Idaho voters to choose a state gun under House Bill 932

What Idaho voters will decide

Idaho voters will choose a state gun on the ballot because of House Bill 932. The question concerns a state designation, not a candidate for public office, and it is not directly connected to a candidate race.

The measure gives voters the deciding role in making the pick. Lawmakers acted first by passing the bill, while the ballot gives Idaho voters their own choice. For a first-time voter, that means a vote on the state-gun question is separate from any vote for a person. Voters will make their selection using the choices printed on the ballot.

How the question reached the ballot

House Bill 932 passed both the Idaho House and Idaho Senate during the last legislative session. Each chamber approved it unanimously, establishing the path for the state-gun choice to go before voters.

The process has two distinct stages. In the first, legislators considered and passed House Bill 932. In the second, voters make the choice at the ballot box. The unanimous legislative votes describe how the bill moved through the Legislature; they do not replace the public’s selection.

The ballot wording will identify the state-gun choice and the selections voters may make. The question stands on its own as a voting issue rather than as a position attached to a candidate. No candidate is linked to the measure, and the vote is not part of a candidate contest.