C.R.S. § 1-13-722 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-722
1-13-722. Defacing or removing abstract of votes
Status: repealed

1-13-722. Defacing or removing abstract of votes. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-4-805 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 8 / Section 1-4-805
1-4-805. Petitions for nominating municipal candidates in coordinated elections
Status: in_force

1-4-805. Petitions for nominating municipal candidates in coordinated elections. Any person who desires to be a candidate for a municipal office in a coordinated election shall, in lieu of the requirements of this article, comply with the nominating petition procedure set forth in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", article 10 of title 31, C.R.S.; except that part 11 of this article, concerning write-in candidate affidavits, shall apply in such municipal elections, and any nominating petition may be circulated and signed beginning on the ninety-first day prior to the election and shall be filed with the municipal clerk no later than the seventy-first day prior to the date of the election. The petition may be amended to correct or replace signatures that the clerk finds are not in apparent conformity with the requirements of the municipal election code at any time before the sixty-seventh day before the election.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-604 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 6 / Section 1-13.5-604
1-13.5-604. Judge to keep pollbook
Status: in_force

1-13.5-604. Judge to keep pollbook. An election judge shall keep a pollbook, which shall contain one column headed "names of voters" and one column headed "number on ballot". The name and number on the ballot of each eligible elector voting must be entered in regular succession under the headings in the pollbook.
C.R.S. § 1-5-406 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 4 / Section 1-5-406
1-5-406. Content of ballots for nonpartisan elections
Status: in_force

1-5-406. Content of ballots for nonpartisan elections. The designated election official shall provide printed ballots for every election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the designated election official at least thirty days before the election. Every ballot shall contain the names of all duly nominated candidates for offices to be voted for at that election, except those who have died or withdrawn, and the ballot shall contain no other names. The arrangement of the names shall be established by lot at any time prior to the certification of the ballot. The designated election official shall notify the candidates of the time and place of the lot-drawing for the ballot. The drawing shall be performed by the designated election official or a designee. The names shall be printed on the ballot without political party designation.
C.R.S. § 1-7-1001 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 1-7-1001
1-7-1001. Short title
Status: in_force

1-7-1001. Short title. This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the "Voter Choice Act".
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-614 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 6 / Section 1-13.5-614
1-13.5-614. Delivery of election returns, ballot boxes, and other election papers
Status: in_force

1-13.5-614. Delivery of election returns, ballot boxes, and other election papers. When all the votes have been read and counted, an election judge shall deliver to the designated election official the certificate and statement required by section 1-13.5-613, the ballot boxes and all keys or seals thereto, and the registration and property owners lists, pollbooks, tally sheets, spoiled ballots, unused ballots, ballot stubs, oaths, affidavits, and other election papers and supplies. The delivery must be made at once and with all convenient speed, and informality in delivery does not invalidate the vote of any polling place when delivery has been made prior to the completion of the official abstract of the votes by the canvassers pursuant to section 1-13.5-1305. The designated election official shall provide a receipt for all papers so delivered.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1404 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 14 / Section 1-4-1404
1-4-1404. Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts
Status: in_force

1-4-1404. Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts. (1) For a judicial district whose territory is comprised of more than one county, the boards of county commissioners of each county situated within the judicial district shall be the governing bodies to refer any ballot question to the eligible electors of their respective counties regarding the lengthening, shortening, or elimination of the limitation on terms of office for the district attorney of the judicial district imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state constitution.

(2) Any such ballot question shall appear on the ballot in each county situated within the judicial district at the same election. The wording of the ballot question shall be substantially identical in each county situated within the judicial district and the alphabetical, numerical, or alphanumerical designation used to identify the measure shall be identical on each ballot that includes the measure.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if such a measure is approved by the eligible electors of a county situated within the judicial district but was not referred to or approved by the eligible electors of each county situated within the judicial district at the same election or if the wording of the measure was not substantially identical in each county situated within the judicial district, such measure shall be deemed void.
C.R.S. § 1-5-103 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 1-5-103
1-5-103. Changes in boundaries - partisan elections
Status: in_force

1-5-103. Changes in boundaries - partisan elections. (1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation of new precincts for partisan elections must be completed no later than twenty-nine days prior to the first Tuesday in March, except in cases of precinct changes resulting from changes in county boundaries.

(2) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, the county clerk and recorder shall change the location of any polling location upon a petition of a majority of the eligible electors residing within a county if the request is made at least ninety days prior to the primary election.

(3) All changes in precinct boundaries or numbering for partisan elections, including changes required pursuant to section 1-5-101.5, shall be reported within ten days by the county clerk and recorder to the secretary of state, and a corrected precinct map shall be transmitted to the secretary of state as soon as possible after the changes have been effected.
C.R.S. § 1-40-118 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-118
1-40-118. Protest
Status: in_force

1-40-118. Protest. (1) A protest in writing, under oath, together with three copies thereof, may be filed in the district court for the county in which the petition has been filed by some registered elector, within fifteen days after the secretary of state issues a statement as to whether the petition has a sufficient number of valid signatures, which statement must be issued no later than thirty calendar days after the petition has been filed. If the secretary of state fails to issue a statement within thirty calendar days, the petition is deemed sufficient. Regardless of whether the secretary of state has issued a statement of sufficiency or if the petition is deemed sufficient because the secretary of state has failed to issue a statement of sufficiency within thirty calendar days, no further agency action is necessary for the district court to have jurisdiction to consider the protest. During the period a petition is being examined by the secretary of state for sufficiency, the petition shall not be available to the public; except that such period must not exceed thirty calendar days. Immediately after the secretary of state issues a statement of sufficiency or, if the petition is deemed sufficient because the secretary of state has failed to issue the statement, after thirty calendar days, the secretary of state shall make the petition available to the public for copying upon request.

(2) (a) If the secretary of state conducted a random sample of the petitions and did not verify each signature, the protest shall set forth with particularity the defects in the procedure used by the secretary of state in the verification of the petition or the grounds for challenging individual signatures or petition sections, as well as individual signatures or petition sections protested. If the secretary of state verified each name on the petition sections, the protest shall set forth with particularity the grounds of the protest and the individual signatures or petition sections protested.

(b) Regardless of the method used by the secretary of state to verify signatures, the grounds for challenging individual signatures or petition sections pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall include, but are not limited to, the use of a petition form that does not comply with the provisions of this article, fraud, and a violation of any provision of this article or any other law that, in either case, prevents fraud, abuse, or mistake in the petition process.

(c) If the protest is limited to an allegation that there were defects in the secretary of state's statement of sufficiency based on a random sample to verify signatures, the district court may review all signatures in the random sample.

(d) No signature may be challenged that is not identified in the protest by section number, line number, name, and reason why the secretary of state is in error. If any party is protesting the finding of the secretary of state regarding the registration of a signer, the protest shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the elector or a copy of the election record of the signer.

(2.5) (a) If a district court finds that there are invalid signatures or petition sections as a result of fraud committed by any person involved in petition circulation, the registered elector who instituted the proceedings may commence a civil action to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the person responsible for such invalid signatures or petition sections.

(b) A registered elector who files a protest shall be entitled to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs from a proponent of an initiative petition who defends the petition against a protest or the proponent's attorney, upon a determination by the district court that the defense, or any part thereof, lacked substantial justification or that the defense, or any part thereof, was interposed for delay or harassment. A proponent who defends a petition against a protest shall be entitled to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs from the registered elector who files a protest or the registered elector's attorney, upon a determination by the district court that the protest, or any part thereof, lacked substantial justification or that the protest, or any part thereof, was interposed for delay or harassment. No attorney fees may be awarded under this paragraph (b) unless the district court has first considered the provisions of section 13-17-102 (5) and (6), C.R.S. For purposes of this paragraph (b), "lacked substantial justification" means substantially frivolous, substantially groundless, or substantially vexatious.

(c) A district court conducting a hearing pursuant to this article shall permit a circulator who is not available at the time of the hearing to testify by telephone or by any other means permitted under the Colorado rules of civil procedure.

(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 435, § 13, effective May 8, 1995.)

(4) The secretary of state shall furnish a requesting protestor with a computer tape or microfiche listing of the names of all registered electors in the state and shall charge a fee which shall be determined and collected pursuant to section 24-21-104 (3), C.R.S., to cover the cost of furnishing the listing.

(5) Written entries that are made by petition signers, circulators, and notaries public on a petition section that substantially comply with the requirements of this article 40 shall be deemed valid by the secretary of state or any court, unless:

(a) Fraud, as specified in section 1-40-135 (2)(c), is established by a preponderance of the evidence;

(b) A violation of any provision of this article or any other provision of law that, in either case, prevents fraud, abuse, or mistake in the petition process, is established by a preponderance of the evidence;

(c) A circulator used a petition form that does not comply with the provisions of this article or has not been approved by the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 1-4-101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 1 / Section 1-4-101
1-4-101. Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses - legislative declaration
Status: in_force

1-4-101. Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses - legislative declaration. (1) Except as provided in section 1-4-104.5, a primary election shall be held on the last Tuesday in June of even-numbered years to nominate candidates of political parties to be voted for at the succeeding general election. Except as provided by section 1-4-1304 (1.5), only a major political party, as defined in section 1-1-104 (22), is entitled to nominate candidates in a primary election.

(2) (a) Each political party that is entitled to participate in the primary election must have a separate party ballot for use by electors affiliated with that political party. An elector is not required to vote in the same party primary as the elector voted in as part of a presidential primary election occurring in that same year, if such an election is held.

(b) The county clerk and recorder shall send to all active electors in the county who have not declared an affiliation a mailing that contains the ballots of all of the major political parties. In this mailing, the clerk shall also provide written instructions advising the elector of the manner in which the elector will be in compliance with the requirements of this code in selecting and casting the ballot of a major political party. An elector may cast the ballot of only one major political party. After selecting and casting a ballot of a single major political party, the elector shall return the ballot to the clerk. If an elector casts and returns to the clerk the ballot of more than one major political party, all such ballots returned will be rejected and will not be counted.

(c) The secretary of state may by rule adopt additional ballot requirements necessary to avoid voter confusion in voting in primary elections.

(d) The primary election of all political parties shall be held at the same time and shall be conducted by the same election officials.

(3) All nominations by major political parties for candidates for United States senator, representative in congress, all elective state, district, and county officers, and members of the general assembly shall be made by primary elections; except that, for general elections occurring after January 1, 2001, nominations by major political parties for candidates for lieutenant governor shall not be made by primary elections and shall be made pursuant to section 1-4-502 (3). Neither the secretary of state nor any county clerk and recorder shall place on the official general election ballot the name of any person as a candidate of any major political party who has not been nominated in accordance with the provisions of this article, or who has not been affiliated with the major political party for the period of time required by section 1-4-601, or who does not meet residency requirements for the office, if any. The information found on the voter registration record of the county of current or previous residence of the person seeking to be placed on the ballot is admissible as prima facie evidence of compliance with this article.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this code, all primary elections shall be conducted in the same manner as general elections insofar as the general election provisions are applicable, and the election officers for primary elections have the same powers and shall perform the same duties as those provided by law for general elections.

(5) All expenses incurred in the preparation or conduct of the primary election shall be paid out of the treasury of the county or state, as the case may be, in the same manner as for general elections.

(6) [Editor's note: Subsection (6) is effective March 1, 2026.] (a) The general assembly finds and declares that, for this subsection (6), it intends that a general provision with a later effective date prevails over a specific provision with an earlier effective date.

(b) A designated election official may conduct an all-candidate primary election using an all-candidate primary ballot only after the requirements established in section 1-7-1002 (2.5) have been satisfied.
C.R.S. § 1-9-206 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 9 / Part 2 / Section 1-9-206
1-9-206. Challenges of absentee ballots
Status: repealed

1-9-206. Challenges of absentee ballots. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-41-102 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 41 / Section 1-41-102
1-41-102. State ballot issue elections in odd-numbered years
Status: in_force

1-41-102. State ballot issue elections in odd-numbered years. (1) At the statewide election to be held on the first Tuesday of November in 1993, and in each odd-numbered year thereafter, the following issues shall appear on the ballot if they concern state matters arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution and if they are submitted in accordance with applicable law:

(a) Amendments to the state constitution submitted by the general assembly in accordance with article XIX of the state constitution;

(b) State legislation and amendments to the state constitution initiated in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution and article 40 of this title;

(c) Measures referred to the people by the general assembly in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution;

(d) Measures referred to the people pursuant to petitions filed against an act or item, section, or part of an act of the general assembly in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution;

(e) Questions which are referred to the people by the general assembly in accordance with the law prescribing procedures therefor;

(f) Questions which are initiated by the people in accordance with the law prescribing procedures therefor.

(2) If no questions concerning state matters arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution are referred or initiated as provided in subsection (1) of this section, no statewide election shall be held on the first Tuesday of November in 1993, or on the first Tuesday in November of any subsequent odd-numbered year.

(3) As used in this section, a "question" means a proposition which is in the form of a question meeting the requirements of section 20 (3)(c) of article X of the state constitution and which is submitted in accordance with the law prescribing procedures therefor without reference to specific state legislation or a specific amendment to the state constitution.

(4) As used in this section, "state matters arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution" includes:

(a) Approval of a new tax, tax rate increase, valuation for assessment ratio increase for a property class, or extension of an expiring tax, or a tax policy change directly causing a net tax revenue gain pursuant to section 20 (4)(a) of article X of the state constitution;

(b) Approval of the creation of any multiple-fiscal year direct or indirect state debt or other financial obligation without adequate present cash reserves pledged irrevocably and held for payments in all future fiscal years pursuant to section 20 (4)(b) of article X of the state constitution;

(c) Approval of emergency taxes pursuant to section 20 (6) of article X of the state constitution;

(d) Approval of revenue changes pursuant to section 20 (7) of article X of the state constitution;

(e) Approval of a delay in voting on ballot issues pursuant to section 20 (3)(a) of article X of the state constitution;

(f) Approval of the weakening of a state limit on revenue, spending, and debt pursuant to section 20 (1) of article X of the state constitution; and

(g) Approval for the state to retain and spend state revenues that otherwise would be refunded for exceeding an estimate included in the ballot information booklet in accordance with section 20 (3)(c) of article X of the state constitution.
C.R.S. § 1-5-502 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 1-5-502
1-5-502. Ballot boxes for nonmachine voting
Status: in_force

1-5-502. Ballot boxes for nonmachine voting. The governing body of each political subdivision using paper ballots or electronic vote counting equipment shall provide at least one ballot box for each polling location. The ballot boxes shall be strongly constructed so as to prevent tampering, with a small opening at the top and with a lid to be locked. The designated election official shall keep the ballot boxes and keys and deliver them, prior to the date on which the polling locations open, to the election judges.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1109 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 11 / Section 1-13.5-1109
1-13.5-1109. Challenges
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1109. Challenges. Votes cast pursuant to this part 11 may be challenged pursuant to and in accordance with law, including the challenge and rejection of ballot provisions set forth in section 1-13.5-1010. Any independent mail ballot election conducted pursuant to this part 11 will not be invalidated on the grounds that an eligible elector did not receive a ballot so long as the designated election official for the political subdivision conducting the election acted in good faith in complying with this part 11.
C.R.S. § 1-1-202 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 1 / Part 2 / Section 1-1-202
1-1-202. Commencement of terms - nonpartisan officers
Status: in_force

1-1-202. Commencement of terms - nonpartisan officers. The regular terms of office of all nonpartisan officers elected at regular elections shall commence at the next meeting of the governing body following the date of the election, but no later than thirty days following the survey of returns and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required, unless otherwise provided by law. If the election is canceled in whole or in part pursuant to section 1-5-208 (1.5), then the regular term of office of a nonpartisan officer shall commence at the next meeting of the governing body following the date of the regular election, but no later than thirty days following the date of the regular election and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required, unless otherwise provided by law.
C.R.S. § 1-13-111 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 1-13-111
1-13-111. Penalties for election offenses
Status: in_force

1-13-111. Penalties for election offenses. In all cases in which an offense denominated in this code has no penalty specified, the offender commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 1-13-803 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 8 / Section 1-13-803
1-13-803. Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot
Status: in_force

1-13-803. Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot. Any election official or other person who knowingly violates article 7.5 or 13.5 of this title 1 relative to the casting of mail ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast by a mail voter upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-7-1004 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 10 / Section 1-7-1004
1-7-1004. Secretary of state - rules - guidance to local governments
Status: in_force

1-7-1004. Secretary of state - rules - guidance to local governments. (1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with section 1-7-1003 and in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., on the conduct of elections using ranked voting methods. The rules shall prescribe the methods and procedures for tabulating, auditing, and reporting results in an election using a ranked voting method.

