out with a single line or by presenting a signed statement to the county clerk asking for removal prior to signature verification.

    However, once the county clerk has validated a signature, it will count towards the total signatures for a district and the state regardless of a change of heart. Badgering a signer after validation is pointless and can result in criminal charges.

  • No. Current legislation requires a pen and paper interaction. While there are a few organizations working on correcting this, the current requirement is for you to sign in person.

  • Please fill out the form at kindidaho.org/volunteer and one of our coordinators will contact you.

  • If you are a registered voter, yes.

    Voting rights are restored to Idahoans that have committed felonies once they have completed their time. Once released from probation/parole you can register to vote.

  • Yes. The only requirement for collecting signatures is that you be 18 years or older, and a resident of the state.

  • No.

    To sign the petition, you must be a registered voter in the state of Idaho. To collect signatures, you must be a resident of the state of Idaho.

  • Please contact us :)