ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (208) 334-2300
Email: sosinfo@idsos.state.id.us
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION

Recognized party qualifications:

Retained ballot status [34-501]
Has candidates running for office in more than 3
offices

Primary ballot access:

1. Secretary of State
Selects nationally recognized candidates
[34-732(1)]
Announcement of the selection is made 60 days
prior to the primary [34-732(1)]
2. Petition (for those not selected)
1% of votes in the previous presidential election
[34-732(3)(a)] (for 2004, this will be
approximately 5,016 signatures)
Deadline: 30 days before the primary
[34-732(3)(b)]

General ballot access for minor party candidates:

State party chairman submits candidate names to
the Secretary of State
Deadline: September 1 [34-711]

General ballot access for new party candidates:

Petition: 2% of the vote (in 2004 this will be appx.
10,032) [34-501(c)]
Deadline: August 30

General ballot access for independent candidates:

Petition: 1% of votes in the previous presidential
election (in 2004 this will be approximately 5,016)
[34-708A]
Deadline: August 24 [34-708A]

Last day to withdraw from the ballot:

45 days
before the election

Primary date: fourth Tuesday in May

[34-601]

Participation:

Open primary

Voter registration:

25 days before the election by mail
(postmarked);

Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....

Write-In Information

The candidate needs to fill out and turn in the EC-12 Declaration of Intent for Write-In Candidate form by October 21, 2008. If the candidate is not affiliated with a party, he/she would put "No" or "None" in the blank asking for party. For the notary, have a notary in your state notarize. The notary can cross out the word Idaho and write in the state they are in.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/