(2) The secretary of state shall provide guidance and advice to the governing bodies and designated election officials of local governments of the state on the conduct of elections using ranked voting methods.
C.R.S. § 1-2-503 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 5 / Section 1-2-503
1-2-503. Availability of forms
Status: in_force

1-2-503. Availability of forms. The application forms for mail voter registration shall be available for distribution through governmental and private entities, with particular emphasis on making them available for organized voter registration programs.
C.R.S. § 1-7.5-113 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7.5 / Part 1 / Section 1-7.5-113
1-7.5-113. Voting at group residential facilities
Status: in_force

1-7.5-113. Voting at group residential facilities. (1) If a group residential facility does not have mail boxes in which a representative of the United States postal service may directly deposit mail, and more than seven mail ballots are to be sent to that group residential facility, a committee consisting of one employee of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the facility is located and, where available, a representative appointed by each of the major political parties shall deliver the mail ballots and return the voted ballots to the office of the county clerk and recorder. The delivery of ballots under this section may begin on the forty-fifth day before election day.

(2) For nonpartisan elections, including independent mail ballot elections conducted pursuant to part 11 of article 13.5 of this title, the designated election official shall appoint a committee that consists of two or more election judges or employees or representatives of the designated election official. The voted ballots must be returned to the office of the designated election official.
C.R.S. § 1-13-707 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-707
1-13-707. Inducing defective ballot
Status: in_force

1-13-707. Inducing defective ballot. Any person who causes any deceit to be practiced with intent to fraudulently induce a voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-511 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 5 / Section 1-13.5-511
1-13.5-511. Certification of ballot
Status: in_force

1-13.5-511. Certification of ballot. (1) No later than sixty days before any election, the designated election official of each local government that intends to conduct an election shall certify the order of the ballot and ballot content. The order of the ballot and ballot content must include the name and office of each candidate for whom a petition or self-nomination form or letter has been filed with the designated election official and any ballot issues or ballot questions to be submitted to the eligible electors.

(2) After a designated election official has certified the order of the ballot and ballot content in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the designated election official may recertify the ballot if:

(a) A candidate withdraws from a race, and the withdrawal would not change the order that the candidate names appear on the ballot as previously determined by the lot drawing; or

(b) There are technical revisions to a ballot issue or ballot question prior to the ballots being printed.
C.R.S. § 1-7-404 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 1-7-404
1-7-404. Judge to inspect voting machine
Status: in_force

1-7-404. Judge to inspect voting machine. No person shall deface or damage any electromechanical voting system component. At such intervals as may be deemed necessary, an election judge shall examine each component to ascertain whether it has been defaced or damaged to ensure that seals are intact and to detect any wrongdoing.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1301 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 13 / Section 1-4-1301
1-4-1301. Formation of minor political party
Status: in_force

1-4-1301. Formation of minor political party. (1) A minor political party shall adopt a constitution or set of bylaws to govern its organization and the conduct of its affairs and shall exercise thereunder any power not inconsistent with the laws of this state. The constitution or set of bylaws shall be filed with the secretary of state. Any minor political party failing to file its constitution or set of bylaws pursuant to this section shall not be qualified as a minor political party. The constitution or set of bylaws shall contain the following:

(a) A method of nominating candidates for the partisan offices specified in section 1-4-1304 (1);

(b) A method for calling and conducting assemblies and conventions;

(c) A method for selecting delegates to assemblies and conventions;

(d) A method for the selection of members and a chairperson to the state central committee and for the selection of other party officers;

(e) A method for filling vacancies in party offices;

(f) The powers and duties of party officers;

(g) The structure of the state and county party organizations, if any;

(h) A statement that any meeting to elect party officers, including delegates, and any assembly to nominate candidates, shall be held at a public place at the time specified by the party chairperson and that the time and place of such meeting shall be published once, no later than fifteen days before such meeting, in a newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein the members of the minor political party reside;

(i) A statement that the party chairperson or his or her designee shall be the person who shall communicate on behalf of the minor political party; and

(j) A method for amending the constitution or set of bylaws.

(2) The chairperson of the party shall file any amendments to the constitution or set of bylaws with the secretary of state no later than fifteen days after the amendments are adopted.

(3) The name of the minor political party shall contain no more than three words in addition to the word "party". The name of the minor political party shall not use, in whole or in part, the name of any existing political party.
C.R.S. § 1-7-106 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 1-7-106
1-7-106. Watchers at general and congressional vacancy elections
Status: in_force

1-7-106. Watchers at general and congressional vacancy elections. (1) Each participating political party or issue committee whose candidate or issue is on the ballot, and each unaffiliated and write-in candidate whose name is on the ballot for a general or congressional vacancy election, is entitled to have watchers as specified in subsection (2) of this section. The chairperson of the county central committee or the state chairperson of each major political party, the county chairperson or other authorized official of each minor political party, the issue committee, or the write-in or unaffiliated candidate shall certify the names of one or more persons selected as watchers on standardized forms provided by the secretary of state and submit the names of the persons selected as watchers to the county clerk and recorder. To the extent possible, the chairperson, authorized official, issue committee, or candidate shall submit the names by the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the election. The watchers shall surrender the certificates to the election judges at the time they enter the voter service and polling center and are sworn by the judges. This section does not prevent party candidates or county party officers from visiting voter service and polling centers or drop-off locations to observe the progress of voting.

(2) (a) Each participating political party or issue committee whose candidate or issue is on the ballot, and each unaffiliated and write-in candidate whose name is on the ballot for a general or congressional vacancy election, is entitled to have watchers as follows:

(I) In a central count facility, one watcher per central count process, but in any case not less than one watcher for every ten election judges;

(II) During signature verification, one watcher for every four election judges; and

(III) At each voter service and polling center, one watcher per voter service and polling center process.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section, the number of watchers permitted in a room at one time is subject to space limitations and local safety codes.
C.R.S. § 1-7-203 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 2 / Section 1-7-203
1-7-203. Accounting forms
Status: in_force

1-7-203. Accounting forms. The county clerk and recorder shall furnish each precinct with two sets of accounting forms for each major political party having candidates at the primary election. The forms shall be furnished at the same time and in the same manner as ballots. All accounting forms shall have the proper party designation at the top thereof and shall state the precinct, county, and date of the primary election. The secretary of state shall prescribe the accounting forms to be used.
C.R.S. § 1-2-302.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 1-2-302.5
1-2-302.5. Change of address search - rules
Status: repealed

1-2-302.5. Change of address search - rules. (1) The secretary of state shall conduct a monthly national change of address search, using the national change of address database administered by the United States postal service, for all electors whose names appear in the statewide voter registration list.

(2) (a) The secretary of state shall transmit monthly to the appropriate county clerk and recorders the data obtained from the search conducted under subsection (1) of this section.

(b) If any search of the national change of address database administered by the United States postal service conducted under this section indicates an elector has permanently moved, the county clerk and recorder shall act as follows:

(I) (A) If the search indicates that the elector moved within the state, the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector's new address is located shall mark the elector's registration record as "Active" and update the elector's registration record with the elector's new address and send, to the elector's old address, notice of the change by forwardable mail and a postage pre-paid pre-addressed return form by which the registrant may verify or correct the address information.

(B) If the elector returns the return form sent pursuant to sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I) and indicates that he or she has not moved, the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector's old address is located shall immediately correct the elector's previously updated address in the statewide voter registration database.

(C) If the elector returns the return form confirming the new address, or if the elector does not return the return form, the county clerk and recorder shall leave the elector's new address and status as updated in the registration record pursuant to sub-subparagraph (A) of this subparagraph (I).

(II) Repealed.

(III) If the search indicates that the elector moved to a different state, the county clerk and recorder shall mark the elector's registration record "Inactive" and send a confirmation card and:

(A) If the elector returns the confirmation card and confirms the new address, the county clerk and recorder shall cancel the elector's registration record in the statewide voter registration database;

(B) If the elector does not return the confirmation card, the elector's registration record must remain "Inactive". If the inactive elector subsequently fails to vote in two consecutive general elections, the county clerk and recorder shall cancel the elector's registration record in accordance with section 1-2-605 (7).

(C) If the elector returns the confirmation card and indicates the elector has not moved, the county clerk and recorder shall immediately correct the elector's registration record in the statewide voter registration database and mark the voter "Active".

(c) A county clerk and recorder shall make corrections to address updates made pursuant to a national change of address search upon receiving additional information from the elector.

(3) Repealed.

(4) If any search conducted pursuant to this section indicates that an elector has added or changed a post office box, the county clerk and recorder shall update the elector's registration record with the new post office box as the elector's mailing address and send him or her a confirmation card in accordance with section 1-2-605. The card must notify the elector of the change in mailing address and apprise the elector of his or her place of residence for voting purposes.

(5) In addition to the search conducted by the secretary of state pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, a county clerk and recorder may conduct a national change of address search using the national change of address database administered by the United States postal service as frequently as he or she sees fit.
C.R.S. § 1-11-106 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 1-11-106
1-11-106. Delivery of certified list of results
Status: in_force

1-11-106. Delivery of certified list of results. Upon the organization of the house of representatives, the secretary of state shall deliver to the speaker of the house a certified list of candidates elected to each state office and of each member elected to the general assembly showing the member's district. If the secretary of state is unable to certify the candidate elected to state office or the member elected to the general assembly from a particular district, the secretary of state shall also deliver a list of the state offices or districts for which no certification may be made. The speaker, upon receipt of the certified list and, if delivered, the list of offices and districts for which no certification may be made and before proceeding to other business, shall open and announce the results in the presence of a majority of the members of both houses of the general assembly, who shall assemble for that purpose in the chamber of the house of representatives. The person having the highest number of votes for any of the offices shall be declared duly elected by the presiding officer of the joint assembly.
C.R.S. § 1-13-715 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-715
1-13-715. Liquor in or near voter service and polling center
Status: in_force

1-13-715. Liquor in or near voter service and polling center. (1) It is unlawful for any election official or other person to introduce into any polling location, or to use therein, or to offer to another for use therein, at any time while any election is in progress or the result thereof is being ascertained by the counting of the ballots, any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors.

(2) It is unlawful for any officer or board of officers of any county or any municipality, whether incorporated under general law or by special charter, who may at any time be by law charged with the duty of designating polling locations for the holding of any general or congressional election therein, to select therefor a room wherein any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors are usually sold for consumption on the premises.

(3) Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-8.5-107 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.5 / Section 1-8.5-107
1-8.5-107. Electors who move before close of registration - effect of provisional ballot
Status: repealed

1-8.5-107. Electors who move before close of registration - effect of provisional ballot. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-4-1008 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 10 / Section 1-4-1008
1-4-1008. Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination
Status: in_force

1-4-1008. Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination. Any vacancy in a nomination for an unaffiliated candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition or statement of intent occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election may be filled by the person or persons designated on the petition or statement of intent to fill vacancies.
C.R.S. § 1-5-605 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-605
1-5-605. Other laws apply - paper ballots permitted for absentee voting - repeal
Status: repealed

1-5-605. Other laws apply - paper ballots permitted for absentee voting - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1404 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 14 / Section 1-13.5-1404
1-13.5-1404. Summons - answer
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1404. Summons - answer. (1) If the clerk of the district court receives a statement as set forth in section 1-13.5-1403, the clerk shall issue a summons in the ordinary form, naming the contestor as plaintiff and the contestee as defendant, stating the court in which the action is brought and a brief statement of the causes of contest, as set forth in the contestor's statement. The summons shall be served upon the contestee in the same manner as other summonses are served out of the district court.

(2) The contestee, within ten days after the date of service of such summons, shall make and file an answer to the same with the clerk of the court in which the contestee shall either admit or specifically deny each allegation intended to be controverted by the contestee on the trial of such contest and shall set in that answer any counterstatement that he or she relies upon as entitling the contestee to the office to which he or she has been declared elected.

(3) If the reception of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes is alleged as the cause of the contest, a list of the persons who so voted or offered to vote must be set forth in the statement of the contestor and must be likewise set forth in the answer of the contestee if any such cause is alleged in his or her answer by way of counterstatement.

(4) If the answer of the contestee contains new matter constituting a counterstatement, the contestor, within ten days after the filing of such answer, shall reply to the same, admitting or specifically denying, under oath, each allegation contained in such counterstatement intended by him or her to be controverted on the trial, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the district court.
C.R.S. § 1-40-126.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-126.5
1-40-126.5. Explanation of ballot titles and actual text of measures in notices provided by
Status: in_force

1-40-126.5. Explanation of ballot titles and actual text of measures in notices provided by mailing or publication. (1) In any notice to electors provided by the director of research of the legislative council, whether in the ballot information booklet prepared pursuant to section 1-40-124.5 or by publication pursuant to section 1-40-124, there shall be included the following explanation preceding the title of each measure:

(a) For referred measures: "The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). The text of the measure that will appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes) below was referred to the voters because it passed by a (two-thirds majority/majority) vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives."

(b) For initiated measures: "The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). The text of the measure that will appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes) below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures."
C.R.S. § 1-2-214 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 1-2-214
1-2-214. Withdrawal of registration
Status: repealed

1-2-214. Withdrawal of registration. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-5-601 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-601
1-5-601. Use of voting systems - definition
Status: in_force

1-5-601. Use of voting systems - definition. (1) In all elections held in this state, the votes may be cast, registered, recorded, and counted by means of an electronic or electromechanical voting system as provided in this part 6.

(2) As used in this part 6, "electromechanical voting system" shall include a paper-based voting system as defined in section 1-1-104 (23.5).
C.R.S. § 1-4-204 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 1-4-204
1-4-204. State and district officers
Status: in_force

1-4-204. State and district officers. At the general election in 1982 and every fourth year thereafter, the following state officers shall be elected: One governor, one lieutenant governor, one secretary of state, one state treasurer, and one attorney general. The lieutenant governor shall be elected jointly with the governor. At every general election, the number of members of the state house of representatives to which each representative district is entitled shall be elected in that district. Candidates for the offices of regents of the university of Colorado, state senators, members of the state board of education, and district attorneys shall be voted on at the general election immediately prior to the expiration of the regular terms for those offices.
C.R.S. § 1-7.5-207 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7.5 / Part 2 / Section 1-7.5-207
1-7.5-207. Voter verification - mail ballot information
Status: in_force

1-7.5-207. Voter verification - mail ballot information. Each county clerk and recorder shall provide electors, upon request, with information on whether the mail ballot cast by the elector was received by the county clerk and recorder, including an online mail ballot tracking system or response by other electronic or telephonic means.
C.R.S. § 1-5-618 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-618
1-5-618. Modification of electronic and electromechanical voting systems - definition
Status: in_force

1-5-618. Modification of electronic and electromechanical voting systems - definition. (1) After an electronic or electromechanical voting system has been certified by the secretary of state, a political subdivision may not adopt any modification of the system until the modification is certified or approved in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1.5) of this section by the secretary of state. A person desiring approval of a modification shall submit a written application for approval to the secretary of state.

(1.5) Upon receipt of the written application for approval in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the secretary of state shall undertake a preliminary examination of the proposed modification. In connection with such preliminary review, the secretary shall determine if the proposed modification may cause adverse effects on the security or accuracy of elections. The secretary shall make the determination within forty-five days after receiving the request. If the secretary, upon completion of his or her preliminary review of the request, determines that the proposed modification will cause significant adverse effects, the modification shall be subject to further review under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section. If the secretary determines, upon completion of his or her preliminary review, that the proposed modification causes no adverse effects, the secretary shall approve the modification. If the secretary determines, upon completion of his or her preliminary review, that the proposed modification causes possible adverse effects, the modification shall be subject to further review under the provisions of subsection (4) of this section. Following such additional review, if the secretary determines that any adverse effects of the proposed modification are insignificant, the secretary shall approve the modification. If, however, following such additional review, the secretary determines that the adverse effects of the modification are significant, the modification shall be subject to further review under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The requirements for approval of a modified electronic or electromechanical voting system are the same as those prescribed by this part 6 for the initial certification of the system.

