**[Requirements for Serving as a Pollworker]{.underline}**

**[Colorado]{.underline}**

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| **[State Registration Requirement]{.underline}**                      |
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| **[(Exceptions may be found in Student Election Assistant             |
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| Must be a registered elector.                                         |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-101(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Age Requirement]{.underline}**                                     |
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| 18 yrs.                                                               |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-2-101(1) (a) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[Residency Place and Term Required for Voter                        |
| Registration]{.underline}**                                           |
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| State and Precinct 30 days immediately prior to the date in which the |
| person wants to vote.                                                 |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-2-101(1) (b) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| Political subdivisions (counties) may provide additional or           |
| alternative qualifications for a person to become an eligible elector |
| of a political subdivision.                                           |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-2-104, Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-1-104(1.5)            |
| (Thomson/West 2006).*                                                 |
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| **[Residency Requirement for Service (State, County or                |
| Precinct)]{.underline}**                                              |
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| County then State.                                                    |
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| Must be political subdivision (county) resident. If enough registered |
| electors of the political subdivision (county) are not available,     |
| then the appointing authority may appoint election judges who are     |
| registered electors of the state.                                     |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-101(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Affiliation with Political Party Requirement]{.underline}**        |
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| **[and Process for Nomination as Poll Worker]{.underline}**           |
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| Affiliation Generally Required.                                       |
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| For partisan elections in precincts that have an even number of       |
| election judges, each major political party is entitled to one-half   |
| of the election judges. For partisan elections in precincts that have |
| an odd number of election judges, the major political parties divide  |
| the appointments of the extra election judges.                        |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-109(1) & (2) (Thomson/West 2006).*            |
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| No later than 10 days after the precinct caucus in even-numbered      |
| years, the committeepersons of each precinct from each major          |
| political party shall submit to the county chairpersons of their      |
| respective political parties a list that was initiated at the         |
| precinct caucus and that recommends electors as election judges.      |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-102(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| No later than the last Tuesday of April in even-numbered year, minor  |
| political parties may certify to the county clerk and recorder names  |
| of registered electors recommended to serve as election judges.       |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-103.5 (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| No later than the last Tuesday of April in even-numbered years, any   |
| registered elector who is unaffiliated with a political party or      |
| political organization may give notice in writing to the clerk and    |
| recorder of the county in which such elector resides offering to      |
| serve as an election judge.                                           |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-103.7 (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| If there are insufficient numbers on major party lists, then county   |
| clerk may appoint from lists submitted by minor political parties and |
| unaffiliated voters.                                                  |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-104(3) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Term Requirements]{.underline}**                                   |
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| An election judge for a precinct shall serve for a two-year period    |
| beginning on the last Tuesday of May in even-numbered years and       |
| ending on the last Monday in May of the next even-numbered year or    |
| until replaced.                                                       |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-104(1) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| **[Compensation and Hour Requirements]{.underline}**                  |
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| Stipend varies by county, but is not less than five dollars. A        |
| student election judge may receive the same compensation received by  |
| an election judge, but, in any case, not less than seventy-five       |
| percent of the compensation received by an election judge.            |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-115 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Training, Certification and Oath Requirements]{.underline}**       |
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| Attend a mandatory Election Judge class prior to each election at     |
| which they work.                                                      |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-101(2) (c) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| County may require more training than State.                          |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-101(6) (Thomson/West 2006).*                   |
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| Oath required.                                                        |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-114 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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| **[Elected Public Officials Prohibited]{.underline}**                 |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Candidates Prohibited]{.underline}**                               |
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| No candidates whose name appears on the ballot in the precinct that   |
| they are appointed to serve are prohibited. Candidates\' immediate    |
| families, related by blood or marriage to the second degree, are also |
| prohibited.                                                           |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-101(2) (e) (Thomson/West 2006).*               |
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| **[The Effect of Felon Status on Participation]{.underline}**         |
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| Prohibited if they have ever been convicted of election fraud, any    |
| other election offense, or fraud.                                     |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-101(2) (d) (Thomson/West 2006).*              |
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| Prohibited while serving a sentence of detention or confinement in a  |
| correctional facility, jail, or other location for a felony           |
| conviction or while serving a sentence of parole.                     |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-2-103(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[The Effect of Mental Incapacitation on                             |
| Participation]{.underline}**                                          |
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| Prohibited if physically and mentally unable to perform and complete  |
| assigned tasks.                                                       |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-101(c) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| However, no person confined in a state institution for the mentally   |
| ill shall lose the right to vote because of the confinement.          |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-2-103(5) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[English Fluency and Literacy Requirement]{.underline}**            |
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| Must be physically and mentally able to perform and complete assigned |
| tasks.                                                                |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-101(c) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Good Reputation Requirement]{.underline}**                         |
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| No Information Available.                                             |
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| **[Alternative Positions with Different Requirements]{.underline}**   |
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| Translators.                                                          |
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| If the county clerk and recorder find that a precinct is composed of  |
| three percent or more non-English-speaking eligible electors, the     |
| county clerk and recorder shall take affirmative action to recruit    |
| full-time or part-time staff members who are fluent in the language   |
| used by the eligible electors and in English.                         |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-2-202(4) (Thomson/West 2006).*                  |
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| **[Student Election Assistant Statute]{.underline}**                  |
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| • US citizen at time of election;                                     |
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| • physically and mentally able to perform assigned tasks;             |
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| • attend a class of instruction prior to each election;               |
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| • never been convicted of election fraud, any other election offense, |
| or fraud;                                                             |
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| • not a member of the immediate family of a candidate whose name      |
| appears on the ballot in the precinct that they are appointed to      |
| serve;                                                                |
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| • 16 years or older;                                                  |
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| • in good standing attending a public, private secondary school, or   |
| home schooled;                                                        |
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| • parent or legal guardian has consented to their service as a        |
| student election judge.                                               |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat.1-6-101(7) (Thomson/West 2006).*                     |
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| Compensated either at the same rate, or not less than 75% of the      |
| rate, of an adult election judge.                                     |
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| *Colo. Rev. Stat. §1-6-115 (Thomson/West 2006).*                      |
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