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CO Code § 1-10.5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 10.5 - Recounts|§ 1-10.5-109. Challenge of Recount

     Any interested party that requested a recount of a county, state, national, or district office of state concern or any party to such recount that has reasonable grounds to believe that the recount is not being conducted in a fair, impartial, and uniform manner may apply to the district court of the city and county of Denver for an order requiring the county clerk and recorder to stop the recount and to give the secretary of state access to all pertinent election records used in conducting the recount, and requiring the secretary of state to conduct the recount. The county clerk and recorder shall be an official observer during any recount conducted by the secretary of state.    Any interested party that requested a recount of any other local office, ballot question, or ballot issue or any party to such recount that has reasonable grounds to believe that the designated election official is not conducting the recount in a fair, impartial, and uniform manner may apply to the district court for the political subdivision for an order requiring the designated election official to stop the recount and to give the appropriate official who will take over conducting the recount access to all pertinent election records, and requiring the appropriate official to conduct the recount. If the county clerk and recorder is not the designated election official, then the county clerk and recorder is the appropriate official to conduct the recount. If the county clerk and recorder is the designated election official, then the secretary of state is the appropriate official to conduct the recount. The designated election official shall be an official observer during any recount conducted pursuant to this subsection (1).       All expenses incurred by the secretary of state in conducting a recount pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be paid from the state general fund. Expenses incurred prior to a court order requiring the secretary of state to conduct the recount shall be paid by the county or political subdivision conducting the recount.     History. Source: L. 99: Entire article added with relocations, p. 488, § 13, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-10-307 as it existed prior to 1999.
CO Code § 1-40-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-103. Applicability of Article

  This article shall apply to all state ballot issues that are authorized by the state constitution unless otherwise provided by statute, charter, or ordinance.    The laws pertaining to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures are governed by the provisions of article 11 of title 31, C.R.S.    The laws pertaining to county petitions and referred measures are governed by the provisions of section 30-11-103.5, C.R.S.    The laws pertaining to school district petitions and referred measures are governed by the provisions of section 22-30-104 (4), C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 677, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 431, § 3, effective May 8. L. 96: (3) and (4) added, p. 1765, § 53, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   Provisions of the former § 1-40-103 were relocated in 1993. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.   ANNOTATION   Petition was circulated within the period specified by law. See Baker v. Bosworth, 122 Colo. 356 , 222 P.2d 416 (1950).
CO Code § 1-40-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-104. Designated Representatives

 At the time of any filing of a draft as provided in this article, the proponents shall designate the names and mailing addresses of two persons who shall represent the proponents in all matters affecting the petition and to whom all notices or information concerning the petition shall be mailed.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 677, § 1, effective May 4.    Editor's note:   The former § 1-40-104 was relocated to § 1-40-108 (1) in 1993.   ANNOTATION   The designation requirement is a procedural one, so the proponents' failure to designate two persons to receive mail notices did not deprive the board of jurisdiction. Matter of the Proposed Initiated Constitutional Amendment Concerning Limited Gaming in the City of Antonito, 873 P.2d 733 (Colo. 1994), overruled in Hayes v. Ottke, 2013 CO 1, 293 P.3d 551.
CO Code § 1-40-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-109. Signatures Required - Withdrawal

     No petition for any initiated law is of any force or effect, nor shall the proposed law be submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated law is signed by the number of registered electors required by section 1 (2) of article V of the state constitution.    No petition for any initiated amendment to the state constitution is of any force or effect, nor shall the initiated amendment to the state constitution be submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated amendment to the state constitution is signed by the number of registered electors required by the state constitution who reside in each state senate district in Colorado, so long as the total number of registered electors who have signed the petition is at least the number of registered electors required by section 1 (2) of article V of the state constitution. For purposes of this subsection (1)(b), the number and boundaries of the state senate districts are those in existence, and the number of registered electors in the state senate districts is those registered, at the time the form of the petition is approved for circulation in accordance with section 1-40-113 (1)(a).       (Deleted by amendment,L. 95, p. 433, § 7, effective May 8, 1995.)    Any person who is a registered elector may sign a petition for any ballot issue for which the elector is eligible to vote. A registered elector who signs a petition may withdraw his or her signature from the petition by filing a written request for such withdrawal with the secretary of state at any time on or before the day that the petition is filed with the secretary of state.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 682, § 1, effective May 4. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 1180, § 73, effective July 1. L. 95: (2) and (3) amended, p. 433, § 7, effective May 8. L. 2009: (3) amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1172, § 7, effective May 15. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-152), ch. 169, p. 617, § 3, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-40-105 as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-109 was relocated. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Applied in Spelts v. Klausing, 649 P.2d 303 (Colo. 1982).
CO Code § 1-40-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-114. Petitions - Not Election Materials - No Bilingual Language Requirement

