2022 - HB 439 - Unaffiliated Voter Registration

HB 439 seeks to change the deadline to declare a political party — a move that could shut out hundreds of thousands of unaffiliated voters from participating in Idaho's primary elections.

Currently, the law in Idaho allows unaffiliated voters to change their party affiliation up to and on the day of the primary election, permitting previously unaffiliated voters to participate in the primary election.

HB 439 seeks to change the deadline to declare a political party — a move that could shut out hundreds of thousands of unaffiliated voters from participating in Idaho's primary elections.