(3) The secretary of state shall approve the modified electronic or electromechanical voting system by written order if the modified system satisfies the applicable requirements for certification.

(4) If the secretary of state does not approve the modified design, the secretary of state shall by written order:

(a) Invite the applicant to submit additional information in support of the application, submit the modified electronic or electromechanical voting system itself, or both; or

(b) Require an examination of the modified electronic or electromechanical voting system by independent examiners.

(5) After examining the additional information, the modified electronic or electromechanical voting system, or the report of an independent examiner submitted pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the secretary of state shall approve the modified system by written order if the system satisfies the applicable requirements for certification.

(6) If a modification to a certified electronic or electromechanical voting system does not satisfy the applicable requirements for certification, the secretary of state shall suspend the sale of the system in this state until the system satisfies the requirements for certification.

(7) For purposes of this section, "modification" means a revision or a new release of an electronic or electromechanical voting system.
C.R.S. § 1-6-113 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-113
1-6-113. Vacancies
Status: repealed

1-6-113. Vacancies. (1) If for any reason any person selected to serve as an election judge fails to attend the class of instruction for election judges, or refuses, fails, or is unable to serve, or is removed by preemption in accordance with section 1-6-119 (1) or for cause in accordance with section 1-6-119 (2), the designated election official thereafter may appoint an election judge to fill such vacancy. For a partisan election, an election judge shall be appointed to fill such vacancy from any of the lists of names previously submitted in accordance with sections 1-6-102, 1-6-103, and 1-6-103.5 or from the unaffiliated voters who have offered to serve as election judges in accordance with section 1-6-103.7.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-4-905.7 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 9 / Section 1-4-905.7
1-4-905.7. Expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions
Status: in_force

1-4-905.7. Expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions. [Editor's note: This section is effective January 1, 2025.] (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Expenditure" means a payment to a circulator.

(b) "False address" means a street address, post office box, city, state, or any other designation of place used in a circulator's affidavit that does not represent the circulator's correct address of permanent domicile at the time the circulator circulated petitions. "False address" does not include an address that merely omits the designation of "street", "avenue", "boulevard", or any comparable term but does include the omission of the apartment or unit number, where applicable, of the place of residence.

(c) "Report" means the report required to be filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) No later than ten days after the date that a candidate, recall, or minor party petition is filed with the secretary of state, the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition must submit to the secretary of state a report that states the dates of circulation by all circulators who were paid to circulate a section of the petition, the total hours for which each circulator was paid to circulate a section of the petition, the gross amount of wages paid for such hours, and any addresses used by circulators on their affidavits that the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition, or their agents, have determined, prior to petition filing, to be false addresses.

(3) (a) Within ten days after the date the report is filed, a registered elector may file a complaint alleging a violation of the requirements for the report set forth in subsection (2) of this section. The candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition committee may cure the alleged violation by additionally filing a report or an addendum to the original report within ten days after the date the complaint is filed. If the violation is not cured, a hearing officer shall conduct a hearing on the complaint within fourteen days after the date of the additional filing or the deadline for the additional filing, whichever is sooner.

(b) (I) After a hearing is held, if the hearing officer determines that the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition intentionally violated the reporting requirements of this section, the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition shall be subject to a penalty that is equal to three times the amount of any expenditures that were omitted from or erroneously included in the report.

(II) If the hearing officer determines that the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition intentionally misstated a material fact in the report or omitted a material fact from the report, or if the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition never filed a report, the registered elector who instituted the proceedings may commence a civil action to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the candidate or candidate committee, recall committee, or representatives of the minor party petition.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any procedures related to a complaint shall be governed by the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-503 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 5 / Section 1-13.5-503
1-13.5-503. Ballot issue notice
Status: in_force

1-13.5-503. Ballot issue notice. (1) Any ballot issue notice relating to a local government ballot issue must be prepared and distributed in a manner consistent with part 9 of article 7 of this title.

(2) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (1) of this section, a local government submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the local government must post notice in accordance with the requirements of section 1-7-908.
C.R.S. § 1-8.3-106 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.3 / Section 1-8.3-106
1-8.3-106. Overseas voter's registration address
Status: in_force

1-8.3-106. Overseas voter's registration address. In registering to vote, an overseas voter who is eligible to vote in this state shall use and shall be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the voter in this state, or, in the case of a voter described by section 1-8.3-102 (2)(d), the address of the last place of residence in this state of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter shall be assigned an address for voting purposes.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1305 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 13 / Section 1-4-1305
1-4-1305. Disqualification of minor political party
Status: in_force

1-4-1305. Disqualification of minor political party. (1) In the event a minor political party ceases to qualify as such a party pursuant to section 1-4-1303 (2) and fails to subsequently qualify as such a party pursuant to section 1-4-1303, the secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of such party and the clerk and recorder of each county of such disqualification.

(2) Such notice of disqualification shall be provided by the secretary of state to the chairperson of the minor political party and to each clerk and recorder no later than July 1 of an election year in which a minor political party may qualify candidates for the ballot. No certificate of designation of candidates pursuant to section 1-4-1304 (3) shall be accepted by the secretary of state from the minor political party for the election for which such party has ceased to qualify.

(3) Upon notification of disqualification of a minor political party, each registered elector that is affiliated with such minor political party must be designated in the statewide voter registration system as "unaffiliated".
C.R.S. § 1-4-202 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 2 / Section 1-4-202
1-4-202. United States senators
Status: in_force

1-4-202. United States senators. At the general election in 1984 and every six years thereafter, one United States senator shall be elected for the next term; and, at the general election in 1986 and every six years thereafter, one United States senator shall be elected for the next term.
C.R.S. § 1-2-510 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 5 / Section 1-2-510
1-2-510. Public disclosure of voter registration activities
Status: in_force

1-2-510. Public disclosure of voter registration activities. (1) The secretary of state shall maintain for at least two years and shall make available for public inspection and copying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters, except to the extent that the records relate to a declination to register to vote or to the identity of a voter registration agency through which any particular voter is registered.

(2) The records maintained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include lists of the names and addresses of all persons to whom confirmation notices are sent and information concerning whether or not each person has responded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records is made.

(3) The secretary of state is also responsible for filing any reports or information concerning the implementation of the federal "National Voter Registration Act of 1993", 52 U.S.C. sec. 20501 et seq., with the federal election commission as may be required.
C.R.S. § 1-1-303 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 1 / Part 3 / Section 1-1-303
1-1-303. Certification courses
Status: in_force

1-1-303. Certification courses. (1) The curriculum for certification in accordance with this part 3 must include courses in the following areas:

(a) General election law;

(b) The federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002";

(c) Professional development;

(d) Voter registration and list maintenance;

(e) Accessibility;

(f) Coordinated elections;

(g) Mail ballot and in-person voting processes;

(h) Voting systems testing;

(i) Risk-limiting audits; and

(j) Canvass.

(2) The secretary of state shall offer certification courses at least annually.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-306 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 3 / Section 1-13.5-306
1-13.5-306. Objections to nominations
Status: in_force

1-13.5-306. Objections to nominations. All self-nomination and acceptance forms or letters, petitions of nomination, and affidavits of intent to be a write-in candidate that are in apparent conformity, as determined by the designated election official, with section 1-13.5-302, 1-13.5-303, or 1-13.5-305, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case an objection is made, the designated election official shall mail forthwith notice of the objection to any candidate for the same office. The designated election official shall decide objections within forty-eight hours after the same are filed, and any objections upheld may be remedied or defect cured upon the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new self-nomination and acceptance form or letter, petition of nomination, or affidavit of intent, as applicable, within three days after the objection is upheld, but in no event later than the fifty-eighth day before the day of election. The designated election official shall pass upon the validity of all objections, whether of form or substance, and the designated election official's decisions upon matters of form are final. The designated election official's decisions upon matters of substance are open to review if prompt application is made, as provided in section 1-13.5-1501, but the remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of the district court is final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the exercise of its discretion, may review any proceeding in a summary way.
C.R.S. § 1-2-603 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 6 / Section 1-2-603
1-2-603. Notification that elector has moved and registered in different county
Status: in_force

1-2-603. Notification that elector has moved and registered in different county. (1) If the elector registers to vote in another county, the county clerk and recorder of the elector's new county of residence shall transfer the elector's registration record from the old county in accordance with the following requirements:

(a) If the elector provides a name, date of birth, and prior address and the county clerk and recorder can match the name, date of birth, and prior address to the elector's prior registration record, the elector's registration record shall be transferred from the old county.

(b) If the elector provides a name and date of birth but does not provide a prior address, the elector's registration record shall be transferred from the old county only if:

(I) The elector provides a driver's license or identification card number, and the county clerk and recorder of the new county of residence can match the name, date of birth, and driver's license or identification card number to the elector's prior registration record; or

(II) The elector provides a social security number, and the county clerk and recorder of the new county of residence can match the name, date of birth, and social security number to the elector's prior registration record.

(c) If the elector does not provide a prior address, driver's license number, or social security number, the registration record shall not be transferred from the old county unless the elector submits additional information that complies with the requirements of this subsection (1). The county clerk and recorder of the county of prior residence may send notice to the elector by forwardable mail to the elector's address of record. Any such notice shall have a returnable portion that has the return postage prepaid and is preaddressed to the sending county clerk and recorder, and shall include an area for the elector to indicate if the elector has moved to another county and wishes to have his or her registration record transferred from the old county.

(2) If a county clerk and recorder receives a notice from the secretary of state or from an election official in another state that the elector has registered to vote in another state, the county clerk and recorder of the county of prior residence shall cancel the registration record if the name and birth date or the name and social security number of the elector match.
C.R.S. § 1-5-303 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 3 / Section 1-5-303
1-5-303. Registration records for nonpartisan elections
Status: in_force

1-5-303. Registration records for nonpartisan elections. (1) No later than the fortieth day preceding the date of the scheduled nonpartisan election, the designated election official shall order the registration records. The designated election official may order a complete list of the registered electors as of the thirtieth day prior to the election with a supplementary list provided on the twentieth day, or the designated election official may order a complete list as of the twentieth day prior to the election. The county clerk and recorder shall certify and make available a complete copy of the list of the registered electors of each general election precinct that is located within the county and is involved in the election and, if the supplemental list is ordered no later than the twentieth day preceding the election, shall certify and make available a supplemental list of the eligible electors who have become eligible since the earlier list was certified. These lists shall substitute for the original registration record.

(2) The registration list for each election precinct that is certified thirty days before the election shall contain the names and addresses of all registered electors residing within the precinct at the close of business on the fortieth day preceding the election. The registration list for each election precinct that is certified no later than twenty days before the election shall contain the names and addresses of all eligible electors residing within the precinct at the close of business on the thirtieth day prior to the election. If a supplemental list is ordered, it shall contain the names and addresses of all eligible electors who have become eligible within the period since the initial registration list was certified through the close of business on the thirtieth day preceding the election.

(3) Costs for the lists shall be assessed by the county clerk and recorder and paid by the political subdivision holding the election. The fee for furnishing the lists shall be no less than twenty-five dollars for the entire list nor more than one cent for each name contained on the registration list, whichever is greater.

(4) The order for the list may be canceled if the election is canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208 and the county clerk and recorder has not already prepared the list.
C.R.S. § 1-13-207 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 2 / Section 1-13-207
1-13-207. Signature on registration record is proof of oath
Status: in_force

1-13-207. Signature on registration record is proof of oath. Any elector, election official, or other person, by his signature on the registration record, shall be conclusively deemed in law to have duly verified such registration record. The registration record containing such signature, or a copy thereof certified by the county clerk and recorder, shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the taking of an oath or affirmation as to the information contained therein in all criminal proceedings pursuant to sections 1-13-104, 1-13-203, and 1-13-205.
C.R.S. § 1-12-117 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 1-12-117
1-12-117. Nomination of successor - ballot certification
Status: in_force

1-12-117. Nomination of successor - ballot certification. (1) For partisan elections, a candidate to succeed the officer sought to be recalled must meet the qualifications of a party candidate or an unaffiliated candidate as provided in part 8 of article 4 of this title 1 and must be nominated by a political party petition or an unaffiliated petition as provided in part 9 of article 4 of this title 1. Nomination petitions may be circulated beginning the first date on which a protest may be filed and must be filed no later than fifteen calendar days prior to the date for holding the election as provided in section 1-12-111 for state recall elections and twenty-five calendar days prior to the date for holding the election as provided in section 1-12-111 for other recall elections. If the election is to be held with a general election, nomination petitions must be filed no later than five days prior to the date to certify ballot content for the general election.

(2) For nonpartisan elections, nomination petitions for candidates whose names are to appear on the ballot may be circulated beginning the first date on which a protest may be filed and must be filed no later than twenty-five calendar days prior to the date for holding the election as provided in section 1-12-111. If the election is to be held with a general election, nomination petitions must be filed no later than five days prior to the date to certify ballot content for the general election.

(3) (a) Every nomination petition must be signed by the number of eligible electors required for the office in part 8 of article 4 of this title 1 or as otherwise provided by law.

(b) (I) The designated election official shall verify successor candidate petitions within five days after the deadline to file such petitions as set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

(II) The designated election official shall certify the ballot content as soon as possible, but not later than two business days after the date upon which the verification of successor candidate petitions is required pursuant to subsection (3)(b)(I) of this section. If the recall election will be held as part of a general election, the designated election official shall certify the ballot content no later than the date all other content for the general election is required to be certified.

(4) The officer who was sought to be recalled is not eligible as a candidate in the election to fill any vacancy resulting from the recall election.

(5) For any special district recall election conducted under this section, the designated election official shall verify successor candidate self-nomination forms within two days of receiving the form. A successor candidate who files a self-nomination form that is deficient must be notified of the deficiency by the designated election official and may resubmit a corrected form no later than the deadline to certify the ballot content as set forth in subsection (3) of this section.
C.R.S. § 1-13-708 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-708
1-13-708. Tampering with voting equipment
Status: in_force

1-13-708. Tampering with voting equipment. (1) Any person who, as determined by rules promulgated by the secretary of state in accordance with article 4 of title 24, accesses without authorization, tampers with, or facilitates the unauthorized access to or tampering with any electronic or electromechanical voting equipment or an election-night reporting system before, during, or after any election provided by law is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

(2) Any person who knowingly publishes or causes to be published passwords or other confidential information relating to a voting system shall immediately have their authorized access revoked and is guilty of a class 5 felony.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-404 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 4 / Section 1-13.5-404
1-13.5-404. Acceptance form - time to file
Status: in_force

1-13.5-404. Acceptance form - time to file. With each certificate of appointment transmitted to the election judges, the designated election official shall enclose a form for acceptance of the appointment. Each individual appointed as an election judge may file his or her acceptance form in the office of the designated election official within seven days after the date that the designated election official mailed the certificate of appointment and the acceptance form. Unless otherwise determined by the designated election official, failure of any person appointed as an election judge to file an acceptance within those seven days results in a vacancy, which shall be filled in the same way the original appointment was made.
C.R.S. § 1-5-603 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-603
1-5-603. Adoption and payment for voting machines
Status: in_force

1-5-603. Adoption and payment for voting machines. (1) The governing body of any political subdivision may adopt for use at elections any kind of voting machine fulfilling the requirements for voting machines set forth in this part 6. These voting machines may be used at any or all elections held in the political subdivision for casting, registering, and counting votes. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the governing body of any political subdivision which adopts and purchases or leases voting machines shall provide for the payment of the purchase price or the rent in such manner as may be in the best interest of the political subdivision and may for that purpose provide for the issuance of interest-bearing bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations, which shall be a charge upon the county. The bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations may be made payable at such times, not exceeding ten years from the date of issue, as may be determined by the governing body but shall not be issued or sold at less than par.

(2) (a) If the secretary of state certifies a voting system for use in an election using instant runoff voting in accordance with section 1-5-617 (1.5), the secretary of state shall, if possible, negotiate a single annual statewide license with the voting system provider to allow each county that uses the voting system to conduct elections using instant runoff voting. The secretary of state shall pay for the annual statewide license from the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b).

