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eBenchBook | Colorado | 1-4-701. Party nominations to be made by convention
1-4-701. Party nominations to be made by convention
Conventions, or committees authorized by a convention, can nominate candidates for vacancies to unexpired terms of representatives in congress and for presidential electors and may also select delegates to national political conventions. Certificates of nomination must contain the name of the office for which the person is nominated and the individual’s name and address, as well as, in three or fewer words, the name of the political party. No certificate shall contain the names of more candidates for any office than there are offices to fill. Certificates of nomination must be received and filed with the secretary of state no later than sixty days before the general or congressional vacancy election. Persons nominated under this section will be deemed to have accepted the nomination unless they file a written declination of the nomination within four days after the adjournment of the convention with the secretary of state. If transmitted by fax, the original declination must also be filed and postmarked within ten days of the adjournment.
(2) (a) The certificate of nomination shall contain the name of the office for which each person is nominated and the person’s name and address and shall designate, in not more than three words, the political party which the convention or committee represents.
(4) Any person nominated in accordance with this section by any of the major political parties shall be deemed to have accepted the nomination unless the candidate files with the secretary of state a written declination of the nomination no later than four days after the adjournment of the convention. The declination may be transmitted by facsimile transmission no later than four days after the adjournment of the convention. If the declination is transmitted by facsimile transmission, the original declination must also be filed and postmarked no later than ten days after the adjournment of the convention.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 329, § 1, effective January 1, 1981.L. 85: (3) amended, p. 248, § 6, effective July 1.L. 88: (4) amended, p. 1429, § 1, effective June 11.L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 683, § 6, effective January 1, 1993.L. 99: (3) and (4) amended, p. 764, § 23, effective May 20.L. 2012: (4) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 680, § 12, effective May 17.
Editor’s note: The provisions of this section are similar to several former provisions of § 1-14-107 as they existed prior to 1980. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
Cross references: For methods of nomination, see § § 1-4-502 and 1-4-503; for objections to nominations, see § 1-4-909.
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).
No convention or body of men can compel another to be a candidate for office against his will. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
Nominees by either of the two leading political parties are not required to file an acceptance. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
II.MORE CANDIDATES THAN OFFICES TO FILL.
The purpose of limiting the number of names on a certificate of nomination to the number of offices to be filled is to prevent the same persons nominating candidates for the same office by certificate as individuals under two or more party names. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
An elector once having exercised the right to join in a certificate as an individual, nominating a candidate for office under some name adopted by the signers, cannot join in nominating the same person for the same office under some other name. O’Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23, 99 P. 46 (1908).
III.FILING CERTIFICATE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE.
IV.MISCELLANEOUS.
Secretary of state has no power to decide between two sets of nominations. When two sets of nominations, both by conventions purporting to have been held by the same political party, and each in apparent conformity with this section, are certified to the secretary of state, he has no power to decide between them, but should certify both tickets to the county clerks in order that both may be printed upon the official ballots. People ex rel. Eaton v. Dist. Court, 18 Colo. 26, 31 P. 339 (1892).
Case Name: Cowie v. Means
Citation: 39 Colo. 1, 88 P. 485 (1906)
Case URL: https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/97ff4efc3669fcaf2754f387a76ed5bf?query=cowie%2[...]
Case Summary: Court rejected a certificate to fill a vacancy, conducted under the Colorado Australian Ballot Act, because of improper signatures certifying the certificate. As a void certificate, the powers provided by the certificate were not enforceable.
Case Name: Schafer v. Whipple
Citation: 55 P. 180 (Colo. 1898)
Case PDF: Schafer v. Whipple
Case Summary: Holding that a set of nominees, made by a petition of electors, could be designated by an emblem; right to an emblem was not limited to certain classes of political parties and their nominating committees.
Case Name: People ex rel. Eaton v. Dist. Court
Citation: 18 Colo. 26, 31 P. 339 (1892)
Case PDF: People ex rel. Eaton v. Dist. Court
Case Summary: Upholding a district court's jurisdiction to hear a contest between competing factions of a political party at a political convention. The district court, and not solely the secretary of state, may hear claims related to the use of an Australian ballot according to statute.