 The general assembly hereby determines that initiative petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal “Voting Rights Act of 1965”, and therefore are not required to be printed in any language other than English to be circulated in any county in Colorado.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 685, § 1, effective May 4.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-40-107.5 (3) as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-114 was relocated. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For comment, “Montero v. Meyer: Official English, Initiative Petitions and the Voting Rights Act”, see 66 Den. U. L. Rev. 619 (1989). For comment, “Another View of Montero v. Meyer and the English-Only Movement: Giving Language Prejudice the Sanction of the Law”, see 66 Den. U. L. Rev. 633 (1989).   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Minority language provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act not applicable to initiative petitions. With respect to initiative petitions, electoral process to which the minority language provisions of the Voting Rights Act would apply did not commence under state law until the measure was certified as qualified for placement on the ballot. Furthermore, the signing of petitions did not constitute “voting” under the act. Montero v. Meyer, 861 F.2d 603 (10th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 492 U.S. 921, 109 S. Ct. 3249, 106 L. Ed. 2d 595 (1989) (decided prior to enactment of this section).
CO Code § 1-40-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-119. Procedure for Hearings

 At any hearing held under this article, the party protesting the finding of the secretary of state concerning the sufficiency of signatures shall have the burden of proof. Hearings shall be had as soon as is conveniently possible and shall be concluded within thirty days after the commencement thereof, and the result of such hearings shall be forthwith certified to the designated representatives of the signers and to the protestors of the petition. The hearing shall be subject to the provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure. Upon application, the decision of the court shall be reviewed by the Colorado supreme court.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 689, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 436, § 14, effective May 8.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-40-109 (2)(a) as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-119 was relocated to § 1-40-132 (1) .   ANNOTATION   Petitioners properly sought district court review under this section and § 1-40-118 without first pursuing the administrative remedies outlined in § 1-40-132 (1) . Section 1-40-132 (1) is inapplicable to determination whether a petition has a sufficient number of valid signatures to qualify for placement of an initiated measure on the ballot. Fabec v. Beck, 922 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1996).
CO Code § 1-40-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-122. Certification of Ballot Titles

  The secretary of state, at the time the secretary of state certifies to the county clerk and recorder of each county the names of the candidates for state and district offices for general election, shall also certify to them the ballot titles and numbers of each initiated and referred measure filed in the office of the secretary of state to be voted upon at such election.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 690, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: (2) repealed, p. 436, § 16, effective May 8.    Editor's note:   Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-40-112 as it existed prior to 1993.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Secretary of state properly certified initiated measure for general election ballot, even though a challenge to the measure had been filed with the secretary pursuant to former § 1-40-109 (2) . Montero v. Meyer, 795 P.2d 242 (Colo. 1990).   Secretary of state has sole authority to set election dates or place initiated measures on ballot, and title setting board has no such authority. Matter of Title, Ballot Title, Etc., 850 P.2d 144 (Colo. 1993).
CO Code § 1-40-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-125. Mailing to Electors

  The requirements of this section shall apply to any ballot issue involving a local government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4), for which notice is required to be mailed pursuant to section 20 (3)(b) of article X of the state constitution. A mailing is not required for a ballot issue that does not involve a local government matter arising under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, as defined in section 1-41-103 (4).    Thirty days before a ballot issue election, political subdivisions shall mail at the least cost and as a package where districts with ballot issues overlap, a titled notice or set of notices addressed to “all registered voters” at each address of one or more active registered electors. Except for voter-approved additions, notices shall include only:   The election date, hours, ballot title, text, and local election office address and telephone number;    For proposed district tax or bonded debt increases, the estimated or actual total of district fiscal year spending for the current year and each of the past four years, and the overall percentage and dollar change;    For the first full fiscal year of each proposed political subdivision tax increase, district estimates of the maximum dollar amount of each increase and of district fiscal year spending without the increase;    For proposed district bonded debt, its principal amount and maximum annual and total district repayment cost, and the principal balance of total current district bonded debt and its maximum annual and remaining local district repayment cost;    Two summaries, up to five hundred words each, one for and one against the proposal, of written comments filed with the election officer by thirty days before the election. No summary shall mention names of persons or private groups, nor any endorsements of or resolutions against the proposal. Petition representatives following these rules shall write this summary for their petition. The election officer shall maintain and accurately summarize all other relevant written comments.       The provisions of this section shall not apply to a ballot issue that is subject to the provisions of section 1-40-124.5.     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 692, § 1, effective May 4; (1) amended, p. 1437, § 128, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1) and IP(2) amended and (3) added, p. 299, § 5, effective August 2.
CO Code § 1-40-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-126. Explanation of Effect of “Yes/for” or “No/against” Vote Included in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

