FAQs

 

  • 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 Decriminalize Cannabis Now 2026 initiative is a new and simple initiative that creates an exemption from Idaho Code Section 37-27.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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