CITY ELECTION INFORMATION
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Welcome to the City of Coeur d’Alene’s Election Services Web site. My goal as
the City’s Chief Election Official is to provide basic information to anyone who
is interested in the City of Coeur d’Alene’s election process.
If you cannot find an answer to your questions on this web page, please feel
free to ask me any questions that you may have regarding the City’s election
process. I can be reached via e-mail at cityclerk@cdaid.org, phone at 769-2231
or by fax at 769-2388.
Susan Weathers, City Clerk
2008 Candidate Campaign Disclosure Reports
2009 Candidate Campaign Disclosure Reports
GENERAL ELECTION 2009 INFORMATION
NEXT ELECTION DATE: November 8, 2011
POSITIONS UP FOR ELECTION: 3 City Council positions
COUNCILMEN UP FOR ELECTION: The incumbents up for the 2011 City Election are Council Seat 1: Ron Edinger, Council Seat 3: Al Hassell, and Council Seat 5: John Bruning.
HOW CITY COUNCILMEN ARE ELECTED: City elections are classified as "by seat", which means a candidate must declare which seat number they are running for. City elections do not run by political affiliation.
CANDIDATES: Any qualified elector living within the city limits of Coeur
d’Alene may become a candidate by submitting the declaration of candidacy and
petition of candidacy, or by submitting their declaration as a write-in
candidate.
CANDIDATE PACKETS: Packets with all the necessary forms for becoming a
candidate can be picked up at the City Clerk’s office at 710 E. Mullan Avenue,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
CHIEF ELECTION OFFICIAL: Susan Weathers, City Clerk is the Chief Election
Official for the City of Coeur d’Alene. She may be contacted by e-mail at
cityclerk@cdaid; by phone at 769-2231 or by fax at 769-2388. Ms. Weathers is
available to answer any questions you may have regarding the City’s election.
QUALIFIED ELECTOR FOR CITY ELECTIONS: A qualified elector is anyone who has
registered to vote and has resided within the city limits at least 30 days prior to
election.
VOTER REGISTRATION: Anyone who is 18 years of age, a resident within the City
of Coeur d’Alene and have not been found guilty of a felony, can register to
vote. You can register at City Hall, 710 E. Mullan Ave., or at the County
Elections office at 315 W. Garden Ave. The City and County have joint
registration, so when you register at either place you are registered to vote in
any City, County, State, or Federal election. In order to register to vote you
must have a photo ID, either a driver’s license or State issued identification
card. If the address on the photo ID is not your current address, you must show
proof of current residence such as a copy of a utility bill or bank
statement. The deadline for registering to vote at the polls is approximately 30 days prior to election day. Following that date, you may register and vote absentee until the day before election. You may also register and vote at your designated polling place on Election Day.
ABSENTEE VOTING: Any qualified elector may vote absentee from the time the
ballots are available until 5:00 p.m. on November 7th, the day before
election. It is anticipated that absentee ballots will be available beginning two weeks prior to Election Day. You may vote absentee at either City Hall at 710 E. Mullan
Ave. or at the County Elections Office at 315 W. Garden Ave., Coeur d’Alene
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Monday through Friday. An absentee ballot can be mailed to you upon request. Please send your written request to the County Elections Office at PO Box 9000, Coeur d’Alene ID, 83816-9000. Please
remember to sign your name to the written request (if you are husband and wife,
both must sign the written request if you would like a ballot mailed to each of
you).
WHERE TO VOTE/VOTING PRECINCTS: The City currently has 26 voting precincts. By Idaho Code,
the City’s precincts must match the County’s precincts as closely as practical.
The listing of voting precincts and their polling places will be published in
the Coeur d’Alene Press approximately two weeks prior to Election Day. If you would like to find out where to vote, please go to www.kcgov.us/elections.
COST OF AN ELECTION: The estimated cost for conducting a city election is
approximately $17,000.
LAST ELECTION STATS: Total ballots cast at the last general election (November 2009)
were 6,370. Total registered voters were 21,480. Voter turnout was 29.6%.
CANDIDATE FORMS: As a convenience to candidates running for city office, the following forms may be filled in online and printed out for your use. Please review these instructions before filling out the forms online:
- When entering numbers into number fields, especially those which are totaled by column, do NOT use commas to designate thousands. The formulas will not work if commas are included in the numbers. For example, if you want to record $5,000 as an amount, simply write 5000.
- If the box you are entering text into has a minus sign (-) next to it, then the number entered into the box must also have a minus sign (-) next to it. This way the system will acknowledge that the number entered is negative and should be subtracted from the total.
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