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CO Code § 1-13.5-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-606. Manner of Voting in Precincts Using Paper Ballots

  In precincts that use paper ballots, upon receiving his or her ballot, an eligible elector shall immediately retire alone to one of the voting booths provided and shall prepare the ballot by marking or stamping in ink or indelible pencil, in the appropriate margin or place, a cross mark (x) opposite the name of the candidate of the elector's choice for each office to be filled; except that no cross mark (x) is required opposite the name of a write-in candidate. In case of a question submitted to a vote of the people, the elector shall mark or stamp, in the appropriate margin or place, a cross mark (x) opposite the answer that he or she desires to give. Before leaving the voting booth, the elector shall fold the ballot without displaying the marks thereon so that the contents of the ballot are concealed and the stub can be removed without exposing any of the contents of the ballot, and the elector must keep the ballot folded until the elector deposits the ballot in the ballot box.    Each eligible elector who has prepared a ballot and is ready to cast his or her vote shall then leave the voting booth and approach the election judge in charge of the ballot box. The elector shall give his or her name to that judge, who shall announce the name of such elector and the number upon the duplicate stub of the ballot, which number must correspond with the stub number previously placed on the registration list or pollbook. If the stub number of the ballot corresponds and is identified by the initials of the election judge placed thereupon, the election judge shall then remove the duplicate stub from the ballot. The ballot must then be returned to the eligible elector, who shall, in full view of the election judges, cast his or her vote by depositing the ballot in the ballot box.    Each eligible elector shall mark and deposit his or her ballot without undue delay and shall leave the immediate voting area as soon as the elector votes. No elector shall occupy a voting booth already occupied by another, nor remain within the immediate voting area for more than ten minutes, nor occupy a voting booth for more than five minutes if all such booths are in use and other electors are waiting to occupy the same. No eligible elector whose name has been entered on the pollbook is allowed to reenter the immediate voting area during the election except when accompanied by an election judge.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 25, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-607 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-607. Eligible Elector Requiring Assistance

  Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-13.5-606 to the contrary, if, at any election, an eligible elector declares under oath to the election judges of the polling place that, by reason of visual impairment or other physical disability or inability to read or write, the elector is unable to prepare his or her ballot or operate the voting machine without assistance, the elector may, upon request, receive the assistance of any one of the election judges or, at the elector's option, any other person selected by the elector requiring assistance. No person, other than an election judge, is permitted to enter a voting booth as an assistant to more than one elector.    A notation must be made in the pollbook opposite the name of each voter thus assisted indicating that the voter was assisted.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 25, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-608 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-608. Spoiled Ballots

 In polling places that use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, no person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If any elector spoils a ballot, he or she may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon returning each spoiled one. The spoiled ballots so returned shall be immediately canceled and shall be preserved and returned to the designated election official along with other election records and supplies.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 26, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-609 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-609. Counting Paper Ballots

  As soon as the polls at any election are finally closed, the election judges shall immediately open the ballot box and proceed to count the votes cast, and, before the election judges adjourn, the counting thereof shall continue until finished. The election judges shall first count the number of ballots in the box. If the ballots are found to exceed the number of names entered on the pollbook, the election judges shall then examine the official endorsements upon the ballots, and if, in the unanimous opinion of the judges, any of the ballots in excess of the number on the pollbook do not bear the proper official endorsement, they shall be put into a separate pile, and a separate record and return of the votes in such ballots shall be made under the heading “excess ballots”. When the ballots and the pollbook agree, the election judges shall proceed to count the votes. Each ballot shall be read and counted separately, and every name separately marked as voted for on such ballot where there is no conflict to obscure the intention of the voter, and shall be read and marked upon the tally sheets before proceeding to any other ballot. Each ballot, excepting excess ballots, shall be read and counted and placed upon the tally sheets in like manner.    When all the votes have been read and counted, the ballots, together with one of the tally lists, shall be placed in a box or appropriate container, and the opening shall be carefully sealed, and each of the election judges shall place his or her initials on said seal. The sealed box shall be delivered to the designated election official pursuant to section 1-13.5-614.    All persons, except election judges and watchers, are excluded from the place where the counting is being carried on until the count has been completed.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 26, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-610 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-610. Counting by Counting Judges

