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Friday is the deadline to request an absentee ballot for Idaho's May 20 election • Idaho Capital Sun [1]
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Date: 2025-05-08
Friday, May 9 is the deadline for Idahoans to request an absentee ballot for the upcoming May 20 local elections in Idaho, elections officials announced.
Idaho voters have until 5 p.m., local time, on Friday to request an absentee ballot, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.
Idaho voters can request an absentee ballot online for free at voteidaho.gov, the official state election website run by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.
However, in order to request an absentee ballot, voters first must be registered to vote, elections officials said.
Anyone who is not yet registered to vote may still register to vote at their polling place and vote on Election Day. Voters can find their polling place, review their sample ballot and more at voteidaho.gov.
What will be on Idaho ballots for the May 20 election?
On May 20, local elections will take place in 37 of Idaho’s 44 counties.
The specific elections voters get to participate in vary depending on where the voter lives, but local elections like library districts, highway districts, school district bond issues or supplemental levies, auditorium districts or hospital districts are being voted on across the state.
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“This May, there are some important races happening in Idaho,” Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane said in a written statement. “Across 37 counties, voters will have the chance to weigh in on candidates and issues, from highway districts in Canyon County, water and sewer districts in Eagle, to a library levy in Burley. I encourage all Idahoans to take part in the May 20 election.”
While voters in Blaine, Butte, Clark, Custer, Elmore, Lemhi and Washington counties do not have any elections on May 20, voters in all other Idaho counties do have elections on their ballots.
In Ada County, there are several important elections, depending on where voters live.
In the Meridian Library District, there are four candidates running for two available library district trustee positions.
In the Greater Boise Auditorium District, there are four candidates running for two available seats on the board.
In the Ada County Free Library District, there are six candidates running for two available trustee seats.
“Local elections are a powerful way to shape the decisions that affect our daily lives,” McGrane said.
If voters do not wish to vote by absentee ballot, polls will be open across Idaho for in-person voting from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., local time, on May 20.
Ada County absentee ballot drop box locations Ada County Elections Office, 400 N. Benjamin Lane, Suite 100, Boise
Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane
Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave.
Kuna City Hall, 751 W. Fourth St.
Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd.
Star City Hall, 10769 W. State St. All completed absentee ballots must be received by elections officials no later than when the polls close at 8 p.m. May 20. For voters turning in completed absentee ballots by mail, those ballots also need to be sent in time so elections officials receive them by 8 p.m. May 20. It is not enough to simply have the return envelope postmarked by Election Day – in order for the votes to count, elections officials must have physically received the ballots by the time polls close.
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