Unless specifically required by law, and except as provided in this chapter:
(1)  Neither a public entity nor its employees shall make, nor shall a public official make or authorize, an expenditure from public funds to advocate for or against a candidate or a ballot measure.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 74-604

  • Advocate: means to campaign for or against a candidate or the outcome of a ballot measure. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Ballot measure: means constitutional amendments, bond measures, or levy measures. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Candidate: means and includes every person for whom it is contemplated or desired that votes be cast at any political convention, primary, general, local, or special election and who either tacitly or expressly consents to be so considered. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Expenditure: means :
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  • Property or resources: means goods, services, equipment, computer software and hardware, college extra credit, other items of intangible property, or facilities provided to or for the benefit of a candidate, a candidate’s personal campaign committee, a political issues committee for political purposes, or advocacy for or against a ballot measure or candidate. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Public entity: means the state, each state agency, county, municipality, school district, state institution of higher learning, or other taxing district or public corporation empowered to submit ballot measures to its electors. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Public funds: means any money received by a public entity from appropriations, taxes, fees, interest, or other returns on investment. See Idaho Code 74-603
  • Public official: means an elected or appointed member of a public entity who has:
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  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (2)  Neither a public entity nor any of its employees shall use, nor shall a public official authorize or use, public property or resources to advocate for or against a candidate or a ballot measure.
    (3)  Neither a public entity nor any of its employees shall provide or offer to provide, nor shall a public official provide or offer to provide, college extra credit to a student of a state institution of higher learning either:
    (a)  To encourage a student to vote or not vote; or
    (b)  To influence a student’s vote for or against a candidate or ballot measure.