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CO Code § 1-4-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 3 - Presidential Elections|§ 1-4-304. Presidential Electors

  The presidential electors shall convene at the capital of the state, in the office of the governor at the capitol building, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in the first December following their election at the hour of 12 noon and take the oath required by law for presidential electors. If any vacancy occurs in the office of a presidential elector because of death, refusal to act, absence, or other cause, the presidential electors present shall immediately proceed to fill the vacancy in the electoral college. When all vacancies have been filled, the presidential electors shall proceed to perform the duties required of them by the constitution and laws of the United States. The vote for president and vice president shall be taken by open ballot.    The secretary of state shall give notice in writing to each of the presidential electors of the time and place of the meeting at least ten days prior to the meeting.    The secretary of state shall provide the presidential electors with the necessary blanks, forms, certificates, or other papers or documents required to enable them to properly perform their duties.    If desired, the presidential electors may have the advice of the attorney general of the state in regard to their official duties.    Each presidential elector shall vote for the presidential candidate and, by separate ballot, vice-presidential candidate who received the highest number of votes at the preceding general election in this state.     History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 324, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 675, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2001: (5) amended, p. 1002, § 3, effective August 8.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-17-101 as it existed prior to 1980.   ANNOTATION   A presidential elector asserted a personal injury sufficient to meet the federal article III standing requirement for retrospective relief based on the elector's removal from an office to which the elector was entitled and the cancellation of the elector's vote. Baca v. Colo. Dept. of State, 935 F.3d 887 (10th Cir. 2019).   Presidential electors who claim injury based on their official roles as electors and on threats made against all of the state's electors allege a general diminution of the power of the office, which is not sufficient to meet the personal injury-in-fact requirement of standing. Baca v. Colo. Dept. of State, 935 F.3d 887 (10th Cir. 2019).
CO Code § 1-4-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 3 - Presidential Elections|§ 1-4-305. Compensation

 Every presidential elector of this state who attends and votes for those officers at the time and place appointed by law is entitled to receive the sum of five dollars per day for each day's attendance at the election and fifteen cents per mile for each mile traveled in going to and returning from the place where the electors meet, by the most usual route traveled, to be paid out of the general fund. The controller shall audit the amount and draw a warrant for the same.   History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 324, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 675, § 4, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-17-102 as it existed prior to 1980.
CO Code § 1-4-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections|§ 1-4-401. Time of Congressional Vacancy Elections

  Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, when any vacancy occurs in the office of representative in congress from this state, the governor shall set a day to hold an election to fill the vacancy and cause notice of the election to be given as required in part 2 of article 5 of this title; but no congressional vacancy election shall be held during the ninety days prior to a general election or less than eighty-five days or more than one hundred days after the vacancy occurs.    A congressional vacancy election shall be conducted and the results thereof surveyed and certified in all respects as nearly as practicable in like manner as for general elections, except as otherwise provided in this code.     History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 324, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 350, § 10, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 676, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1765, § 3, effective June 6. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 829, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 409, § 2, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1063, § 5, effective May 27.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-11-101 as it existed prior to 1980.   Cross references:   For registration for congressional vacancy elections, see § 1-2-210 ; for the power of the county central committee to fill vacancies, see § 1-3-104 ; for filling vacancies to serve as judges of elections, see § 1-6-113 .
CO Code § 1-4-401.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections|§ 1-4-401.5. Special Congressional Vacancy Election - Continuity in Representation - Rules

  In the event of a declaration by the speaker of the United States house of representatives pursuant to 2 U.S.C. sec. 8 (b) that vacancies exist in more than one hundred of the offices of representatives in congress and where one or more of those vacancies is in the office of representative in congress from this state, the governor shall issue a proclamation setting a day to hold a special congressional vacancy election. The special congressional vacancy election shall be conducted on a Tuesday not more than forty-nine days after the date of the declaration, unless a general election for the office is to be held within seventy-five days of the date of the declaration.    Candidates at the special congressional vacancy election shall be nominated by the party congressional central committee selected pursuant to section 1-3-103 (3) not later than ten days after the declaration by the speaker of the United States house of representatives described in subsection (1) of this section.    A person who desires to be an unaffiliated candidate at the special congressional vacancy election shall submit to the secretary of state a notarized candidate's statement of intent together with a nonrefundable filing fee of five hundred dollars.    The secretary of state shall have the authority to promulgate rules as may be necessary to administer and enforce any provision of this section or to adjust statutory deadlines to ensure that a special congressional vacancy election is held within the time required by this section and 2 U.S.C. sec. 8 (b).     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 409, § 3, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-4-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections|§ 1-4-402. Nominations of Political Party Candidates

