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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 726 revises mail ballot precinct rules, election canvass timelines, and soil conservation district supervisor terms
Last action · February 19, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
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What This Bill Proposed
ELECTIONS – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding certain election procedures.
Changes local election administration timelines for county clerks, modifies ballot mailing schedules for small precincts, and alters supervisor selection and terms for soil conservation districts across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
County Clerks
County clerks are required to manage revised mail ballot mailing timelines, conduct district elections, and certify results within modified statutory windows.
Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Supervisors experience altered election timelines, board size adjustment procedures, and term structures.
Registered Electors in Mail Ballot Precincts
Voters in designated mail ballot precincts receive their ballots under an expanded advance mailing window.
Key Facts
- Mail ballot precincts containing no more than 140 registered electors may be designated by county commissioners no later than April 1 in an even-numbered year.
- The ballot mailing window for mail ballot precincts is changed from 24 to 14 days prior to the election to 45 to 11 days prior to the election.
- Boards of county commissioners must conduct the canvass of election results within nine days after the election, down from the previous ten days.
- Soil conservation district supervisor elections originally scheduled for November 2026 and November 2028 are rescheduled to the third Tuesday in May 2027 and May 2029, respectively, for four-year terms.
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- Soil conservation districts may increase supervisors to seven or decrease to five upon a majority vote of the district board.
- Supervisors of soil conservation districts shall receive no compensation from regular district funds, county funds, or state funds, except for a maximum of $35.00 per day from special project funds approved by the state soil and water conservation commission.
- If supervisors fail to fill a vacancy within 90 days resulting in the loss of a board quorum, the governor shall appoint a replacement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 19, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Rescheduling of Soil Conservation District Elections
The bill systematically moves upcoming odd-year and even-year district elections from November cycles to May cycles in 2027 and 2029.
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Sources
legislature.idaho.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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