ELECTIONS – Repeals and adds to existing law to provide for the crime of illegal voting, to provide for the crime of interference with an election, and to provide for the crime of tampering with voting machines or vote tally systems.

LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
697
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
ELECTIONS;
REPEALING
SECTION
18
-
2306,
IDAHO
CODE,
RELATING
TO
2
ILLEGAL
VOTING,
INTERFERENCE
WITH
AN
ELECTION,
AND
TAMPERING
WITH
VOT
-
3
ING
MACHINES
OR
VOTE
TALLY
SYSTEMS;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
23,
TITLE
18,
IDAHO
4
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
18
-
2306,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
5
FOR
THE
CRIME
OF
ILLEGAL
VOTING;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
23,
TITLE
18,
IDAHO
6
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
18
-
2306A,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
7
FOR
THE
CRIME
OF
INTERFERENCE
WITH
AN
ELECTION;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
23,
8
TITLE
18,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
18
-
2306B,
IDAHO
9
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
THE
CRIME
OF
TAMPERING
WITH
VOTING
MACHINES
OR
VOTE
10
TALLY
SYSTEMS;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
1
1
DATE.
12
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
13
SECTION
1.
That
Section
18
-
2306
,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
14
repealed.
15
SECTION
2.
That
Chapter
23,
Title
18,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
16
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
17
ignated
as
Section
18
-
2306,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
18
18
-
2306.
ILLEGAL
VOTING.
Every
person
not
entitled
to
vote
who
fraudu
-
19
lently
votes
and
every
person
who
votes
more
than
once
at
any
one
(1)
election
20
or
knowingly
hands
in
two
(2)
or
more
tickets
folded
together
shall
be
guilty
21
of
a
felony.
22
SECTION
3.
That
Chapter
23,
Title
18,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
23
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
24
ignated
as
Section
18
-
2306A,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
25
18
-
2306A.
INTERFERENCE
WITH
ELECTION.
(1)
Every
person
who
changes
26
any
ballot
after
the
same
has
been
deposited
in
the
ballot
box,
or
who
adds,
27
or
attempts
to
add,
any
ballot
to
those
legally
polled
at
any
election,
ei
-
28
ther
by
fraudulently
introducing
the
same
into
the
ballot
box
before
or
after
29
the
ballots
therein
have
been
counted,
or
by
adding
to
or
mixing
with,
or
30
attempting
to
add
to
or
mix
with,
the
ballots
lawfully
polled,
other
ballots,
31
while
the
same
are
being
counted
or
canvassed,
or
at
any
other
time,
with
32
intent
to
change
the
result
of
such
election
shall
be
guilty
of
a
felony.
33
(2)
Every
person
who
carries
away
or
destroys,
or
attempts
to
carry
away
34
or
destroy,
any
poll
list,
ballots,
or
ballot
box,
for
the
purpose
of
break
-
35
ing
up
or
invalidating
such
election,
or
who
willfully
detains,
mutilates,
36
or
destroys
any
election
returns,
or
who
in
any
manner
so
interferes
with
the
37
officers
holding
such
election
or
conducting
such
canvass
or
with
the
voters
38
lawfully
exercising
their
rights
of
voting
at
such
election,
as
to
prevent
39

2
such
election
or
canvass
from
being
fairly
held
and
lawfully
conducted
shall
1
be
guilty
of
a
felony.
2
SECTION
4.
That
Chapter
23,
Title
18,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
3
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
4
ignated
as
Section
18
-
2306B,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
5
18
-
2306B.
TAMPERING
WITH
VOTING
MACHINES
OR
VOTE
TALLY
SYSTEMS.
Every
6
person
who
violates
the
provisions
of
section
34
-
2404(1)
or
(2),
Idaho
Code,
7
by
tampering
with
a
voting
machine
or
vote
tally
system
shall
be
guilty
of
a
8
felony.
9
SECTION
5.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
10
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
1
1
July
1,
2026.
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