Source: https://ebenchbook.wm.edu/colorado/statutes/1-4-404-nomination-and-acceptance-of-candidate/
Timestamp: 2018-04-21 04:03:28
Document Index: 365174009

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 10', '§ 13', '§ 4', '§ 26', '§ 9', '§ 6']

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1-4-404. Nomination and acceptance of candidate
Candidates nominated under this article must file written acceptance with the secretary of state by either hand or mail delivery. Acceptances must be postmarked or received within four business days after the adjournment of the assembly.
Any candidate who fails to file an acceptance within the specified time will be seen to have declined the nomination.
Any person nominated in accordance with this article 4 shall file a written acceptance with the secretary of state by mail or hand delivery.The written acceptance must be postmarked or received by the secretary of state within four business days after the adjournment of the assembly. If an acceptance is not filed within the specified time, the candidate is deemed to have declined the nomination, and the nomination must be treated as a vacancy to be filled as provided in part 10 of this article 4.
Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 351, § 13, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p.677, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 829, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 832, § 9, effective May 5. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 962, § 6, effective August 9.
Editor’s note: Section 9 of chapter 234 (SB 17-209), Session Laws of Colorado 2017, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after August 9,2017.
Holding that the provision for acceptance of a nomination is so plain that it needs no construction other than that which its own language imports. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that all nominees of minor political parties are required to file an acceptance. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that if they do not file an acceptance within the specified time, their failure to do so is equivalent to an express declination. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that such nomination will be treated as vacant. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that the certificate of nomination has no force or effect if not filed within the time required by law. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that although a nominee has already accepted a nomination for the same office upon another ticket, the secretary of state is justified in refusing to certify it for a place on the ballot where nominee fails to file his acceptance. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Holding that without an express written acceptance there is just as much a vacancy as if a nominee by convention should expressly decline to accept. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Case Name: O’Connor v. Smithers
Citation: 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908)
Case URL: https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/f3b5383ad8c560f6f34902303f7069f6
Case Summary: Court held in favor of the secretary of state in a contest involving objections to certificates of nomination. Contestors' complaint also failed to adhere to the required nomination procedure.