(b) Each county that uses a voting system in an instant runoff voting election pursuant to a license obtained by the secretary of state in accordance with subsection (2)(a) of this section shall reimburse the secretary of state for its proportionate share of the cost of the annual statewide license for that year. The secretary of state shall invoice any county that uses the voting system in an instant runoff voting election for its share of the cost as a proportion of the number of registered active voters in all participating municipalities in that county compared to the total number of registered active voters in all participating municipalities in the state as determined by the secretary of state pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 1-13-202 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 2 / Section 1-13-202
1-13-202. Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector
Status: in_force

1-13-202. Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector. It is unlawful to take or place title to property in the name of another or to pay the taxes or to take or issue a tax receipt in the name of another for the purpose of attempting to qualify such person as a taxpaying elector or as a qualified taxpaying elector or to aid or assist any person to do so. The ballot of any person violating this section shall be void. Any person, company, corporation, or association violating this section shall forfeit and lose all rights, franchises, or other benefits accruing or to accrue to the benefit of such person, company, corporation, or association by or as the result of any such election. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1009 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 10 / Section 1-13.5-1009
1-13.5-1009. Casting and counting absentee voters' ballots
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1009. Casting and counting absentee voters' ballots. If the self-affirmation on the envelope containing an absentee voter's ballot is properly sworn to, one of the election judges shall tear open the voter's identification envelope in the presence of a majority of the judges without defacing the self-affirmation printed thereon or mutilating the enclosed ballot. One of the election judges shall verify the name of the eligible elector and ballot number issued to such elector and carefully remove the stub from the ballot. The ballot must then be cast and counted in the same manner as if the absentee voter had been present in person; except that one of the judges shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box without unfolding it. The absentee vote must be counted and certified separately from the votes of the polling place where it is counted.
C.R.S. § 1-6-103.7 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-103.7
1-6-103.7. Unaffiliated voters - self-nomination
Status: in_force

1-6-103.7. Unaffiliated voters - self-nomination. No later than sixty days before a primary or general election, 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 and stating that the elector is a registered elector and is unaffiliated with any political party or political organization.
C.R.S. § 1-13-707.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-707.5
1-13-707.5. Tampering with ballot box
Status: in_force

1-13-707.5. Tampering with ballot box. Any person who wilfully tampers with or who, except as provided by law, wilfully breaks open any ballot box, including a drop-off location receptacle, is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 1-11-213 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 1-11-213
1-11-213. Rules for conducting contests in district court
Status: in_force

1-11-213. Rules for conducting contests in district court. (1) The style and form of process, the manner of service of process and papers, the fees of officers, and judgment for costs and execution shall be according to the rules and practice of the district court.

(2) Change of venue may be taken from any district court for any cause in which changes of venue might be taken in civil or criminal actions. The decisions of any district court are subject to appellate review as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules.

(3) Before the district court is required to take jurisdiction of the contest, the contestor shall file with the clerk of the court a bond, with sureties, running to the contestee and conditioned to pay all costs in case of failure to maintain the contest. The judge shall determine the sufficiency of the bond and, if it is sufficient, approve it.

(4) The contestor, within ten days after the official survey of returns has been filed with the designated election official, shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court a written statement of the intention to contest the election, setting forth the name of the contestor, that the contestor is an eligible elector of the political subdivision, the name of the contestee, the office or ballot issue or ballot question being contested, the time of the election, and the particular grounds for the contest. The statement shall be verified upon information and belief by the affidavit of the contestor or of an eligible elector of the political subdivision. If the contest is based upon a ballot issue or ballot question, the political subdivision or subdivisions for which the ballot issue or ballot question was decided shall be named as a contestee. If a written statement of intent to contest the election is filed more than ten days after the completion of the official survey of returns, no court shall have jurisdiction over the contest.

(5) The clerk of the district court shall then issue a summons in the ordinary form, in which the contestor shall be named as plaintiff and the contestee as defendant, stating the court to which the action is being brought, the political subdivision for which the contest is filed, and a brief statement of the grounds for contest as set forth in the contestor's statement. The summons shall be served upon the contestee and political subdivision in the same manner as other district court summonses are served in this state, within ten days after the statement of intention is filed.

(6) The contestee, within ten days after the service of the summons, shall file an answer with the clerk of court, which admits or specifically denies each allegation of the statement and asserts any counterstatement on which the contestee relies as entitling him or her to the office to which elected.

(7) If a contestor alleges the reception of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes as the grounds for the contest, a list of the eligible electors who so voted or offered to vote shall be set forth in the statement of the contestor and likewise in the answer of contestee if the same grounds are alleged in the counterstatement.

(8) When the answer of the contestee contains a new matter constituting a counterstatement, within ten days after the answer is filed, the contestor shall file a reply with the clerk of court admitting or specifically denying, under oath, each allegation contained in the counterstatement.
C.R.S. § 1-10.5-105 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 10.5 / Section 1-10.5-105
1-10.5-105. Notice of recount
Status: in_force

1-10.5-105. Notice of recount. Notice prior to the recount must be given to all candidates and, in the case of a ballot issue or ballot question, any petition representative identified pursuant to section 1-40-113, any governing body, or any agent of an issue committee, if such committee is required to report contributions to the secretary of state pursuant to the "Fair Campaign Practices Act", article 45 of this title, that are affected by the result of the election. Notice must be given by e-mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, or personal service.
C.R.S. § 1-8.5-101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.5 / Section 1-8.5-101
1-8.5-101. Provisional ballot - entitlement to vote
Status: repealed

1-8.5-101. Provisional ballot - entitlement to vote. (1) At any election conducted pursuant to this title, a voter claiming to be properly registered but whose qualification or entitlement to vote cannot be immediately established upon examination of the registration list or upon examination of the records on file with the county clerk and recorder by election judges at the polling location is entitled to cast a provisional ballot in accordance with this article.

(2) An elector who desires to vote but does not show identification in accordance with section 1-7-110 (2) may cast a provisional ballot.

(3) Repealed.

(4) No elector shall be denied the right to cast a provisional ballot in any election held pursuant to this title.

(5) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-7-601 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 6 / Section 1-7-601
1-7-601. Judges' certificate and statement
Status: in_force

1-7-601. Judges' certificate and statement. (1) As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, either at the precincts or at the electronic balloting counting centers, the election judges shall make a certificate for each precinct, stating the name of each candidate, the office for which that candidate received votes, and stating the number of votes each candidate received. The number shall be expressed in numerical figures. The entry shall be made, as nearly as circumstances will permit, in the following form:

At an election held ...................., in precinct ......, in the county of .................... and state of Colorado, on the .................... day of .................... in the year ......, the following named candidates received the number of votes annexed to their respective names for the following described offices: Total number of ballots or votes cast was ..... A.B. and E.F. had 72 votes for governor and lieutenant governor; C.D. and G.H. had 69 votes for governor and lieutenant governor; J.K. had 68 votes for representative in congress; L.M. had 70 votes for representative in congress; N.O. had 72 votes for state representative; P.Q. had 71 votes for state representative; R.S. had 84 votes for sheriff; T.W. had 60 votes for sheriff; (and the same manner for any other persons voted for).

Certified by us:

A.B. )

C.D. )

E.F. ) Election Judges

(1.5) In addition to the information required by subsection (1) of this section, the certificate prepared by the election judges for each precinct shall state the ballot title and submission clause of any ballot issue or ballot question voted upon in the election and the number of votes counted for and against the ballot issue or ballot question.

(2) In addition, the election judges shall make a written statement showing the number of ballots voted, making a separate statement of the number of unofficial and substitute ballots voted, the number of ballots delivered to electors, the number of spoiled ballots, the number of ballots not delivered to electors, and the number of ballots returned, identifying and specifying the same. All unused ballots, spoiled ballots, and stubs of ballots voted shall be returned with the statement.

(3) Any judges' certificates and statements may be combined into one document if so directed by the designated election official.
C.R.S. § 1-40-112 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-112
1-40-112. Circulators - requirements - training
Status: repealed

1-40-112. Circulators - requirements - training. (1) No person shall circulate a petition for an initiative or referendum measure unless the person is a citizen of the United States and at least eighteen years of age at the time the petition is circulated.

(2) (a) A circulator who is not to be paid for circulating a petition concerning a ballot issue shall display an identification badge that includes the words "VOLUNTEER CIRCULATOR" in bold-faced type that is clearly legible.

(b) A circulator who is to be paid for circulating a petition concerning a ballot issue shall display an identification badge that includes the words "PAID CIRCULATOR" in bold-faced type that is clearly legible and the name and telephone number of the individual employing the circulator.

(3) The secretary of state shall develop circulator training programs for paid and volunteer circulators. Such programs shall be conducted in the broadest, most cost-effective manner available to the secretary of state, including but not limited to training sessions for persons associated with the proponents or a petition entity, as defined in section 1-40-135 (1), and by electronic and remote access. The proponents of an initiative petition or the representatives of a petition entity shall inform paid and volunteer circulators of the availability of these training programs as one manner of complying with the requirement set forth in the circulator's affidavit that a circulator read and understand the laws pertaining to petition circulation.

(4) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-7-117 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 1 / Section 1-7-117
1-7-117. Joint elections
Status: repealed

1-7-117. Joint elections. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-904 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 9 / Section 1-13.5-904
1-13.5-904. Printing and distribution of ballots
Status: in_force

1-13.5-904. Printing and distribution of ballots. In local government elections in which paper ballots are used, the designated election official shall cause to be printed or copied and distributed to the election judges in each respective polling place a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each polling place, with marks on the outside of each clearly stating the polling place for which it is intended and the number of ballots enclosed. The packages must be delivered to one of the election judges of each polling place no later than the day before the election. The election judge who receives the ballots thus delivered shall give receipt for them, which receipt must be filed with the designated election official, who shall also keep a record of the time and manner in which each of said packages was sent and delivered. The election judge receiving the package shall produce the same, with the seal unbroken, in the proper polling place at the opening of the polls on election day and, in the presence of all election judges for the polling place, shall open the package.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1206 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 12 / Section 1-4-1206
1-4-1206. Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns
Status: in_force

1-4-1206. Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns. Each county clerk and recorder shall survey all returns received from the presidential primary election in all county precincts in accordance with article 10 of this title 1. For counties that contain more than one United States congressional district, the returns must indicate the number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate; except that, if the total number of votes cast and counted in any precinct is less than ten, the returns for all such precincts in the county must be reported together. For counties that contain only one United States congressional district, the returns may indicate the number of votes cast in the county for each candidate.
C.R.S. § 1-2-604 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 6 / Section 1-2-604
1-2-604. Cancellation of electors with multiple registrations
Status: in_force

1-2-604. Cancellation of electors with multiple registrations. (1) Based upon an examination of the secretary of state's master lists of registered electors, each county clerk and recorder shall generate a list containing the name of each elector who is registered in more than one precinct in the state and shall cancel from the county's master lists of registered electors the name of the elector wherever it appears, except where it corresponds to the elector's most recent date of registration.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1018), ch. 158, p. 684, § 6, effective August 5, 2009.)

(3) (a) The county clerk and recorder may not cancel the registration record pursuant to subsection (1) of this section unless there is a match in the county's registration records and the statewide voter registration database with respect to, at a minimum, the following types of identifying information:

(I) The elector's name, date of birth, and prior residence; or

(II) The elector's name, date of birth, and driver's license number or social security number.

(b) If the county clerk and recorder is not able to cancel the registration record pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the county clerk and recorder shall send a notice to the elector whose record the clerk and recorder intends to cancel. The notice shall be sent to that elector's address of record, shall have a returnable portion that has the return postage prepaid and that is preaddressed to the sending county clerk and recorder, and shall include an area for the elector to indicate if the elector has moved to another county and wishes to have his or her registration record transferred from the old county.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1102 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 11 / Section 1-13.5-1102
1-13.5-1102. Definitions
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1102. Definitions. As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Independent mail ballot election" means a mail ballot election that the governing body of a local government determines will not be coordinated by the county clerk and recorder.

(2) "Mail ballot packet" means the packet of information provided by the designated election official to eligible electors in the independent mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a secrecy envelope, and a return envelope.

(3) "Publication" means one-time printing in a newspaper of general circulation in the local government or proposed special district if there is such a newspaper, or, if not, in a newspaper in the county in which the local government or proposed special district is or will be located. For a local government with territory in more than one county, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the local government, "publication" means the one-time printing in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the local government is located and in which fifty or more eligible electors of the local government resides.

(4) "Return envelope" means an envelope that is printed with spaces for the name and address of, and a self-affirmation substantially in the form described in section 1-13.5-605 (1) to be signed by, an eligible elector voting in an independent mail ballot election, into which envelope must fit a secrecy envelope. A return envelope must be designed to allow election officials, upon examining the signature, name, and address on the outside of the envelope, to determine whether the enclosed ballot is being submitted by an eligible elector who has not previously voted in that particular election.

(5) "Secrecy envelope" means the envelope or sleeve used for an independent mail ballot election that contains the eligible elector's ballot for the election and that is designed to conceal and maintain the confidentiality of the elector's vote until the counting of votes for that particular election.
C.R.S. § 1-7-901 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 9 / Section 1-7-901
1-7-901. Receipt of comments concerning ballot issues
Status: in_force

1-7-901. Receipt of comments concerning ballot issues. (1) Each political subdivision shall accept written comments concerning ballot issues in accordance with this section.

(2) All comments filed in writing will be received and kept on file with the designated election official for the political subdivision submitting to its eligible electors the ballot issue to which the comments pertain. However, only those comments that are filed by persons eligible to vote in the political subdivision submitting the ballot issue to its electors must be summarized in the ballot issue notice. The filed comments shall be retained by the designated election official as election records.

(3) To be summarized in the ballot issue notice, the comments shall address a specific ballot issue and shall include a signature and an address where the signor is registered to vote and shall be filed with the designated election official for the political subdivision and not the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the political subdivision is located unless the issue is a county issue for which the county clerk and recorder is the designated election official.

(4) Since section 20 (3)(b)(v) of article X of the state constitution requires that comments pertaining to a ballot issue be filed by forty-five days before the election and since such day is always a Saturday, all comments shall be filed by noon on the Friday before the forty-fifth day before the election.
C.R.S. § 1-11-102 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 1-11-102
1-11-102. Tie votes in nonpartisan elections
Status: in_force

1-11-102. Tie votes in nonpartisan elections. If any two or more candidates tie for the highest number of votes for the same office and if there are not enough offices remaining for all the candidates, the board of canvassers shall determine by lot the person who shall be elected. Reasonable notice shall be given to the candidates who are involved of the time when the election will be determined.
C.R.S. § 1-2-402 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 4 / Section 1-2-402
1-2-402. Registration by high school deputy registrars - rules
Status: in_force

1-2-402. Registration by high school deputy registrars - rules. (1) Each principal of a public high school, or the principal's designee who is a registered voter in the county, may serve as a deputy registrar. The principal of each high school shall notify the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the high school is located of the name of the school's deputy registrar, and the county clerk and recorder shall maintain a list of the names of all of the high school deputy registrars in that county in a public file.

(2) The high school deputy registrar may register or preregister any student, employee of the school, other person who attends school functions, or any other person who is eligible to register or preregister to vote. Voter registration may be made available only when the school is open for classes or any other school or community function. The high school deputy registrar shall take registrations or preregistrations only on school district premises.

(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective until January 1, 2025.] A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for voter registration for each student who is eighteen years of age or who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the next election. A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for preregistration for each student who is sixteen years of age.

(3) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective January 1, 2025.] A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for voter registration for each student who is eighteen years of age or who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the next election. A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for preregistration for each student who is fifteen years of age.
C.R.S. § 1-40-110 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-110
1-40-110. Warning - ballot title
Status: in_force

1-40-110. Warning - ballot title. (1) At the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, the following:

WARNING:

IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:

For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is eligible to vote on the measure.

DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE.

Before signing this petition, you are encouraged to read the text or the title of the proposed initiative or referred measure.

You are also encouraged to read the fiscal summary that is included at the beginning of this petition.