     Any convention of delegates of a political party or any committee authorized by resolution of the convention shall nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy in the unexpired term of a representative in congress. A state central committee, its managing or executive committee selected pursuant to section 1-3-105 (2), or any other committee designated by the bylaws of the state central committee to convene a convention to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy in the unexpired term of a representative in congress shall convene the convention and shall provide the procedure for the nomination of the candidate. A copy of the notice of election, as set by the governor and filed with the secretary of state, shall be sent by certified mail to the state chairperson of each political party.    Upon receipt of the notice, the state chairperson shall issue a call for the state convention, stating the number of delegates from each county and the method of their selection.    No convention shall be held later than the twentieth day from the date of the order issued by the governor.      Any candidate nominated by a political party must be affiliated with the party for at least twelve consecutive months prior to the date the convention begins, as shown in the statewide voter registration system. (d) (I) Any candidate nominated by a political party must be affiliated with the party for at least twelve consecutive months prior to the date the convention begins, as shown in the statewide voter registration system.    Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (d), if a political party has established a rule regarding the length of affiliation which is necessary to be eligible for nomination by convention for the office of representative in congress, the party rule shall apply.          The nomination to fill the vacancy in the unexpired term of a representative in congress made by the political party convention or a committee authorized by the convention shall be certified by affidavit of the presiding officer and secretary of the convention or committee.      History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 325, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 362, § 1, effective January 14; (1) amended, p. 351, § 11, effective July 1. L. 88: (1)(d) amended, p. 293, § 2, effective May 29. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 676, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (1)(d)(II) amended, p. 160, § 8, effective August 4. L. 2016: (1)(d)(I) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 575, § 27, effective May 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-14-107 as it existed prior to 1980.   Cross references:   For methods of nomination, see §§ 1-4-502 and 1-4-503 ; for protests of designations and nominations, see § 1-4-909 .
CO Code § 1-4-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections|§ 1-4-403. Nomination of Unaffiliated Candidates for Congressional Vacancy Election

  Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, candidates for congress at a congressional vacancy election who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party may be nominated pursuant to the provisions of section 1-4-802.    Petitions must be filed by 3 p.m. on the twentieth day after the date of the order issued by the governor.     History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 325, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 83: Entire section R&RE, p. 351, § 12, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 677, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 762, § 19, effective May 20. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 410, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2011: (2) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1063, § 6, effective May 27.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-14-107 (5) as it existed prior to 1980.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations are taken from a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.   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).   All nominees of minor political parties are required to file an acceptance. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   And if they do not file an acceptance within the specified time, their failure to do so is equivalent to an express declination. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   And such nomination will be treated as vacant. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   The certificate of nomination has no force or effect if not filed within the time required by law. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   Although nominee has already accepted a nomination for the same office upon another ticket, the secretary of state is justified in refusing to certify it for a place on the ballot where nominee fails to file his acceptance. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   Without an express written acceptance there is just as much a vacancy as if a nominee by convention should expressly decline to accept. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).
CO Code § 1-4-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 4 - Congressional Vacancy Elections|§ 1-4-404. Nomination and Acceptance of Candidate

 Any person nominated in accordance with this article 4 shall file a written acceptance with the secretary of state by mail or hand delivery. The written acceptance must be postmarked or received by the secretary of state within four business days after the adjournment of the assembly. If an acceptance is not filed within the specified time, the candidate is deemed to have declined the nomination, and the nomination must be treated as a vacancy to be filled as provided in part 10 of this article 4.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 351, § 13, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 677, § 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 829, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 832, § 9, effective May 5. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 962, § 6, effective August 9.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.   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).   All nominees of minor political parties are required to file an acceptance. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   And if they do not file an acceptance within the specified time, their failure to do so is equivalent to an express declination. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   And such nomination will be treated as vacant. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   The certificate of nomination has no force or effect if not filed within the time required by law. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   Although nominee has already accepted a nomination for the same office upon another ticket, the secretary of state is justified in refusing to certify it for a place on the ballot where nominee fails to file his acceptance. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).   Without an express written acceptance there is just as much a vacancy as if a nominee by convention should expressly decline to accept. O'Connor v. Smithers, 45 Colo. 23 , 99 P. 46 (1908).
CO Code § 1-4-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 5 - Qualifications for Office and Methods of Nomination|§ 1-4-503. Method of Nomination for Nonpartisan Candidates

 Nominations for all elected nonpartisan local government officials must be by petition for nomination as provided in part 8 of this article.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 678, § 5, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 450, § 4, effective August 4. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 72, § 36, effective February 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 1-4-502 and 1-4-801 as they existed prior to 1992.   Cross references:    For filing of petitions and certificates of designation of assembly, see § 1-4-604.    For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-4-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 5 - Qualifications for Office and Methods of Nomination|§ 1-4-504. Documents Are Public Records

