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Idaho House Joint Resolution 6

English as the official language of the state of Idaho. 2026 results by county, from Idaho's official results file: Yes 63.1%, No 36.9% statewide.

Statewide

The question: “Shall Article X of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended by the addition of a new Section 8, to provide that the English language shall be the official language for the state of Idaho, and to further provide that, except as required by federal law, English shall be used in all public proceedings, public documents, public instruction, and any other public acts of any public institution in the state of Idaho?”

A yes vote
A YES vote would designate English the official state language of Idaho.
A no vote
A NO vote would make no change to Idaho’s Constitution, which currently does not designate an official state language.
Yes 63.1% No 36.9%

449,061 yes and 262,276 no.

The Secretary of State's voter pamphlet, page 5 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

44 counties: Yes has the most votes in 42, No has the most votes in 2. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Ada County52.5%47.5%225,047
Adams County75.1%24.9%2,165
Bannock County57.2%42.8%31,681
Bear Lake County79.4%20.6%2,393
Benewah County80.3%19.7%3,935
Bingham County70.5%29.5%15,406
Blaine County40.1%59.9%11,383
Boise County73.5%26.5%3,960
Bonner County72.1%27.9%23,463
Bonneville County63.7%36.3%42,935
Boundary County78.3%21.7%5,557
Butte County79.3%20.7%1,117
Camas County72.3%27.7%537
Canyon County66.0%34.0%76,920
Caribou County77.8%22.2%2,489
Cassia County72.4%27.6%6,819
Clark County70.2%29.8%252
Clearwater County79.7%20.3%3,197
Custer County73.9%26.1%1,989
Elmore County68.9%31.1%7,500
Franklin County77.8%22.2%4,715
Fremont County76.6%23.4%4,853
Gem County78.5%21.5%8,203
Gooding County71.2%28.8%4,338
Idaho County79.2%20.8%7,918
Jefferson County74.9%25.1%11,592
Jerome County66.8%33.2%6,146
Kootenai County75.4%24.6%73,140
Latah County52.6%47.4%17,621
Lemhi County74.0%26.0%3,790
Lewis County78.8%21.2%1,442
Lincoln County69.0%31.0%1,402
Madison County67.5%32.5%11,565
Minidoka County69.1%30.9%5,957
Nez Perce County68.1%31.9%14,879
Oneida County81.4%18.6%1,643
Owyhee County75.5%24.5%3,588
Payette County75.5%24.5%8,725
Power County66.2%33.8%2,462
Shoshone County75.4%24.6%4,541
Teton County44.0%56.0%6,026
Twin Falls County66.9%33.1%27,618
Valley County56.5%43.5%6,065
Washington County77.2%22.8%4,363

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Idaho's official results, file posted Nov 10, 9:41 PM. Unofficial until certified. Idaho's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.