By signing this petition, you are indicating that you want this measure to be included on the ballot as a proposed change to the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). If a sufficient number of registered electors sign this petition, this measure will appear on the ballot at the November (year) election.

(2) The ballot title for the measure shall then be printed on each page following the warning.

(3) For a petition section for a measure to be valid, the fiscal summary prepared in accordance with section 1-40-105.5 must be printed on the first page of an initiative petition section.
C.R.S. § 1-13-302 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 3 / Section 1-13-302
1-13-302. Fraudulent voting in precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
Status: in_force

1-13-302. Fraudulent voting in precinct caucus, assembly, or convention. Any person who fraudulently participates and votes in a precinct caucus, assembly, or convention when he or she is not a member of the political party holding the precinct caucus, assembly, or convention, as shown in the statewide voter registration system upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-40-130 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-130
1-40-130. Unlawful acts - penalty
Status: reserved

1-40-130. Unlawful acts - penalty. (1) It is unlawful:

(a) For any person willfully and knowingly to circulate or cause to be circulated or sign or procure to be signed any petition bearing the name, device, or motto of any person, organization, association, league, or political party, or purporting in any way to be endorsed, approved, or submitted by any person, organization, association, league, or political party, without the written consent, approval, and authorization of the person, organization, association, league, or political party;

(b) For any person to sign any name other than his or her own to any petition or knowingly to sign his or her name more than once for the same measure at one election;

(c) For any person to knowingly sign any petition who is not a registered elector at the time of signing the same;

(d) For any person to sign any affidavit as circulator without knowing or reasonably believing the statements made in the affidavit to be true;

(e) For any person to certify that an affidavit attached to a petition was subscribed or sworn to before him or her unless it was so subscribed and sworn to before him or her and unless the person so certifying is duly qualified under the laws of this state to administer an oath;

(f) For any officer or person to do willfully, or with another or others conspire, or agree, or confederate to do, any act which hinders, delays, or in any way interferes with the calling, holding, or conducting of any election permitted under the initiative and referendum powers reserved by the people in section 1 of article V of the state constitution or with the registering of electors therefor;

(g) For any officer to do willfully any act which shall confuse or tend to confuse the issues submitted or proposed to be submitted at any election, or refuse to submit any petition in the form presented for submission at any election;

(h) For any officer or person to violate willfully any provision of this article;

(i) For any person to pay money or other things of value to a registered elector for the purpose of inducing the elector to withdraw his or her name from a petition for a ballot issue;

(j) For any person to certify an affidavit attached to a petition in violation of section 1-40-111 (2)(b)(I);

(k) For any person to sign any affidavit as a circulator, unless each signature in the petition section to which the affidavit is attached was affixed in the presence of the circulator;

(l) For any person to circulate in whole or in part a petition section, unless such person is the circulator who signs the affidavit attached to the petition section.

(2) Any person, upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C.R.S. § 1-2-224 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 1-2-224
1-2-224. Canceling registration
Status: repealed

1-2-224. Canceling registration. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-5-412 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 4 / Section 1-5-412
1-5-412. Correction of errors
Status: in_force

1-5-412. Correction of errors. (1) The designated election official shall correct without delay any errors in publication or in sample or official ballots which are discovered or brought to the official's attention and which can be corrected without interfering with the timely distribution of the ballots.

(2) When it appears by verified petition of a candidate or the candidate's agent to any district court that any error or omission has occurred in the publication of the names or description of the candidates or in the printing of sample or official election ballots which has been brought to the attention of the designated election official and has not been corrected, the court shall issue an order requiring the designated election official to correct the error forthwith or to show cause why the error should not be corrected. Costs, including reasonable attorney fees, may be assessed in the discretion of the court against either party.

(3) If, before the date set for election, a duly nominated candidate withdraws by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the designated election official, or dies and the fact of the death becomes known to the designated election official before the ballots are printed, or is deemed disqualified, the name of the candidate shall not be printed on the ballots. Except in the case of a vacancy to be filled in accordance with section 1-4-1005, 1-4-1006, or 1-4-1009, if the ballots are already printed, the votes cast for the withdrawn, deceased, or disqualified candidate are invalid and shall not be counted.
C.R.S. § 1-5-102.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 1-5-102.5
1-5-102.5. Establishing polling places for coordinated elections
Status: repealed

1-5-102.5. Establishing polling places for coordinated elections. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1501 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 15 / Section 1-13.5-1501
1-13.5-1501. Controversies
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1501. Controversies. (1) When any controversy arises between any official charged with any duty or function under this article and any candidate or other person, the district court, upon the filing of a verified petition by any such official or person setting forth in concise form the nature of the controversy and the relief sought, shall issue an order commanding the respondent in the petition to appear before the court and answer under oath to the petition. It is the duty of the court to summarily hear and dispose of any such issues, with a view to obtaining a substantial compliance with this article by the parties to the controversy, and to make and enter orders and judgments and to follow the procedures of the court to enforce all such orders and judgments.

(2) The proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state, if application to that court is made within five days after the termination by the court in which the petition was filed and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.
C.R.S. § 1-10.5-110 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 10.5 / Section 1-10.5-110
1-10.5-110. Procedures for recount on direct recording electronic voting equipment
Status: repealed

1-10.5-110. Procedures for recount on direct recording electronic voting equipment. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-7-907 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 9 / Section 1-7-907
1-7-907. Ballot issue notice
Status: in_force

1-7-907. Ballot issue notice. The ballot issue notice shall be prepared and mailed in substantial compliance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the provisions of this title, and the rules and regulations of the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 1-13-113 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 1-13-113
1-13-113. Interference with distribution of election material
Status: in_force

1-13-113. Interference with distribution of election material. During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1407 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 14 / Section 1-13.5-1407
1-13.5-1407. Judgment
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1407. Judgment. The court shall pronounce judgment whether the contestee or any other person was duly elected. The person so declared elected is entitled to the office upon qualification. If the judgment is against the contestee and he or she has received his or her certificate, the judgment annuls it. If the court finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment will be that the election be set aside and that a vacancy exists.
C.R.S. § 1-11-107 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 1-11-107
1-11-107. Lists of presidential electors
Status: in_force

1-11-107. Lists of presidential electors. The secretary of state shall prepare a certificate of election for each presidential elector who is elected at any general election. The governor shall sign and affix the seal of the state to the certificates. The secretary of state shall deliver six copies of the certificate to each elector on the date of or before the meeting of the electors to cast ballots as required in section 1-4-304.
C.R.S. § 1-40-132 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-132
1-40-132. Enforcement
Status: in_force

1-40-132. Enforcement. (1) The secretary of state is charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state shall have the authority to promulgate rules as may be necessary to administer and enforce any provision of this article that relates to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state may conduct a hearing, upon a written complaint by a registered elector, on any alleged violation of the provisions relating to the circulation of a petition, which may include but shall not be limited to the preparation or signing of an affidavit by a circulator. If the secretary of state, after the hearing, has reasonable cause to believe that there has been a violation of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments, he or she shall notify the attorney general, who may institute a criminal prosecution. If a circulator is found to have violated any provision of this article or is otherwise shown to have made false or misleading statements relating to his or her section of the petition, such section of the petition shall be deemed void.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 439, § 22, effective May 8, 1995.)
C.R.S. § 1-6-122 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-122
1-6-122. State employees - leave to serve as election judge
Status: in_force

1-6-122. State employees - leave to serve as election judge. (1) An employee of a state agency, as defined in section 24-18-102 (9), C.R.S., shall be entitled to take administrative leave with pay on election day for the purpose of serving as an election judge, unless the employee's supervisor determines that the employee's attendance at work on election day is essential.

(2) An employee of a state agency who takes administrative leave with pay to serve as an election judge in accordance with this section shall not receive compensation pursuant to section 1-6-115.

(3) An employee of a state agency who serves as an election judge in accordance with this section shall submit to the employee's supervisor evidence of service as an election judge.
C.R.S. § 1-1-109 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 1-1-109
1-1-109. Forms prescribed - rules
Status: in_force

1-1-109. Forms prescribed - rules. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this code, the secretary of state shall approve all forms required by this code, which forms shall be followed by county clerk and recorders, election judges, and other election officials. Prior to approving any election form, the secretary shall determine and consider best practices in the design and development of the form in order to minimize voter confusion and maximize ease of use.

(2) A registered elector shall make elector registration information changes on an approved form, and the elector registration information changes must be entered on the elector's registration record and retained and stored in the statewide voter registration system.

(3) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., as may be necessary to administer and enforce any requirement of this section, including any rules necessary to specify what constitutes approved and acceptable forms certified for use by eligible voters, campaigns, and voter registration drives and acceptance by election officials and any rules necessary to establish uniformity regarding the use of forms.
C.R.S. § 1-11-310 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 3 / Section 1-11-310
1-11-310. Survey of returns
Status: in_force

1-11-310. Survey of returns. (1) The board of canvassers for a special legislative election shall be organized as provided in section 1-10-101.

(2) The county clerk and recorder shall contact the secretary of state on election night with the unofficial count.

(3) The board of canvassers for a special legislative election shall commence a survey of the returns on the day following such election.

(4) The certified survey of returns shall be sent by certified mail or hand delivered to the secretary of state no later than the close of business on the fifth day after the special legislative election.

(5) Upon receipt of the certified survey of returns, the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate who received the highest number of votes and shall transmit a copy of the certificate to the appropriate house of the general assembly.
C.R.S. § 1-11-103 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 1 / Section 1-11-103
1-11-103. Certificates of election for nonpartisan, ballot issue, or ballot question elect
Status: in_force

1-11-103. Certificates of election for nonpartisan, ballot issue, or ballot question elections. (1) Except in the case of offices for which a recount is required, immediately after the final abstract of votes cast for each office has been prepared and certified, the designated election official shall notify the candidates of their election to office. After any required bond and oath is filed, the designated election official shall make a formal certificate of election for each person who was elected and shall deliver the formal certificate to that person.

(2) Except in the case of ballot issues or ballot questions for which a recount is required, immediately after the abstract of votes cast for each ballot issue or ballot question has been prepared and certified, the designated election official shall notify the governing body of the political subdivision conducting the election and the petition representatives of a ballot issue or ballot question of the election result and shall make a certificate of the votes cast for and against each ballot issue and for and against each ballot question available for public inspection in the office of the designated election official for no less than ten days following the completion of the abstract of votes cast by the canvass board.

(3) The results of a special district election shall be certified to the division of local government within thirty days after the election as provided in section 32-1-104 (1), C.R.S. If an election is canceled, the notice and a copy of the resolution of cancellation shall be filed with the division of local government.
C.R.S. § 1-2-505 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 5 / Section 1-2-505
1-2-505. Services at voter registration agencies - services to persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

1-2-505. Services at voter registration agencies - services to persons with disabilities. (1) At each voter registration agency, the following services shall be made available with each application made in person for service or assistance and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to the service or assistance:

(a) Distribution of mail voter registration application forms;

(b) Assistance to applicants in completing agency voter registration application forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; and

(c) Acceptance of completed agency voter registration application forms for transmittal to the appropriate county clerk and recorder.

(2) If a voter registration agency provides services to a person with a disability at the person's home, the agency shall provide the services described in subsection (1) of this section at the person's home.
C.R.S. § 1-2-226 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 1-2-226
1-2-226. Deceased electors - purging of registration book
Status: repealed

1-2-226. Deceased electors - purging of registration book. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-12-111.7 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 1-12-111.7
1-12-111.7. Recall election notice - publication
Status: in_force

1-12-111.7. Recall election notice - publication. (1) For a recall election of a state officer, the governor and the secretary of state shall publish notice of the recall election on their websites.

(2) For a recall election for an officer other than a state officer, the designated election official shall publish notice of the recall election on its website or in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with section 1-5-205.
C.R.S. § 1-8.3-107 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.3 / Section 1-8.3-107
1-8.3-107. Methods of registering to vote
Status: in_force

1-8.3-107. Methods of registering to vote. (1) To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, or the application's electronic equivalent.

(2) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot. If the declaration is received after the election, it shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.

(3) The secretary of state shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in section 1-8.3-104 (3) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.
C.R.S. § 1-12-206 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 2 / Section 1-12-206
1-12-206. Vacancies in the office of county commissioner
Status: repealed

1-12-206. Vacancies in the office of county commissioner. (1) In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of county commissioner, a vacancy committee constituted as provided in this section shall, by a majority vote of its members present at a meeting called for the purpose, fill the vacancy by appointment within ten days after the occurrence of the vacancy. The meeting shall not be held unless a quorum is present consisting of not less than one-half of the voting members of the vacancy committee. A member of the vacancy committee may not vote by proxy. If the vacancy committee fails to fill the vacancy within ten days, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment within fifteen days after the occurrence of the vacancy.

(2) If the vacating commissioner was elected by the electors of the whole county, whether at large or from a district, the successor shall be appointed by a vacancy committee constituted of those persons selected at the county central committee organizational meeting of the same political party as the vacating commissioner. In selecting the members of a vacancy committee, the central committee of a jurisdiction shall select, at a minimum, the members of the jurisdiction's central committee.

(3) If the vacating commissioner was elected only by the electors of the district from which the vacating commissioner was elected, the county commissioner district central committee of the same district and political party as the vacating commissioner shall appoint a vacancy committee whose sole purpose shall be to name a successor to the position of county commissioner. In selecting the members of a vacancy committee, the central committee of a jurisdiction shall select, at a minimum, the members of the jurisdiction's central committee. In the event the county commissioner district central committee fails to appoint a vacancy committee, the vacancy committee shall consist of the members of the jurisdiction's central committee.

(4) If the vacating commissioner is unaffiliated, then a registered unaffiliated successor shall be appointed by the governor, acting as a vacancy committee, within ten days after the vacancy.

(4.5) If the vacating commissioner is affiliated with a minor political party, then a registered elector affiliated with the same minor political party shall be appointed as the successor pursuant to the constitution or bylaws of the minor political party.

(5) Any person appointed to a vacancy in the office of county commissioner under this section must be a resident of the county and reside within the district, if any, in which the vacancy exists and must be a member of the same political party or minor political party, if any, shown in the statewide voter registration system as the vacating commissioner. Any person appointed pursuant to this section holds the office until the next general election or until the vacancy is filled by election according to law.

(6) A vacancy committee may not select a person to fill a vacancy at a meeting held pursuant to this section unless a written notice announcing the time and location of the vacancy committee meeting is mailed to each member of the vacancy committee at least six days before the meeting by the chairperson of the central committee. Mailing of the notice is effective when the notice is properly addressed and deposited in the United States mail with first-class postage prepaid.

(7) (a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of a vacancy committee filling a vacancy pursuant to this section may participate in a vacancy committee meeting remotely, including casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-3-100.3 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-100.3
1-3-100.3. Definitions
Status: in_force

1-3-100.3. Definitions. As used in this article:

(1) "Political party" means a major political party as defined in section 1-1-104 (22).
C.R.S. § 1-7-407 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 1-7-407
1-7-407. Close of polls - primary
Status: repealed

1-7-407. Close of polls - primary. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1104 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 11 / Section 1-13.5-1104
1-13.5-1104. Preelection process - notification of independent mail ballot election - plan re
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1104. Preelection process - notification of independent mail ballot election - plan required - duties of designated election official. (1) The designated election official responsible for conducting an election that is to be by independent mail ballot pursuant to this part 11 shall, no later than fifty-five days prior to the election, have on file at the principal office of the local government or designated election official a plan for conducting the independent mail ballot election. The plan is a public record.

(2) The designated election official shall supervise the distributing, handling, and counting of ballots and the survey of returns, and shall take the necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of the ballots cast and the integrity of the election.