  In precincts with counting judges, the receiving judges as directed by the designated election official shall deliver to the counting judges the ballot box containing cast ballots and the receiving judges shall then use another ballot box furnished for voting. The receiving judges shall open, empty, and lock the alternate ballot box in the manner prescribed in section 1-13.5-603.    When the counting judges have counted the votes in a ballot box, they shall return the empty ballot box to the receiving judges and exchange it for the box containing ballots cast since taking possession of the first ballot box. The judges shall continue to exchange ballot boxes in the same manner until the polls are closed and shall continue counting until all ballots have been counted.    When an exchange of ballot boxes is made as described in subsection (2) of this section, the receiving judges shall sign and furnish to the counting judges a statement showing the number of ballots that are to be found in each ballot box as indicated by the pollbooks. The counting judges shall then count ballots in the manner prescribed in section 1-13.5-609.    The designated election official may provide a separate room or building for the counting judges.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 26, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-611 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-611. Tally Sheets

 As the election judges open and read the ballots, the votes that each candidate and any ballot issue or ballot question received must be carefully marked down, upon tally sheets prepared by the designated election official for that purpose, by any appropriate election official.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 27, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-612 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-612. Defective Ballots

  If an elector votes for more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or, if it is impossible to determine the choice of an elector for an office to be filled, the elector's ballot will not be counted for that office. A defective or an incomplete cross marked on any ballot in a proper place must be counted if there is no other mark or cross on such ballot indicating an intention to vote for some person other than those indicated by the first mentioned defective cross or mark. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 1-13.5-704, may be deposited in the ballot box, and only ballots provided in accordance with this article shall be counted. If the election judges discover in the counting of votes that the name of any candidate voted for is misspelled or the initial letters of a candidate's given name are transposed or omitted in part or altogether on the ballot, the vote for the candidate must be counted if the intention of the elector to vote for the candidate is apparent.    Ballots not counted must be marked “defective” on the back thereof and shall be preserved for such time as is provided in section 1-13.5-616 for ballots and destroyed as therein directed.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 27, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-613 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-613. Judges' Certificate - Statement on Ballots

  As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, the election judges shall make a certificate stating:   The name of each candidate, designating the office for which each candidate received votes;    The number of votes each candidate received, which number must be expressed in words, at full length, and in numerical figures; and    The ballot issue or ballot question, if any, voted upon and the number of votes counted for and against the ballot issue or ballot question.         In addition, the election judges shall make a statement in writing showing the number of ballots voted, containing a separate statement that identifies and specifies each of the following:   The number of ballots delivered to electors;    The number of ballots not delivered to electors;    The number of unofficial and substitute ballots voted;    The number of spoiled ballots; and    The number of ballots returned.       All unused ballots, spoiled ballots, and stubs of ballots voted must be returned with the statement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2).         History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 27, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-614 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-614. Delivery of Election Returns, Ballot Boxes, and Other Election Papers

 When all the votes have been read and counted, an election judge shall deliver to the designated election official the certificate and statement required by section 1-13.5-613 , the ballot boxes and all keys or seals thereto, and the registration and property owners lists, pollbooks, tally sheets, spoiled ballots, unused ballots, ballot stubs, oaths, affidavits, and other election papers and supplies. The delivery must be made at once and with all convenient speed, and informality in delivery does not invalidate the vote of any polling place when delivery has been made prior to the completion of the official abstract of the votes by the canvassers pursuant to section 1-13.5-1305 . The designated election official shall provide a receipt for all papers so delivered.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 28, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-615 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-615. Abstract of Votes - Judges to Post Returns

     In addition to all certificates otherwise required to be made of the count of votes cast at any election, the election judges are required to make an abstract of the count of votes containing the names of the offices, the names of the candidates, any ballot issues or ballot questions voted upon, and the number of votes counted for and against each candidate or ballot measure.    Suitable blanks for the required abstract shall be prepared, printed, and furnished to all election judges at the same time and in the same manner as other election supplies are furnished.       Immediately upon completion of the count, the abstract required under subsection (1) of this section must be posted in a conspicuous place that can be seen from the outside of the polling place. The abstract may be removed at any time forty-eight hours after the polls close.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 28, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-616 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-616. Preservation of Ballots and Election Records

  The ballots, when not required to be taken from the sealed box for the purpose of election contests, shall remain in the sealed box in the custody of the designated election official until twenty-five months after the date the polls closed for the election at which the ballots were cast or until the time has expired for which the ballots would be needed in any contest proceedings, at which time the sealed box must be opened by the designated election official and the ballots destroyed by fire, shredding, burial, or by any other method approved by the governing body.    The designated election official shall preserve all other official election records and forms for at least six months following the date the polls closed.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 29, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-617 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-617. Ranked Voting Methods

  Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a local government may use a ranked voting method to conduct a regular election to elect the members of the governing body of the local government in accordance with section 1-7-1003, and the rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to section 1-7-1004.    A local government conducting an election using a ranked voting method may adapt the requirements of this article, including requirements concerning the form of the ballot, the method of marking the ballot, the procedure for counting ballots, and the form of the election judges' certificate, as necessary for compatibility with the ranked voting method.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 29, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-618 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 6 - Conduct of Elections|§ 1-13.5-618. Covered Voters to Receive Mail Ballots

 Notwithstanding any provision of this article 13.5 to the contrary, the designated election official of a local government shall mail a ballot to every eligible elector of the local government who is a covered voter, as that term is defined in section 1-8.3-102 , for any election conducted under this article 13.5.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 29, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-160), ch. 133, p. 537, § 4, effective September 7.
CO Code § 1-13.5-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-701. Use of Voting Machines

 Voting machines may be used in any local government election if the governing body, by resolution, authorizes their use.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 29, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-702. Judges to Inspect Machines - When

 The election judges of each polling place at which voting machines are used shall meet at the polling place at least forty-five minutes before the time set for the opening of the polls at each election. Before the polls open for an election, each judge shall carefully examine each machine used in the polling place and see that no vote has been cast and that every counter, except the protective counter, registers zero.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 29, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-703 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-703. Sample Ballots, Ballot Labels, and Instruction Cards

  Sample ballots must be produced for display at polling places in which voting machines are used and are subject to public inspection. The sample ballots must be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballot labels are arranged on the voting machine for voting. The designated election official shall provide sample ballots for each polling place. The sample ballots must be delivered to the election judges and posted in the polling place for display on election day.    The designated election official or his or her designee shall also prepare and place on each voting machine to be used in the polling place a set of official ballot labels arranged in the manner prescribed for the official election ballot to be used on voting machines. The designated election official shall deliver the required number of voting machines, equipped with the official ballot, to each polling place no later than the day prior to the day of election.    Instruction cards to guide eligible electors in casting their ballots on voting machines must be supplied by the designated election official as provided in section 1-13.5-906.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 30, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-704 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-704. Instructions to Vote

 In case an eligible elector, after entering the voting machine or voting booth, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, an election judge shall give such instruction to him or her; except that no judge or other election officer or person assisting such elector shall enter the voting machine or voting booth, except as provided in section 1-13.5-607 , or in any manner request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any such elector to vote for any particular candidate, or for or against any particular ballot issue or ballot question. After receiving instruction, the eligible elector shall vote as in the case of an unassisted voter.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 30, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-705. Length of Time to Vote

 No eligible elector shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes. If an eligible elector refuses to leave after a lapse of three minutes, the elector shall be removed by the election judges, but the judges, in their discretion, may permit an elector to remain longer than three minutes.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 30, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-706 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-706. Judge to Watch Voting Machines

 The election judges shall designate at least one judge to be stationed beside the entrance to the voting machine or voting booth during the entire period of the election to see that it is properly closed after an elector has entered to vote. At such intervals as the judge deems proper or necessary, the judge shall examine the face of the machine to ascertain whether it has been defaced or injured, to detect the wrongdoer, and to repair any injury.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 30, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-707 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-707. Designated Election Official to Supply Seals for Voting Machines

 The designated election official shall supply each polling place with a seal for each voting machine for the purpose of sealing each machine after the polls are closed and an envelope for the return of the keys and seals to the machine, as applicable, with the election returns.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 31, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-708 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-708. Close of Polls and Count of Votes

 As soon as the polls are closed, the election judges shall immediately lock and seal each voting machine to prevent further voting. Immediately after each machine is locked and sealed, the election judges shall open the counting compartments and count the votes. After the total votes for each candidate and each ballot issue or ballot question, as applicable, have been ascertained, the election judges shall make a certificate of votes cast, in numerical figures only, and return the same to the designated election official as provided in section 1-13.5-613 .   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 31, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-709 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 7 - Voting Machines|§ 1-13.5-709. Election Laws Apply - Separate Absentee Ballots Permitted

 Nothing in this part 7 prohibits the use and acceptance of separate paper ballots by absentee voters.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 31, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-801 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 8 - Electronic Voting Systems|§ 1-13.5-801. Use of Electronic Voting System

 An electronic voting system may be used in any local government election if the governing body authorizes its use.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 31, § 6, effective February 18.