 In any notice to electors provided by the director of research of the legislative council, whether by mailing pursuant to section 1-40-124 .5 or publication pursuant to section 1-40-124 , there shall be included the following explanation preceding any information about individual ballot issues: “A ‘yes/for' vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a ‘no/against' vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.”   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 692, § 1, effective May 4. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 299, § 6, effective August 2. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1089), ch. 70, p. 243, § 4, effective January 1, 2013.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-40-114 (3) , which was added by House Bill 93-1155. (See L. 93, p. 266 .)   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   The facts upon which depend the question whether an amendment proposed to the constitution has received the approval of the people will be judicially noticed and the court will resort to all sources of information which may afford satisfactory evidence upon the question. Harrison v. People ex rel. Whatley, 57 Colo. 137 , 140 P. 203 (1914).
CO Code § 1-40-126.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-126.5. Explanation of Ballot Titles and Actual Text of Measures in Notices Provided by Mailing or Publication

  In any notice to electors provided by the director of research of the legislative council, whether in the ballot information booklet prepared pursuant to section 1-40-124.5 or by publication pursuant to section 1-40-124, there shall be included the following explanation preceding the title of each measure:   For referred measures: “The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). The text of the measure that will appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes) below was referred to the voters because it passed by a (two-thirds majority/majority) vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.”    For initiated measures: “The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). The text of the measure that will appear in the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes) below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.”        History. Source: L. 2011: Entire section added, (HB 11-1035), ch. 25, p. 63, § 1, effective March 17.
CO Code § 1-40-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition

 [ ] Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition or who willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition or who conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or who adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as provided by the elector, or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of said acts commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . The language in this section shall not preclude a circulator from striking a complete line on the petition if the circulator believes the line to be invalid.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 695, § 1, effective May 4. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3132, § 49, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-40-118.5 as it existed prior to 1993.    Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-40-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition

 [ ] Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition or who willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition or who conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or who adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as provided by the elector, or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of said acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . The language in this section does not preclude a circulator from striking a complete line on the petition if the circulator believes the line to be invalid.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 695, § 1, effective May 4. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3132, § 49, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-40-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-132. Enforcement

  The secretary of state is charged with the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state shall have the authority to promulgate rules as may be necessary to administer and enforce any provision of this article that relates to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments. The secretary of state may conduct a hearing, upon a written complaint by a registered elector, on any alleged violation of the provisions relating to the circulation of a petition, which may include but shall not be limited to the preparation or signing of an affidavit by a circulator. If the secretary of state, after the hearing, has reasonable cause to believe that there has been a violation of the provisions of this article relating to initiated or referred measures and state constitutional amendments, he or she shall notify the attorney general, who may institute a criminal prosecution. If a circulator is found to have violated any provision of this article or is otherwise shown to have made false or misleading statements relating to his or her section of the petition, such section of the petition shall be deemed void.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 95, p. 439, § 22, effective May 8, 1995.)     History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 695, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 439, § 22, effective May 8.    Editor's note:   Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-40-119 as it existed prior to 1993.   ANNOTATION   Subsection (1) is inapplicable to determination whether a petition has a sufficient number of valid signatures to qualify for placement of an initiated measure on the ballot. Read in context, subsection (1) addresses violations that involve criminal culpability. The administrative hearing required by subsection (1) is applicable to general proceedings regarding a sufficiency determination. Fabec v. Beck, 922 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1996).
CO Code § 1-40-133 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-133. Retention of Petitions

 After a period of three years from the time of submission of the petitions to the secretary of state, if it is determined that the retention of the petitions is no longer necessary, the secretary of state may destroy the petitions.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 696, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 439, § 23, effective May 8.
CO Code § 1-40-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum|§ 1-40-134. Withdrawal of Initiative Petition

 The designated representatives of the proponents of an initiative petition may withdraw the petition from consideration as a ballot issue by filing a letter with the secretary of state requesting that the petition not be placed on the ballot. The letter shall be signed and acknowledged by both designated representatives before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and shall be filed no later than sixty days prior to the election at which the initiative is to be voted upon.   History. Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 632, § 1, effective May 6. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1179, § 17, effective May 15.