(3) No elector information may be delivered to an elector in the form of a sample ballot.
C.R.S. § 1-8.3-103 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.3 / Section 1-8.3-103
1-8.3-103. Elections covered
Status: in_force

1-8.3-103. Elections covered. (1) The voting procedures in this article apply to:

(a) A general, congressional vacancy, or primary election for federal office;

(b) A general, recall, or primary election for statewide or state legislative office or state ballot measure;

(c) Any other election coordinated by the county clerk and recorder; and

(d) An election conducted under article 13.5 of this title.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-609 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 6 / Section 1-13.5-609
1-13.5-609. Counting paper ballots
Status: in_force

1-13.5-609. Counting paper ballots. (1) As soon as the polls at any election are finally closed, the election judges shall immediately open the ballot box and proceed to count the votes cast, and, before the election judges adjourn, the counting thereof shall continue until finished. The election judges shall first count the number of ballots in the box. If the ballots are found to exceed the number of names entered on the pollbook, the election judges shall then examine the official endorsements upon the ballots, and if, in the unanimous opinion of the judges, any of the ballots in excess of the number on the pollbook do not bear the proper official endorsement, they shall be put into a separate pile, and a separate record and return of the votes in such ballots shall be made under the heading "excess ballots". When the ballots and the pollbook agree, the election judges shall proceed to count the votes. Each ballot shall be read and counted separately, and every name separately marked as voted for on such ballot where there is no conflict to obscure the intention of the voter, and shall be read and marked upon the tally sheets before proceeding to any other ballot. Each ballot, excepting excess ballots, shall be read and counted and placed upon the tally sheets in like manner.

(2) When all the votes have been read and counted, the ballots, together with one of the tally lists, shall be placed in a box or appropriate container, and the opening shall be carefully sealed, and each of the election judges shall place his or her initials on said seal. The sealed box shall be delivered to the designated election official pursuant to section 1-13.5-614.

(3) All persons, except election judges and watchers, are excluded from the place where the counting is being carried on until the count has been completed.
C.R.S. § 1-4-913 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 9 / Section 1-4-913
1-4-913. Defacing of petitions
Status: repealed

1-4-913. Defacing of petitions. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-5-501 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 5 / Section 1-5-501
1-5-501. Sufficient voting booths, voting machines, or electronic voting equipment
Status: in_force

1-5-501. Sufficient voting booths, voting machines, or electronic voting equipment. (1) At all elections in political subdivisions that use paper ballots, the governing body shall provide in each polling location a sufficient number of voting booths. Each voting booth shall be situated so as to permit eligible electors to prepare their ballots screened from observation and shall be furnished with supplies and conveniences necessary for voting.

(2) At all elections in political subdivisions that use electronic or electromechanical voting systems, the designated election official shall supply each polling location with sufficient voting equipment.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1012 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 10 / Section 1-4-1012
1-4-1012. Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings
Status: repealed

1-4-1012. Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of a vacancy committee filling a vacancy pursuant to this part 10 may participate in a vacancy committee meeting remotely, including casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-12-108.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 1-12-108.5
1-12-108.5. Applicability of laws pertaining to initiative and referendum petitions and circ
Status: repealed

1-12-108.5. Applicability of laws pertaining to initiative and referendum petitions and circulators. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-40-115 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-115
1-40-115. Ballot - voting - publication
Status: in_force

1-40-115. Ballot - voting - publication. (1) Measures shall appear upon the official ballot by ballot title only. The measures shall be placed on the ballot in the order in which they were certified to the ballot and as provided in section 1-5-407 (5), (5.3), and (5.4).

(2) (a) All ballot measures shall be printed on the official ballot in that order, together with their respective letters and numbers prefixed in bold-faced type. A ballot issue arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution shall appear in capital letters. Each ballot shall have the following explanation printed one time at the beginning of such ballot measures: "Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an 'amendment' proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a 'proposition' proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A 'yes/for' vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a 'no/against' vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances." Each ballot title shall appear on the official ballot but once. For each ballot title that is an amendment, the amendment number or letter shall be immediately followed by the description "(CONSTITUTIONAL)". For each ballot title that is a proposition, the proposition number or letters shall be immediately followed by the description "(STATUTORY)". Each ballot title shall be separated from the other ballot titles next to it by heavy black lines and shall be followed by the words "YES/FOR" and "NO/AGAINST", along with a place for an eligible elector to designate his or her choice by a mark as instructed.

(b) For purposes of preparing an audio ballot as part of an accessible voting system:

(I) In lieu of the parenthetical description preceding a ballot title that is an amendment required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the audio ballot shall include the following: "The following ballot question proposes a change to the Colorado constitution."; and

(II) In lieu of the parenthetical description preceding a ballot title that is a proposition required by paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the audio ballot shall include the following: "The following ballot question proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes.".

(3) A voter desiring to vote for the measure shall designate his or her choice by a mark in the place for "yes/for"; a voter desiring to vote against the measure shall designate his or her choice by a mark in the place for "no/against"; and the votes marked shall be counted accordingly. Any measure approved by the people of the state shall be printed with the acts of the next general assembly.
C.R.S. § 1-40-121 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 40 / Section 1-40-121
1-40-121. Designated representatives - expenditures related to petition circulation - repo
Status: repealed

1-40-121. Designated representatives - expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Expenditure" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 2 (8) of article XXVIII of the state constitution and includes a payment to a circulator.

(b) "False address" means the street address, post office box, city, state, or any other designation of place used in a circulator's affidavit that does not represent the circulator's correct address of permanent domicile at the time he or she circulated petitions. "False address" does not include an address that merely omits the designation of "street", "avenue", "boulevard", or any comparable term.

(c) "Report" means the report required to be filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) No later than ten days after the date that the petition is filed with the secretary of state, the designated representatives of the proponents must submit to the secretary of state a report that:

(a) States the dates of circulation by all circulators who were paid to circulate a section of the petition, the total hours for which each circulator was paid to circulate a section of the petition, the gross amount of wages paid for such hours, and any addresses used by circulators on their affidavits that the designated representatives or their agents have determined, prior to petition filing, to be false addresses;

(b) Repealed.

(3) (a) Within ten days after the date the report is filed, a registered elector may file a complaint alleging a violation of the requirements for the report set forth in subsection (2) of this section. The designated representatives of the proponents may cure the alleged violation by filing a report or an addendum to the original report within ten days after the date the complaint is filed. If the violation is not cured, an administrative law judge shall conduct a hearing on the complaint within fourteen days after the date of the additional filing or the deadline for the additional filing, whichever is sooner.

(b) (I) After a hearing is held, if the administrative law judge determines that the designated representatives of the proponents intentionally violated the reporting requirements of this section, the designated representatives shall be subject to a penalty that is equal to three times the amount of any expenditures that were omitted from or erroneously included in the report.

(II) If the administrative law judge determines that the designated representatives intentionally misstated a material fact in the report or omitted a material fact from the report, or if the designated representatives never filed a report, the registered elector who instituted the proceedings may commence a civil action to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs from the designated representatives of the proponents.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any procedures related to a complaint shall be governed by the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 1-13-106 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 1 / Section 1-13-106
1-13-106. Forgery
Status: in_force

1-13-106. Forgery. Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast, or who forges any name of a person as a signer or witness to a petition or nomination paper, or who forges any letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, or who forges the name of a registered elector to a voter's mail-in or mail ballot commits forgery as set forth in section 18-5-102, C.R.S., and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 1-4-803 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 8 / Section 1-4-803
1-4-803. Petitions for nominating school district directors
Status: in_force

1-4-803. Petitions for nominating school district directors. (1) (a) Any person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director in a school district in which fewer than one thousand students are enrolled shall file a nomination petition signed by at least twenty-five eligible electors from throughout the school district, regardless of the school district's plan of representation. Any person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director in a school district in which one thousand students or more are enrolled shall file a nomination petition signed by at least fifty eligible electors from throughout the school district, regardless of the school district's plan of representation. An eligible elector may sign as many petitions as candidates for whom that elector may vote.

(b) A person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director may not circulate the nomination petition for signatures prior to ninety days before the election.

(c) The petition may designate or appoint on its face one or more eligible electors as a committee to fill vacancies in the nomination.

(2) The nomination petition must be filed no later than sixty-seven days before the election date.

(3) If a school district has an at-large method of representation and if terms of different lengths are to be filled at a district election, candidates must designate on the nomination petition the term for which they are running.

(4) A candidate for the office of school director shall not run as a candidate of any political party for that school directorship.

(5) The candidate for the office of school director shall have been a registered elector of the school district, as shown on the books of the county clerk and recorder, for at least twelve consecutive months prior to the date of the election.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-505 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 5 / Section 1-13.5-505
1-13.5-505. Judges may change polling places
Status: in_force

1-13.5-505. Judges may change polling places. (1) When it becomes impossible or inconvenient to hold an election at the place designated, the election judges, after notifying the designated election official and after having assembled at or as near as practicable to such place and before receiving any vote, may move to the nearest convenient place for holding the election and at such newly designated place proceed with the election.

(2) Upon moving to a new polling place, the judges shall prominently display a proclamation of the change and may station a proper person at the original polling place to notify all persons appearing at the original polling place of the new location for holding the election.
C.R.S. § 1-6-118 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-118
1-6-118. Judges may change polling place
Status: repealed

1-6-118. Judges may change polling place. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-7-306 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 3 / Section 1-7-306
1-7-306. Counting by receiving judges
Status: repealed

1-7-306. Counting by receiving judges. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-1-113 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 1 / Part 1 / Section 1-1-113
1-1-113. Neglect of duty and wrongful acts - procedures for adjudication of controversies
Status: repealed

1-1-113. Neglect of duty and wrongful acts - procedures for adjudication of controversies - review by supreme court. (1) When any controversy arises between any official charged with any duty or function under this code and any candidate, or any officers or representatives of a political party, or any persons who have made nominations or when any eligible elector files a verified petition in a district court of competent jurisdiction alleging that a person charged with a duty under this code has committed or is about to commit a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act, after notice to the official which includes an opportunity to be heard, upon a finding of good cause, the district court shall issue an order requiring substantial compliance with the provisions of this code. The order shall require the person charged to forthwith perform the duty or to desist from the wrongful act or to forthwith show cause why the order should not be obeyed. The burden of proof is on the petitioner.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state, if either party makes application to the supreme court within three days after the district court proceedings are terminated, unless the supreme court, in its discretion, declines jurisdiction of the case. If the supreme court declines to review the proceedings, the decision of the district court shall be final and not subject to further appellate review.

(4) Except as otherwise provided in this part 1, the procedure specified in this section shall be the exclusive method for the adjudication of controversies arising from a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act that occurs prior to the day of an election.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures specified in section 1-1.5-105 shall constitute the exclusive administrative remedy for a complaint arising under Title III of the federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002", Pub.L. 107-252.
C.R.S. § 1-5-901 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 9 / Section 1-5-901
1-5-901. Short title
Status: in_force

1-5-901. Short title. The short title of this part 9 is the "Ballot Access for All Citizens Act".
C.R.S. § 1-13-709.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-709.5
1-13-709.5. Residence - false information - penalty
Status: in_force

1-13-709.5. Residence - false information - penalty. Any person who votes by knowingly giving false information regarding the elector's place of present residence commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 1-5-705 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 7 / Section 1-5-705
1-5-705. Accessible voter interface devices - minimum requirement
Status: in_force

1-5-705. Accessible voter interface devices - minimum requirement. A voting system must include at least one accessible voter interface device installed at each polling location that meets the requirements of this part 7.
C.R.S. § 1-6-101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 6 / Section 1-6-101
1-6-101. Qualifications for election judges - student election judges - definition - legi
Status: in_force

1-6-101. Qualifications for election judges - student election judges - definition - legislative declaration. (1) As used in this article, "election judge" means a registered elector appointed by the county clerk and recorder or designated elected official to perform the election duties assigned by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official. As used in this article, "election judge" also includes a student election judge appointed pursuant to the provisions of subsection (7) of this section.

(2) The persons appointed as election judges, except for persons appointed as student election judges pursuant to the provisions of subsection (7) of this section, shall certify in writing that they meet the following qualifications:

(a) They are registered electors of the state and are willing to serve;

(b) They are physically and mentally able to perform and complete the assigned tasks;

(c) They will attend a class of instruction concerning the tasks of an election judge prior to each election;

(d) They have never been convicted of election fraud, any other election offense, or fraud; and

(e) They are neither a candidate whose name appears on the ballot in the precinct that they are appointed to serve nor a member of the immediate family, related by blood, marriage, or civil union to the second degree, of a candidate whose name appears on the ballot in the precinct that they are appointed to serve.

(3) With regard to any nonpartisan election that is not coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, the election judge shall be a registered elector of the political subdivision for which the election is being held. If enough registered electors of the political subdivision are not available, then the appointing authority may appoint election judges who are registered electors of the state.

(4) Before serving as an election judge, any person recommended as an election judge in accordance with section 1-6-102, 1-6-103, 1-6-103.5, or 1-6-103.7 shall complete and file an acceptance form with the county clerk and recorder or other designated election official as provided in section 1-6-106. The acceptance forms may be kept on file with the county clerk and recorder or other designated election official for up to two years from the date of signing the acceptance form.

(5) The county clerk and recorder or the designated election official shall hold a class of instruction concerning the tasks of an election judge and a special school of instruction concerning the task of a supervisor judge not more than sixty days prior to each election.

(6) Each person appointed as an election judge shall be required to attend one class of instruction prior to the first election in an election cycle in which the person will serve as an election judge. The county clerk and recorder or other designated election official may require a person appointed as an election judge to attend more than one class of instruction in an election cycle.

(7) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, in order to promote a greater awareness among young people concerning the electoral process, the rights and responsibilities of voters, and the importance of citizen participation in public affairs, as well as to provide additional qualified individuals willing and able to assist with the electoral process, qualified students may be allowed to serve as student election judges. Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly in enacting this subsection (7) to authorize designated election officials to appoint qualified students to serve as election judges in conformity with this section.

(b) As used in this article, "student election judge" means a student who meets the requirements of this subsection (7) and who is appointed by a designated election official for service as an election judge pursuant to this section.

(c) The designated election officials may work with school districts and public or private secondary educational institutions to identify students willing and able to serve as student election judges. Such school districts or educational institutions may submit the names of the students to the designated election official of the jurisdiction in which the school district or educational institution is located for appointment as student election judges. Home-schooled students may apply to the designated election official for appointment as a student election judge pursuant to this section. From among the names submitted, the designated election officials may select students to serve as student election judges who meet the following qualifications:

(I) They are a United States citizen or will be a citizen at the time of the election to which the student is serving as a student election judge;

(II) They are willing to serve;

(III) They are physically and mentally able to perform and complete the assigned tasks;

(IV) They will attend a class of instruction concerning the tasks of an election judge prior to each election;

(V) They have never been convicted of election fraud, any other election offense, or fraud;

(VI) They are not a member of the immediate family, related by blood, marriage, or civil union to the second degree, of a candidate whose name appears on the ballot in the precinct that they are appointed to serve;

(VII) They are sixteen years of age or older and either a junior or senior in good standing attending a public or private secondary educational institution or being home-schooled at the time of the election to which the student is serving as a student election judge; and

(VIII) Their parent or legal guardian has consented to their service as a student election judge.
C.R.S. § 1-13-714 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-714
1-13-714. Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition
Status: in_force

1-13-714. Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition. (1) (a) No person shall do any electioneering on the day of any election, or during the time when voting is permitted for any election, within any polling location or in any public street or room or in any public manner within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location is located, as publicly posted by the designated election official.

(b) (I) As used in this section, the term "electioneering" includes:

(A) Campaigning for or against any candidate who is on the ballot or any ballot issue or ballot question that is on the ballot.

(B) The distribution or display of campaign posters, signs, or other campaign materials or apparel, including materials or apparel promoting or opposing a candidate or displaying a candidate's name, likeness, or campaign slogan.

(C) Soliciting signatures for a candidate petition, a recall petition, or a petition to place a ballot issue or ballot question on a subsequent ballot.

(II) "Electioneering" does not include a respectful display of the American flag.

(c) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits the incidental display of buttons, shirts, hats, or other apparel that support various causes or political issues by individuals who are traveling through corridors subject to the one-hundred-foot electioneering restriction specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section seeking access to areas other than polling locations on campuses of institutions of higher education.

(2) Except as necessary for ballot counting, no person may remove any official ballot from the polling location before the closing of the polls.

