Source: https://ebenchbook.wm.edu/colorado/statutes/1-5-505-election-expenses-to-be-paid-by-county/
Timestamp: 2018-05-21 14:53:17
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1-5-505. Election expenses to be paid by county
Except as provided in § 1-5-505.5, the county must cover election costs for general, primary, and congressional vacancy elections (including the cost of printing and supplies). In special legislative elections where the state senatorial or state representative district is comprised of one or more whole or parts of counties, the county that had the irregularities in votes cast must cover the cost of conducting a special legislative election.
(1) Except as provided in section 1-5-505.5, the cost of conducting general, primary, and congressional vacancy elections, including the cost of printing and supplies, shall be a county charge, the payment of which shall be provided for in the same manner as the payment of other county expenses.
(c) The payment of such costs of a special legislative election shall be provided for in the same manner as the payment of other county expenses.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 717, § 8, effective January 1, 1993.L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 1389, § 9, effective June 4.L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 655, § 1, effective August 2.
Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 1-6-505 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: For payment of county expenses, see part 1 of article 25 of title 30.
Holding that the counties are required under subsection (1) of this section to assume the cost of providing drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at every polling place on election day in compliance with § 1-8-113 (1)(a), notwithstanding that this increase in service may create additional costs to the county. Subsection (1) and statute requiring state reimbursement to counties for costs associated with an increased level of service, § 29-1-304.5 (1), are in irreconcilable conflict. However, subsection (1), which pertains only to election funding, is more specific than the other statute, which broadly applies its reimbursement requirement to most existing state programs. Although § 29-1-304.5 (1) was adopted after subsection (1), there is no manifest intent that it should prevail in a conflict with the other statute. Rather, the intent of the legislature was to prioritize citizens’ access to free and fair elections over convenience or cost savings to counties. Thus, subsection (1) should prevail over § 29-1-304.5 (1), rendering § 29-1-304.5 (1) inapplicable to the requirement that counties provide drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at every polling place on election day under § 1-8-113 (1)(a). Gessler v. Doty, 2012 COA 4, 272 P.3d 1131.
Case Name: Gessler v. Doty
Citation: 272 P.3d 1131 (Colo. App. 2012)
Case URL: https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/d141e8d8079e38d604b330ba95912b3f
Case Summary: Holding that county could not decline to comply with the statutory requirement that the county provide drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots at every polling place on election day.