Source: https://ebenchbook.wm.edu/colorado/statutes/1-4-204-state-and-district-officers/
Timestamp: 2018-05-21 15:05:24
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 2', '§ 22', '§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 10', '§ 13', '§ 30', 'Art. 5', '§1', 'Art. 5', '§1']

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1-4-204. State and district officers
Every fourth year starting in 1982, the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general will be elected at the general election. The lieutenant governor will be elected jointly with the governor. Each member of the general assembly will be elected at every general election.
Regents of the university of Colorado, state senators, members of the state board of education, and district attorneys are to be elected at the general election immediately prior to the expiration of the regular terms of those offices.
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.
Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 1-16-102 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: For terms of office for regents of the university of Colorado, see § 12 of art. IX, Colo. Const.; for terms of office for state senators, see § 2-2-103; for terms of office for members of the state board of education, see § 22-2-105; for terms of office for district attorneys, see § 13 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the election of presidential electors, see § 1-4-301; for the election of state officers, see § § 1, 3, and 4 of art. IV, Colo. Const.; for the election of district judges, see § § 10 and 11 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the election of district attorneys, see § 13 of art. VI, Colo. Const.; for the division of county into districts for the purpose of electing county commissioners, see § 30-10-306.
Law reviews. For article, “The Constitutionality of Term Limitation”, see 19 Colo. Law. 2193 (1990).
“At the previous general election” in Colo. Const. Art. 5, §§1(2) and 1(3) refers to the last general election at which the office of Secretary of State is on the ballot, even if that election is an election to fill a vacancy. To qualify a measure for the ballot in 2001 and 2002, proponents must obtain five percent of the total votes cast for the office of Secretary of State at the 2000 general election. Op.Atty.Gen.No. 00-08, December 5, 2000.
Colo. Const. Art. 5, §§1(2) and 1(3).