(3) Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
C.R.S. § 1-13-713 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13 / Part 7 / Section 1-13-713
1-13-713. Intimidation
Status: in_force

1-13-713. Intimidation. It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person in his or her behalf, to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any elector or to compel, induce, or prevail upon any elector either to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote at any election provided by law or to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote for any particular person or measure at any such election. Each such offense is a class 1 misdemeanor.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1304 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 13 / Section 1-13.5-1304
1-13.5-1304. Tie - lots - notice to candidates
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1304. Tie - lots - notice to candidates. If any two or more candidates receive an equal and highest number of votes for the same office, and if there are not enough offices remaining for all such candidates, the canvass board shall determine by lot the person who shall be elected. Reasonable notice shall be given to such candidates of the time when such election will be so determined.
C.R.S. § 1-10-103 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 1-10-103
1-10-103. Transmitting returns to the secretary of state - total of results
Status: in_force

1-10-103. Transmitting returns to the secretary of state - total of results. (1) Immediately after the official abstract of votes cast has been certified and no later than the twenty-second day after any general or primary election or any coordinated election that includes a statewide ballot measure, the county clerk and recorder shall transmit to the secretary of state the portion of the abstract of votes cast that contains the statewide abstract of votes cast.

(2) No later than the twenty-seventh day after any primary or general election or any coordinated election that includes a statewide ballot measure, the secretary of state shall compile and total the returns received from all counties for all candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions certified by the secretary of state, determine if a recount of any office, ballot issue, or ballot question is necessary, and order the appropriate recounts, if any.

(3) Following each general election, the county clerk and recorder shall transmit a list of the names of those candidates elected to county offices to the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 1-8.3-111 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.3 / Section 1-8.3-111
1-8.3-111. Timely casting of ballot
Status: in_force

1-8.3-111. Timely casting of ballot. To be valid, a ballot shall be received by the appropriate local election official not later than the close of the polls, or the voter shall submit the ballot for mailing, electronic transmission, or other authorized means of delivery not later than 7:00 p.m. mountain time on the date of the election.
C.R.S. § 1-11-209 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 1-11-209
1-11-209. Depositions in contests for state senator or representative
Status: in_force

1-11-209. Depositions in contests for state senator or representative. (1) Either party, at the time the statement or answer is served, may serve upon the adverse party reasonable notice of taking depositions to be used at trial of the contest for state senator or state representative. Immediately after joining issue of fact, both parties shall proceed with all reasonable diligence to take any depositions they may desire to use at trial. Nothing in this subsection (1) shall abridge the right of either party to take depositions upon reasonable notice prior to the joining of issue in relation to any of the matters in controversy; but a failure to take depositions before the joining of issue shall not be held as laches against either party to the contest.

(2) If, upon the completion of taking any depositions, the adverse party has any witnesses present before the officer taking the depositions whose testimony the adverse party may wish to use in rebuttal of the depositions, the adverse party may proceed immediately to take the deposition of the rebutting witness before the officer, upon giving written notice to the other party or the other party's attorney. The officer shall attach to the depositions a copy of the notice with proof of service and shall return the rebuttal depositions in the same manner provided for returning depositions in chief. The party taking a deposition shall pay all costs of taking the deposition and its return.

(3) The time for taking depositions to be used at trial of the contest shall expire three days prior to the meeting of the next general assembly. Both parties may take depositions at the same time, but neither party shall take depositions at more than one place at the same time. Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to abridge the right of either house of the general assembly, upon good cause shown, to extend the time to take depositions, or to send for and examine any witness, or to take any testimony it may desire to use on trial of the contest, or to order a recount of the ballots if there has been an error in surveying the returns in any county or precinct.

(4) Any county or district judge of or for a county in the judicial district where a contested election case arises may issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses, take depositions, and certify depositions according to the rules of the district court.

(5) The officer before whom the depositions are taken, upon the completion thereof, shall certify the depositions immediately, shall enclose the depositions, and the notices for taking the depositions, and the proofs of service of the notices in an envelope, and shall seal and transmit the envelope by mail or in person by a sworn officer, to the secretary of state, with an endorsement showing the nature of the papers, the names of the contesting parties, and the house of the general assembly before which the contest is to be tried.
C.R.S. § 1-5-201.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 2 / Section 1-5-201.5
1-5-201.5. Legislative declaration - purpose
Status: in_force

1-5-201.5. Legislative declaration - purpose. The general assembly declares that the purpose of this part 2 is to provide adequate notice of elections at a reasonable cost to the taxpayers of the state and its political subdivisions.
C.R.S. § 1-2-511 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 5 / Section 1-2-511
1-2-511. Prosecutions of violations
Status: in_force

1-2-511. Prosecutions of violations. (1) Any person who believes a violation of this part 5 has occurred may file a written complaint no later than sixty days after the date of the violation with the secretary of state. If the secretary of state determines, after a hearing, that the violation has occurred, he or she shall so notify the attorney general, who may institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other appropriate order, in the district court. Upon a proper showing that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any prohibited acts or practices, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order shall be granted without bond by the court. If, within one hundred twenty days after a complaint is filed with the secretary of state, no civil action for relief is instituted by the attorney general, the complainant shall have a private right of action based on an alleged violation of this part 5 and may institute a civil action in district court for any appropriate remedy. Any such action shall be filed within one year from the date of the alleged violation.

(2) Unless a person intentionally takes voluntary action to register to vote knowing that he or she is not eligible to register, the transfer of the person's electronic record by a voter registration agency in accordance with section 1-2-213.3 or 1-2-502.5 does not constitute the completion of a voter registration form by that person. If such a registration is processed by the state, it is presumed to have been officially authorized by the state and the person is not subject to any penalty under this code.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 11 / Section 1-4-1101
1-4-1101. Write-in candidate affidavit of intent
Status: in_force

1-4-1101. Write-in candidate affidavit of intent. (1) A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate for an office in an election shall file an affidavit of intent stating that he or she desires the office and is qualified to assume its duties if elected. A write-in candidate for governor shall designate in the affidavit a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor. A write-in candidate for president of the United States in the general election shall designate in the affidavit a write-in candidate for vice president of the United States and shall include a list of presidential electors endorsed by the electors. The affidavit shall be filed with the secretary of state if it is for a statewide office, a seat in congress, a seat in the general assembly, the office of district attorney, or any other district office of state concern. The affidavit shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder if it is for a county office and with the designated election official if it is for a local office.

(2) No write-in vote for an office in an election shall be counted unless the person for whom the vote was cast filed the affidavit of intent required by subsection (1) of this section within the time prescribed by section 1-4-1102. No write-in vote for a candidate for governor shall be counted unless the person designated as the write-in candidate for lieutenant governor pursuant to subsection (1) of this section also filed an affidavit of intent within the time prescribed by section 1-4-1102.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-305 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 3 / Section 1-13.5-305
1-13.5-305. Write-in candidate affidavit
Status: in_force

1-13.5-305. Write-in candidate affidavit. A write-in vote for any local government office is counted only if an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate is filed with the designated election official by the person whose name is written in not later than sixty-four days before the day of the election. The affidavit of intent must indicate that the signer desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that office if elected.
C.R.S. § 1-5-601.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-601.5
1-5-601.5. Compliance with federal requirements
Status: in_force

1-5-601.5. Compliance with federal requirements. (1) All voting systems and voting equipment offered for sale on or after May 28, 2004, must meet the voting systems standards that were promulgated in 2002 by the federal election commission. At the secretary of state's discretion, the secretary may require by rule that voting systems and voting equipment satisfy voting systems standards promulgated after January 1, 2008, by the federal election assistance commission as long as such standards meet or exceed those promulgated in 2002 by the federal election commission.

(2) A voting system or voting equipment offered for sale or lease for use in an election using instant runoff voting must meet the minimum standards and specifications developed by the secretary of state in accordance with section 1-5-616 (1.5). If standards related to instant runoff voting are promulgated by the federal election assistance commission, the secretary of state may, at the secretary of state's discretion, require by rule that a voting system or voting equipment used to conduct an election using instant runoff voting meet the federal standards, so long as the federal standards meet or exceed those promulgated by the secretary of state.
C.R.S. § 1-12-116 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 1-12-116
1-12-116. Sufficiency of the recall
Status: in_force

1-12-116. Sufficiency of the recall. If a majority of those voting on the question of the recall of any incumbent from office vote "no", the incumbent continues in office; if a majority vote "yes", the incumbent is removed from office upon the qualification of the successor. If an even number of electors vote "no" and "yes" on the question of the recall of the incumbent from office, the incumbent continues in office.
C.R.S. § 1-5-611 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-611
1-5-611. Requirements - nonpunch card electronic voting systems
Status: in_force

1-5-611. Requirements - nonpunch card electronic voting systems. (1) No nonpunch card electronic voting system shall be purchased, leased, or used unless it fulfills the following requirements:

(a) It provides for voting in secrecy;

(b) It permits each elector to write in the names of eligible candidates not appearing on the printed ballot, to vote for as many candidates for an office as there are vacancies for which the elector is entitled to vote, and to vote for or against any ballot issue upon which the elector is entitled to vote;

(c) It rejects any vote for an office or on a ballot issue if the number of votes exceeds the number the elector is entitled to cast; except that, if the voting system is certified for use in an election using instant runoff voting, the voting system must allow the elector to rank multiple candidates in such an election in accordance with section 1-7-1003 and rules adopted by the secretary of state;

(d) It permits each elector, other than at a primary election, to vote for the candidates of one or more parties and for unaffiliated candidates;

(e) It prevents the elector from voting for the same candidates more than once for the same office; and

(f) If the system uses a voting device:

(I) It is suitably designed, of durable construction, and capable of being used safely, efficiently, and accurately in the conduct of elections and the tabulation of votes;

(II) It permits the names of candidates and the text of issues to be printed on pages which are securely attached to the voting device, the pages to be securely locked in a metal frame or sealed to prevent tampering;

(III) It contains a protective counter with a register which cannot be reset, which shall register the cumulative total number of movements of the operating mechanism; and

(IV) It is capable of providing printouts of vote totals by office and candidate or by ballot issue, including a numeric-only printout to be used for testing as provided in section 1-7-509.
C.R.S. § 1-46-104 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 46 / Section 1-46-104
1-46-104. Enforcement - administrative hearing
Status: in_force

1-46-104. Enforcement - administrative hearing. Any person who believes that a violation of section 1-46-103, or the secretary of state's rules concerning the use of a deepfake in a communication concerning a candidate for elective office, has occurred may file a written complaint with the office in accordance with section 1-45-111.7 (2). Such complaint shall be reviewed and adjudicated in accordance with section 1-45-111.7 and the secretary of state's rules for complaints and administrative hearings pursuant to article 45 of this title 1.
C.R.S. § 1-7.5-201 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7.5 / Part 2 / Section 1-7.5-201
1-7.5-201. Appointment of election judges for counting mail ballots
Status: in_force

1-7.5-201. Appointment of election judges for counting mail ballots. (1) If the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has mailed or delivered mail ballots to five hundred or more electors, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall appoint, in addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers described in section 1-7.5-107, at least three counting judges, not more than two of whom shall be from any one major political party. For each additional five hundred mail ballots so mailed or delivered, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official may appoint additional counting judges as needed.

(2) In all political subdivisions in which electronic or electromechanical voting systems are used, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official, for each five hundred mail ballots mailed or delivered, may appoint, in addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers as described in section 1-7.5-107, five counting judges, not more than three of whom shall be from any one major political party in a partisan election.

(3) In political subdivisions to which this section applies and in the event that only two major political parties are represented, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall make the appointments so that one major political party is represented by a majority of election judges on the mail ballot receiving board and the other major political party is represented by a majority of election judges on the mail ballot counting board. The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall appoint those electors certified by the county party chairpersons of the major political parties to the county clerk and recorder as mail ballot receiving judges and mail ballot counting judges. If an elector certified by a major political party is not willing or able to serve, then the major political party that certified the elector may certify a replacement judge to the county clerk and recorder. If the major political parties do not certify a sufficient number of mail ballot receiving and counting judges, the county clerk and recorder may appoint a sufficient number of qualified electors to serve as mail ballot receiving and counting judges.

(4) In all political subdivisions to which this section applies, where the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has appointed one or more student election judges pursuant to article 6 of this title, the student election judge shall be appointed to serve as a judge for the purpose of counting mail ballots pursuant to this section; except that the student election judge need not satisfy any party affiliation required of election judges by this section.
C.R.S. § 1-4-605 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 6 / Section 1-4-605
1-4-605. Order of names on primary ballot
Status: in_force

1-4-605. Order of names on primary ballot. Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office shall be placed on the primary election ballot in the order of the vote received at the assembly. The candidate receiving the highest vote shall be placed first in order on the ballot, followed by the candidate receiving the next highest vote, and so on until all of the candidates designated have been placed on the ballot. The names of two or more candidates receiving an equal number of votes for designation by assembly shall be placed on the primary ballot in the order determined by lot in accordance with section 1-4-601 (2). Candidates by petition for any particular office shall follow assembly candidates and shall be placed on the primary election ballot in an order established by lot.
C.R.S. § 1-7-406 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 4 / Section 1-7-406
1-7-406. Close of polls and count - seals
Status: repealed

1-7-406. Close of polls and count - seals. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-2-102 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 1 / Section 1-2-102
1-2-102. Rules for determining residence
Status: repealed

1-2-102. Rules for determining residence. (1) The following rules shall be used to determine the residence of a person intending to register or to vote in any precinct in this state and shall be used by election judges in challenge procedures:

(a) (I) The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. A principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which a person's habitation is fixed and to which that person, whenever absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence, regardless of the duration of the absence. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a residence is a permanent building or part of a building and may include a house, condominium, apartment, room in a house, or mobile home. No vacant lot or business address shall be considered a residence.

(I.5) If the residence of an elector is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable, due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, and the elector has the present intention of returning to the residence once it is habitable or returning to a newly constructed residence at the same address, the elector may continue to use the address of the destroyed or uninhabitable residence as the elector's residence.

(II) For the purpose of voter registration residence, a homeless elector shall identify a specific location within a county where the elector returns to regularly. This location may include a homeless shelter, a homeless services provider, a park, a campground, a vacant lot, a business address, or any other physical location. If the homeless elector's registration residence does not include a mailing address, the elector shall also provide a mailing address.

(b) In determining what is the principal or primary place of abode of a person, the following circumstances relating to the person shall be taken into account: Business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, age, marital status, residence of parents, spouse or civil union partner, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, existence of any other residences and the amount of time spent at each residence, and motor vehicle registration.

(c) Repealed.

(d) A person shall not be considered to have gained a residence in this state, or in any county or municipality in this state, while retaining a home or domicile elsewhere.

(e) If a person moves to any other state with the intention of making it a permanent residence, that person is considered to have lost Colorado residence after twenty-two days' absence from this state unless the person has evidenced an intent to retain a residence in this state by a self-affirmation executed pursuant to section 1-7.5-107 (3)(b.5).

(f) After a person moves from one residence to another and has made the new residence his or her sole legal place of residence, the person is considered to have residence at the residence in this state to which the person moved.
C.R.S. § 1-10.5-103 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 10.5 / Section 1-10.5-103
1-10.5-103. Recount for other offices, ballot issues, and ballot questions in an election co
Status: in_force

1-10.5-103. Recount for other offices, ballot issues, and ballot questions in an election coordinated by county clerk and recorder. In any election coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, if it appears, as evidenced by the official abstract of votes cast, that a recount is required for any office, ballot question, or ballot issue not included in section 1-10.5-102, the county clerk and recorder shall order a recount of the votes cast for the office, ballot question, or ballot issue to be conducted in accordance with section 1-10.5-102. Any recount of the votes must be completed no later than the thirty-first day after the election. A political subdivision that referred a ballot issue or ballot question to the electors may waive the automatic recount provisions of this section if the ballot issue or ballot question fails by giving written notice to the county clerk and recorder within twenty-three days after any election.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1105.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 11 / Section 1-13.5-1105.5
1-13.5-1105.5. Voting by electors at group residential facilities
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1105.5. Voting by electors at group residential facilities. For independent mail ballot elections conducted under this part 11, upon the request of any eligible elector of the local government residing in a facility described in section 1-7.5-113 (1), the designated election official shall appoint a committee for delivery of mail ballots to, and return of voted mail ballots from, the facility in accordance with section 1-7.5-113.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 1 / Section 1-13.5-101
1-13.5-101. Short title
Status: in_force

1-13.5-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Local Government Election Code".
C.R.S. § 1-4-908 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 9 / Section 1-4-908
1-4-908. Review of petition - signature verification - notification - cure - rules
Status: in_force

1-4-908. Review of petition - signature verification - notification - cure - rules. (1) Upon filing, the designated election official for the political subdivision shall review all petition information and verify the information against the registration records, and, where applicable, the county assessor's records. The secretary of state shall establish guidelines for verifying petition entries.

