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1-2-201. Registration required – deadlines
Individuals must register prior to voting. Voter registration includes signing, or making a personal mark if unable to write, on the registration record, answering the questions outlined by C.R.S.A. § 1–2–204, and completing the self-affirmation required by C.R.S.A. § 1–2–205. Deadlines vary depending on the method for registration. Individuals must register at least twenty-two days prior to an election if registering at a voter registration drive, but individuals can register at any point prior to eight days before an election if registering by mail, voter registration agency, local driver’s license examination facility, or online through the voter registration system established by C.R.S.A. § 1–2–202.5(7)(c). Deadlines that fall on the weekend or a holiday will be moved to the next business day. Individuals registering in-person at either the elector’s county clerk and recorder’s office or at a polling station may register on election day. Individuals voting by mail must register at least eight days prior to an election in order to receive a ballot.
(III) Submitting an application through the mail, a voter registration agency, a local driver’s license examination facility, or the on-line voter registration system established pursuant to section 1-2-202.5 (7) (c), through the eighth day prior to an election; except that, if the eighth day before an election is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the elector is permitted to register on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
(IV) Appearing in-person at the elector’s county clerk and recorder’s office at any time during which registration is permitted at the office; or
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 638, § 2, effective January 1, 1993.L. 94: (2) amended, p. 1752, § 7, effective January 1, 1995.L. 96: (2) amended and (3) added, p. 1735, § § 10, 11, effective July 1.L. 97: (3) amended, p. 471, § 2, effective July 1.L. 99: (3) amended, p. 757, § 4, effective May 20; (3) amended, p. 1389, § 6, effective June 4.L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1395, § 6, effective June 6; (1) amended, p. 1430, § 6, effective June 6.L. 2013: (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 688, § 8, effective May 10.L. 2014: (3)(b)(I) and (3)(b)(III) amended and (4) added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 556, § 3, effective May 9.
Editor’s note: (1) This section is similar to former § 1-2-201 as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) In 1996, § 1-1-114 was relocated to subsection (3).
(3) Amendments to subsection (3) by Senate Bill 99-025 and House Bill 99-1097 were harmonized.
Cross references: (1) For eligibility of nonresident citizens to vote, see article 8.3 of this title; for emergency registration in certain cases of change of residence, see § 1-2-217.5; for challenge of registration, see § 1-9-101. For offenses relating to registration, see § § 1-13-201 and 1-13-203 to 1-13-205.
(2) In 2013, subsection (3) was amended by the “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act”. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
Registration precedes an election and is a distinct subject of legislation. Aichele v. People ex rel. Lowry, 40 Colo. 482, 90 P. 1122 (1907).
Therefore, jurisdiction of the courts to protect registration books from padding is something distinct from jurisdiction of the conduct of an election on the day when voting takes place. Aichele v. People ex rel. Lowry, 40 Colo. 482, 90 P. 1122 (1907).
Registration laws to be construed to effectuate constitutional requirement election purity. Since § 11 of art. VII, Colo. Const., requires the general assembly “to pass laws to secure the purity of elections”, registration laws enacted in compliance with this requirement should be construed to effectuate the intent and purpose of the constitutional requirement. People ex rel. Johnson v. Earl, 42 Colo. 238, 94 P. 294 (1908).
Section held not to apply to school elections. Guyer v. Stutt, 68 Colo. 422, 191 P. 120 (1920).
Case Name: People ex rel. Johnson v. Earl
Citation: 42 Colo. 238, 94 P. 294 (1908)
Case PDF: People ex rel. Johnson v. Earl
Case Summary: Upholding an election result against citizens' lawsuit alleging improper registration process. So long as no qualified voter was denied access and no unqualified voter cast a ballot, a plaintiff will likely fail to maintain a cause of action protesting registration procedure.
Case Name: Guyer v. Stutt
Citation: 191 P. 120
Case PDF: Guyer v. Stutt
Case Summary: Holding that recall amendment applied only to state officers and that school directors were not state officers.
Colorado Constitution article VII, § 11.