 All certificates of designation, petitions, certificates of nomination, acceptances, declinations, and withdrawals are public records as soon as they are filed and are open to public inspection under proper regulation. When a copy of any document is presented at the time the original is filed or at any time thereafter and a request is made to have a copy compared and certified, the officer with whom the document is filed shall forthwith compare the copy with the original on file and, if necessary, correct the copy and certify and deliver the copy to the person who presented it upon the payment in advance of the copy and certification charge. All filed documents shall be preserved pursuant to section 1-7-802 , unless otherwise ordered or restrained by some court.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 678, § 5, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-503 as it existed prior to 1992.   Cross references:   For statutes pertaining to public records generally, see article 72 of title 24; for filing of petitions and certificates of designation of assembly, see § 1-4-604 .
CO Code § 1-4-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 6 - Political Party Designation for Primary Election|§ 1-4-605. Order of Names on Primary Ballot

 Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office shall be placed on the primary election ballot in the order of the vote received at the assembly. The candidate receiving the highest vote shall be placed first in order on the ballot, followed by the candidate receiving the next highest vote, and so on until all of the candidates designated have been placed on the ballot. The names of two or more candidates receiving an equal number of votes for designation by assembly shall be placed on the primary ballot in the order determined by lot in accordance with section 1-4-601 (2) . Candidates by petition for any particular office shall follow assembly candidates and shall be placed on the primary election ballot in an order established by lot.   History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 329, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 258, § 10, effective May 31. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 683, § 6, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-14-209 as it existed prior to 1980.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Petitioner's name allowed to appear on ballot. Where the secretary of state accepted and approved the petition filed by petitioner and no objections were filed as to the validity of his petition, there was no issue in reference to his right to appear on the primary ballot as a candidate by petition and his name did appear. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).   The fact that several candidates have been designated by the party assembly does not preclude a petition candidate from having his petition accepted by the secretary of state (or county clerk, as the case may be) and his name listed as a candidate for his party's nomination on the primary ballot. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
CO Code § 1-4-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 7 - Conventions - Political Party Nominations|§ 1-4-702. Nominations of Candidates for General Election by Convention

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political party may choose to change from the nomination of candidates by primary election to the nomination of candidates by assembly or convention for all offices including, but not limited to, united states senator, representative in congress, all elective state, district, and county officers, and members of the general assembly if at least three-fourths of the total membership of the party's state central committee votes to use the assembly or convention nomination process; except that nominations by major political parties for candidates for lieutenant governor shall be made by the party's candidate for governor pursuant to section 1-4-502 (3). Such vote of the party central committee shall occur no later than October 1 of the year preceding the year in which an assembly or convention nominating process is to be used.    A political party nominating candidates by party assembly or convention shall nominate the candidates of the party and make such nominations public not later than seventy-five days before the general election.    Whichever method of candidate selection is chosen by a major political party as between primary election, assembly or convention, all of the candidates for that party at any level of office in that election year must be selected by such method, except that the requirements of this provision shall not apply to a primary for president of the united states if such an election is held.     History. Source: Initiated 2016: Entire section added, Proposition 108, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2823 .    Editor's note:   This section was amended by initiative in 2016. The vote count on Proposition 108 at the general election held November 8, 2016, was as follows:   FOR: :u940 1,398,577   AGAINST: :u940 1,227,117   Cross references:   For the declaration of the people of Colorado in Proposition 108, see section 1 on p. 2822, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Colorado Election Law Update”, see 46 Colo. Law. 53 (Aug.-Sept. 2017).
CO Code § 1-4-803 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 8 - Nomination of Candidates by Petition|§ 1-4-803. Petitions for Nominating School District Directors

     Any person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director in a school district in which fewer than one thousand students are enrolled shall file a nomination petition signed by at least twenty-five eligible electors from throughout the school district, regardless of the school district's plan of representation. Any person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director in a school district in which one thousand students or more are enrolled shall file a nomination petition signed by at least fifty eligible electors from throughout the school district, regardless of the school district's plan of representation. An eligible elector may sign as many petitions as candidates for whom that elector may vote.    A person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director may not circulate the nomination petition for signatures prior to ninety days before the election.    The petition may designate or appoint on its face one or more eligible electors as a committee to fill vacancies in the nomination.       The nomination petition must be filed no later than sixty-seven days before the election date.    If a school district has an at-large method of representation and if terms of different lengths are to be filled at a district election, candidates must designate on the nomination petition the term for which they are running.    A candidate for the office of school director shall not run as a candidate of any political party for that school directorship.    The candidate for the office of school director shall have been a registered elector of the school district, as shown on the books of the county clerk and recorder, for at least twelve consecutive months prior to the date of the election.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 686, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1406, § 30, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1153, § 14, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 831, § 30, effective July 1. L. 98: (5) amended, p. 291, § 2, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 468, § 1, effective April 30; (2) amended, p. 765, § 26, effective May 20. L. 2006: (1) and (5) amended, p. 1024, § 6, effective May 25. L. 2017: (1)(c) added, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 947, § 3, effective August 9.