(1.5) (a) In any election conducted after January 1, 2018, for any petition that must be filed with the secretary of state in accordance with section 1-4-907, the secretary of state shall compare each signature on a candidate petition with the signature of the eligible elector stored in the statewide voter registration system. The secretary of state may use a signature verification device to compare the signatures.

(b) (I) If it is determined that the signature on the petition does not match the signature of the eligible elector stored in the statewide voter registration database, or if a signature verification device is unable to determine that the signatures match, a second review shall be made by an employee of the secretary of state's office or a designee trained in signature verification. If the employee or designee agrees that the signatures do not match, the secretary of state shall, within three days of completing review of the entire petition, notify the candidate of such deficiency.

(II) To cure a signature that failed the signature verification process described in subsection (1.5)(b)(I) of this section, a candidate must provide the secretary of state with a statement, signed by the elector whose signature failed the verification process, that states substantially that the elector signed the petition. The statement must be accompanied by a copy of the elector's identification, as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5). The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for the statement. To cure the signature deficiency, the candidate must return the statement and a copy of the elector's identification to the secretary of state within five days of the date the secretary notifies the candidate of the signature deficiency.

(III) The secretary of state may promulgate rules, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, to implement this subsection (1.5).

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 832, § 36, effective July 1, 1995.)

(2.5) If, while verifying a signer's information against the registration records in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the designated election official finds that the signer provided his or her mailing address rather than his or her residence address as required under section 1-4-904 (3), the designated election official may accept the signature line as valid if the designated election official is able to locate the signer's record in the statewide voter registration database and determine that the signer was eligible to sign the petition.

(3) After review, the official shall notify the candidate of the number of valid signatures and whether the petition appears to be sufficient or insufficient. In the case of a petition for nominating an unaffiliated candidate, the official shall provide notification of sufficiency or insufficiency to the candidate no later than ninety-six days before the general election. Upon determining that the petition is sufficient and after the time for protest has passed, the designated election official shall certify the candidate to the ballot, and, if the election is a coordinated election, so notify the coordinated election official.

(4) If a partisan candidate who submitted a candidate petition for review accesses the ballot by assembly before the designated election official declares the petition sufficient or insufficient, the candidate must immediately inform the designated election official. Upon receiving notification, the designated election official shall cease review and shall consider the petition to have never been submitted.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-304 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 3 / Section 1-13.5-304
1-13.5-304. Withdrawal from nomination
Status: in_force

1-13.5-304. Withdrawal from nomination. Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination, or filed a self-nomination form or letter, may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time before the election by executing a written affidavit withdrawing from the nomination. The withdrawing candidate shall sign the affidavit and file it with the designated election official.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1403 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 14 / Section 1-13.5-1403
1-13.5-1403. Filing statement - contents
Status: in_force

1-13.5-1403. Filing statement - contents. The contestor shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court, within ten days after the expiration of the period within which a recount may be requested pursuant to section 1-13.5-1306, or within ten days after the conclusion of a recount conducted pursuant to section 1-13.5-1306, whichever is later, a written statement of the contestor's intention to contest the election and setting forth the name of the contestor, that the contestor is an eligible elector of the local government, the name of the contestee, the office contested, the time of election, and the particular causes of the contest. The statement must be verified by the affidavit of the contestor that the causes set forth in the statement are true to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief.
C.R.S. § 1-3-101 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 3 / Section 1-3-101
1-3-101. Party affiliation required - residence
Status: repealed

1-3-101. Party affiliation required - residence. (1) (a) In order to vote at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention of a political party, the elector must be a resident of the precinct for twenty-two days, must be registered to vote no later than twenty-two days before the caucus, assembly, or convention, and must be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus, assembly, or convention for at least twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system; except that any registered elector who has attained the age of eighteen years or who has become a naturalized citizen during the twenty-two days immediately preceding the meeting may vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention even though the elector has been affiliated with the political party for less than twenty-two days. If allowed by a political party's rules, a preregistrant may vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention if the preregistrant has been a resident of the precinct for twenty-two days before the caucus, assembly, or convention, and has been affiliated with the political party holding the caucus, assembly, or convention for at least twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system; except that a preregistrant who preregistered within the twenty-two days immediately preceding the meeting may vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention even though the preregistrant has been affiliated with the political party for less than twenty-two days.

(b) If an elector desires to vote at a precinct caucus but the elector's eligibility cannot be verified upon examination of the list of registered electors provided in accordance with subsection (3) of this section, the elector shall complete an affidavit attesting to the facts establishing the elector's eligibility. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules prescribing the form and content of the affidavit.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section and section 1-2-101 (1)(b), an elector who moves from the precinct where registered during the twenty-one days prior to any caucus may participate in and vote at the caucus in the precinct of the elector's former residence but shall not be eligible for election as a delegate or for nomination as a precinct committeeperson in the former precinct.

(3) (a) No later than twenty-one days prior to the date of the precinct caucus, or eighteen days prior to the date of the precinct caucus in a year in which a political party's precinct caucus is held on the first Saturday following the presidential primary election, the county clerk and recorder shall furnish without charge to each major political party in the county a list of the registered electors in the county who are affiliated with that political party. Notwithstanding section 1-2-227 (2), the list must include preregistrants whose information is otherwise confidential.

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-4-1204 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 12 / Section 1-4-1204
1-4-1204. Names on ballots
Status: repealed

1-4-1204. Names on ballots. (1) Not later than sixty days before the presidential primary election, the secretary of state shall certify the names and party affiliations of the candidates to be placed on any presidential primary election ballots. The only candidates whose names shall be placed on ballots for the election shall be those candidates who:

(a) Repealed.

(b) Are seeking the nomination for president of a political party as a bona fide candidate for president of the United States pursuant to political party rules and are affiliated with a major political party that received at least twenty percent of the votes cast by eligible electors in Colorado at the last presidential election; and

(c) Have submitted to the secretary, not later than eighty-five days before the date of the presidential primary election, a notarized candidate's statement of intent together with either a nonrefundable filing fee of five hundred dollars or a petition signed by at least five thousand eligible electors affiliated with the candidate's political party who reside in the state. Candidate petitions must meet the requirements of parts 8 and 9 of this article 4, as applicable.

(1.5) No later than the sixty-fifth day before the presidential primary election, a person whose name has been qualified to be placed on the ballot may file with the secretary of state an affidavit stating that the person is not a candidate for the office of the president of the United States and requesting that the person's name not be included in the list of names certified by the secretary of state in accordance with subsection (1) of this section. The secretary of state shall not include in the list the name of a person who timely files an affidavit.

(2) The names of candidates appearing on any presidential primary ballot must be in an order determined by lot. The secretary of state shall determine the method of drawing lots.

(3) Except as otherwise prohibited by political party rules, the state chairperson of a political party may request the secretary to provide a place on the primary ballot for electors who have no presidential candidate preference to register a vote to send a noncommitted delegate to the political party's national convention. To be valid, this request must be received by the secretary of state no later than seventy days before the presidential primary election.

(4) Any challenge to the listing of any candidate on the presidential primary election ballot must be made in writing and filed with the district court in accordance with section 1-1-113 (1) no later than five days after the filing deadline for candidates. Any such challenge must provide notice in a summary manner of an alleged impropriety that gives rise to the complaint. No later than five days after the challenge is filed, a hearing must be held at which time the district court shall hear the challenge and assess the validity of all alleged improprieties. The district court shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law no later than forty-eight hours after the hearing. The party filing the challenge has the burden to sustain the challenge by a preponderance of the evidence. Any order entered by the district court may be reviewed in accordance with section 1-1-113 (3).
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-707 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 7 / Section 1-13.5-707
1-13.5-707. Designated election official to supply seals for voting machines
Status: in_force

1-13.5-707. Designated election official to supply seals for voting machines. The designated election official shall supply each polling place with a seal for each voting machine for the purpose of sealing each machine after the polls are closed and an envelope for the return of the keys and seals to the machine, as applicable, with the election returns.
C.R.S. § 1-7-512 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 1-7-512
1-7-512. Voting system providers - duties - definition
Status: in_force

1-7-512. Voting system providers - duties - definition. (1) A voting system provider under contract to provide a voting system to a political subdivision in this state shall:

(a) Coordinate with the secretary of state to support the installation of any hardware, firmware, or software or of any change in the election software in any component of the voting system;

(b) Place in escrow with the secretary of state or an independent escrow agent approved by the secretary of state one copy of the state certified election software along with supporting documentation;

(c) Place in escrow with the secretary of state or independent escrow agent any subsequent changes to the escrowed election software or supporting documentation;

(d) Provide to the secretary of state a sworn statement by an officer of the voting system provider with legal authority to bind the voting system provider attesting that the election software in escrow is the same as the election software certified for use in its voting systems in this state, and ensure that the statement is true on a continuing basis;

(e) Notify the secretary of state and the designated election official of any political subdivision using its voting system of any defect in the same system known to occur anywhere; and

(f) Notify the secretary of state and the designated election official of any political subdivision using its voting system of any change in the election software or the voting system.

(2) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., establishing procedures for voting system providers to comply with this section.

(3) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "election software" means the software to be installed or residing on election equipment firmware or on election management computers that controls election setup, vote recording, vote tabulation, and reporting.
C.R.S. § 1-2-211 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 2 / Section 1-2-211
1-2-211. Establishment and conduct of branch registration sites
Status: repealed

1-2-211. Establishment and conduct of branch registration sites. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-2-304 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 2 / Part 3 / Section 1-2-304
1-2-304. Multiple registration - procedure
Status: repealed

1-2-304. Multiple registration - procedure. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-7-513 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7 / Part 5 / Section 1-7-513
1-7-513. Voting equipment - records
Status: in_force

1-7-513. Voting equipment - records. (1) The designated election official shall maintain separate, detailed records for each component of a voting system used in an election. Such records shall include, but not be limited to, the manufacturer, make, model, serial number, hardware, firmware, software version or release number, date of acquisition, description of services, repairs, maintenance, upkeep, and version upgrades, and date of performance of such services.

(2) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., prescribing the manner of maintenance of records required by this section.
C.R.S. § 1-12-107 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 12 / Part 1 / Section 1-12-107
1-12-107. Designated election officials
Status: repealed

1-12-107. Designated election officials. (1) For state recall elections, the petition shall be filed with the secretary of state who shall review and approve as to form the petition for recall as provided in section 1-12-108 (4), certify the sufficiency of the petition, and notify the governor, who shall set the date for the election. The election must be conducted by the appropriate county clerk and recorders in the manner provided in this title 1 for state elections.

(2) For county recall elections, the county clerk and recorder shall review and approve as to form the petition as provided in section 1-12-108 (4). The petition shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder who shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and call and conduct the election.

(3) For school board recall elections, the county clerk and recorder shall review and approve as to form the petition as provided in section 1-12-108 (4). The petition shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the school district's administrative offices are located. The clerk and recorder of the county shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and call and conduct the election.

(4) Repealed.

(5) No designated election official may, by rule, regulation, order, or any other official act, suspend or avoid the requirement that recall elections be held as mail ballot elections.
C.R.S. § 1-5-605.7 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-605.7
1-5-605.7. Mechanical lever voting machines - prohibited
Status: repealed

1-5-605.7. Mechanical lever voting machines - prohibited. (1) No voting system using mechanical lever voting machines may be used in any election in this state.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-705 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 7 / Section 1-13.5-705
1-13.5-705. Length of time to vote
Status: in_force

1-13.5-705. Length of time to vote. No eligible elector shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes. If an eligible elector refuses to leave after a lapse of three minutes, the elector shall be removed by the election judges, but the judges, in their discretion, may permit an elector to remain longer than three minutes.
C.R.S. § 1-4-806 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 4 / Part 8 / Section 1-4-806
1-4-806. Preregistrants eligible to sign petitions
Status: in_force

1-4-806. Preregistrants eligible to sign petitions. A preregistrant who is eligible to vote in a primary election under section 1-2-101 (2)(c) is eligible to sign a petition under this part 8 to nominate a candidate for the primary election or for the next general election.
C.R.S. § 1-7.5-205 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7.5 / Part 2 / Section 1-7.5-205
1-7.5-205. Counting mail ballots
Status: repealed

1-7.5-205. Counting mail ballots. (1) Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204.

(2) Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following ways:

(a) In counties that use paper ballots, the mail ballots may be counted in the same manner as paper ballots.

(b) Any county may use electronic vote-tabulating equipment for the counting of mail ballots in the same manner provided for the counting of ballots in part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.

(c) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 1-8.5-101.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 8.5 / Section 1-8.5-101.5
1-8.5-101.5. Electronic voting device - use for casting provisional ballot
Status: in_force

1-8.5-101.5. Electronic voting device - use for casting provisional ballot. (1) An electronic voting device may be used to cast a provisional ballot if the device is certified by the secretary of state for that purpose.

(2) If an electronic voting device that is certified for use with provisional ballots is used in an election, the designated election official shall determine whether electors casting provisional ballots shall use the electronic voting device or paper provisional ballots.
C.R.S. § 1-5-107 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 1 / Section 1-5-107
1-5-107. Polling places for disabled electors - repeal
Status: repealed

1-5-107. Polling places for disabled electors - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 1-7.5-210 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 7.5 / Part 2 / Section 1-7.5-210
1-7.5-210. Maintenance of mail ballot election voting records - transmittal of such records
Status: in_force

1-7.5-210. Maintenance of mail ballot election voting records - transmittal of such records to secretary of state. The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall maintain a record identifying the name and voting address of each elector who casts a ballot by mail or at a voter service and polling center at any election.
C.R.S. § 1-11-206 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 11 / Part 2 / Section 1-11-206
1-11-206. Evidence in contests for state officers
Status: in_force

1-11-206. Evidence in contests for state officers. On the hearing of any election contest for any of the offices named in section 1-11-205, the parties to the contest may introduce written testimony, taken in a manner prescribed by the joint session. No depositions shall be read in the hearing unless the opposite party had reasonable notice of the time and place of the taking of the deposition.
C.R.S. § 1-13.5-401 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 13.5 / Part 4 / Section 1-13.5-401
1-13.5-401. Appointment of election judges
Status: in_force

1-13.5-401. Appointment of election judges. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, at least fifteen days before each local government election, the governing body shall appoint the election judges.

(b) Each election judge must be registered to vote in Colorado and at least eighteen years of age. Election judges must be appointed pursuant to this article without regard to party affiliation. Neither a current candidate for director nor any immediate family member, to the second degree, of such candidate is eligible to serve as an election judge.

(c) The designated election official shall make and file in his or her office a list of all individuals so appointed, giving their names and addresses. The list is a public record and is subject to inspection and examination during office hours by any elector of the local government with the right to make copies thereof.

(2) The governing body may delegate to the designated election official the authority and responsibility to appoint election judges in the manner provided in this section.
C.R.S. § 1-5-606 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 5 / Part 6 / Section 1-5-606
1-5-606. Election officials and employees not to have interest in voting equipment or dev
Status: in_force

1-5-606. Election officials and employees not to have interest in voting equipment or devices. No election official or employee of an election official having duties or responsibilities in connection with the conduct of any election shall have any financial or proprietary interest, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture, sale, maintenance, servicing, repair, or transportation of voting equipment. This section shall not apply to any designated election official or employee of a designated election official participating in a coordinated election who has no independent decision-making responsibility concerning the selection of voting equipment by the county clerk and recorder or whose interest derives solely from ownership of shares in a mutual or pension fund.
C.R.S. § 1-10-104.5 — CO Code / Title 1 / Article 10 / Part 1 / Section 1-10-104.5
1-10-104.5. Rules
Status: in_force

1-10-104.5. Rules. The secretary of state shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., for the purpose of establishing equitable uniformity in the appointment and operation of canvass boards.