Source: http://ebenchbook.wm.edu/colorado/statutes/1-10-5-103-recount-for-other-offices-ballot-issues-and-ballot-questions-in-an-election-coordinated-by-county-clerk-and-recorder/
Timestamp: 2017-06-26 03:45:39
Document Index: 91432610

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 13', '§ 2', '§ 29', '§ 52', '§ 52', '§ 1']

eBenchBook | Colorado | 1-10.5-103. Recount for other offices, ballot issues, and ballot questions in an election coordinated by county clerk and recorder
1-10.5-103. Recount for other offices, ballot issues, and ballot questions in an election coordinated by county clerk and recorder
Overview of Statute In any election coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, the clerk will order recount for contests meeting the requirements within thirteen days of the election. A group that referred a ballot issue or question to the electors may waive the automatic recount provisions if the question or issue fails by giving written notice to the county clerk within fourteen days of the primary election or eighteen days after any other election.
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. Any recount of the votes shall be completed no later than the thirtieth 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 fourteen days after the primary election or eighteen days after any other election.
Source: L. 99: Entire article added with relocations, p. 485, § 13, effective July 1.L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 300, § 2, effective August 8.L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1639, § 29, effective June 7.L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1424, § 52, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1459, § 52, effective June 6.
Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 1-10-302 as it existed prior to 1999.
Determination by lot does not prevent election contest. The determination by lot by the canvassing board of which candidate shall have the certificate of election where two candidates having the highest number of votes have an equal number is not such settlement of the matter as will prevent the defeated party from contesting the election on the ground that legal votes for him were not counted or that illegal votes were counted for his opponent. Nicholls v. Barrick, 27 Colo. 432, 62 P. 202 (1900).
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