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CO Code § 1-12-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-103. Petition for Recall - Statement of Grounds

 Eligible electors of the state or a political subdivision may initiate the recall of an elected official by signing a petition that demands the election of a successor to the officer named in the petition. The petition must contain a general statement, consisting of two hundred words or less, stating the ground or grounds on which the recall is sought. The general statement shall not include any profane or false statements. The statement is for the information of the electors who are the sole and exclusive judges of the legality, reasonableness, and sufficiency of the ground or grounds assigned for the recall. The ground or grounds are not open to review.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 794, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1038, § 2, effective May 29. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1655, § 54, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-104. Signatures Required for State and County Officers

  A petition to recall a state or county officer shall be signed by eligible electors equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding general election for all candidates for the office which the incumbent sought to be recalled occupies.    If more than one person is required by law to be elected to fill the office to which the person sought to be recalled is an incumbent, then the petition shall be signed by eligible electors entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be recalled equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding general election for all candidates for the office to which the incumbent sought to be recalled was elected, the entire vote being divided by the number of all officers elected to the office at the last preceding general election.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 794, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 1061, § 2, effective May 27.
CO Code § 1-12-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-105. Signatures Required for School District Officers

 A petition to recall a school district officer shall be signed by eligible electors of the school district equal in number to at least forty percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding election for all candidates for the school district director position occupied by the incumbent sought to be recalled. If no such election was held, the petition shall be signed by eligible electors of the school district equal in number to at least ten percent of those electors residing within the school district on the date that the petition is approved as to form under section 1-12-108 (4) . In no case shall the number required for recall be less than ten percent of eligible electors qualified to vote in the most recent biennial school election; except that no more than fifteen thousand signatures is required.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 794, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1061, § 3, effective May 27. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1039, § 3, effective May 29. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1617, § 39, effective May 29.    Cross references:   For the determination of existence of vacancy in county offices, see § 30-10-105 .
CO Code § 1-12-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-107. Designated Election Officials

  For state recall elections, the petition shall be filed with the secretary of state who shall review and approve as to form the petition for recall as provided in section 1-12-108 (4), certify the sufficiency of the petition, and notify the governor, who shall set the date for the election. The election must be conducted by the appropriate county clerk and recorders in the manner provided in this title 1 for state elections.    For county recall elections, the county clerk and recorder shall review and approve as to form the petition as provided in section 1-12-108 (4). The petition shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder who shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and call and conduct the election.    For school board recall elections, the county clerk and recorder shall review and approve as to form the petition as provided in section 1-12-108 (4). The petition shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the school district's administrative offices are located. The clerk and recorder of the county shall certify the sufficiency of the petition and call and conduct the election.    Repealed.    No designated election official may, by rule, regulation, order, or any other official act, suspend or avoid the requirement that recall elections be held as mail ballot elections.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 795, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1039, § 5, effective May 29. L. 2014: (5) added,(SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 618, § 3, effective May 9. L. 2021: (1) amended and (4) repealed,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1655, § 55, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-12-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-109. Resignation

 If an officer whose recall is sought offers a resignation, it shall be accepted and the vacancy caused by the resignation shall be filled as provided by law. The person appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation shall hold the office only until the person elected at the recall election is qualified; except that, if the recall election is canceled in accordance with section 1-12-110 (1) , the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold the office until it is filled at the next regularly scheduled election for that office.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 795, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1044, § 7, effective May 29.
CO Code § 1-12-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-110. Call for Election - Cancellation of Recall Election

  If the officer whose recall is sought does not resign within five days after the sufficiency of the recall petition has been certified by the designated election official and the time for protest has passed, the designated election official shall call the election and set the election date as required by section 1-12-111; except that, if the officer whose recall is sought resigns at any time prior to the deadline to submit a petition as a successor candidate in accordance with section 1-12-117, the recall election shall be canceled.    If the officer whose recall is sought resigns at any time after the deadline to submit a petition as a successor candidate, the recall election shall be called and held notwithstanding the resignation.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 795, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 849, § 73, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1044, § 8, effective May 29.
CO Code § 1-12-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-111. Setting Date of Recall Election

  If the recall petition is held to be sufficient under section 1-12-108 (8)(c) and after the time for protest has passed and any such protest has been fully adjudicated, the designated election official shall wait five days to see if the incumbent resigns. If five days have passed and the incumbent has not resigned, the designated election official shall submit the certificate of sufficiency to the governor, or create the certificate and keep a copy, as appropriate, on the sixth day after the time for protest has passed and any such protest has been fully adjudicated. The designated election official shall post the certificate on his or her official website by twelve noon on the day after the day on which he or she submits or creates the certificate of sufficiency.    After receiving or creating the certificate of sufficiency, the governor or designated election official shall, within twenty-four hours, set a date for holding the election, which date shall be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the statement of sufficiency has been submitted or created; except that, if a general election is to be held within ninety days after the statement of sufficiency has been submitted or created, the recall election must be held as a part of that election. For a county or school district election, if a general election is to be held within one hundred twenty days after the statement of sufficiency has been submitted or created, the recall election must be held as part of that election. Regardless of any other requirement found in this section, a county or school district recall election may not be held within sixty days after the date of a primary, general, or congressional vacancy election.    If, during the same fifteen-day period, the designated election official of a county or school district office approves recall petitions for circulation against more than one elected official in the same political subdivision, the designated election official may delay setting the date for holding the election until the sufficiency of all recall petitions for that political subdivision are finally determined and adjudicated.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 796, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1063, § 6, effective May 27. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1044, § 9, effective May 29. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 619, § 6, effective May 9. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1662, § 57, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-12-111.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-111.7. Recall Election Notice - Publication

  For a recall election of a state officer, the governor and the secretary of state shall publish notice of the recall election on their websites.    For a recall election for an officer other than a state officer, the designated election official shall publish notice of the recall election on its website or in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with section 1-5-205.     History. Source: L. 2012: Entire section added,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1045, § 11, effective May 29. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1663, § 58, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-112. Ballots - Statement Included

  In addition to all other requirements of law, the official ballot must contain the statement described in section 1-12-103 stating the grounds for demanding the officer's recall. The officer sought to be recalled may submit to the designated election official a statement of three hundred words or fewer justifying the officer's course of conduct. The officer shall not include any profane or false statements in the statement of justification. The officer shall submit the statement no later than ten days after the statement of sufficiency has been submitted or created. The official ballot must contain the statement of justification if submitted pursuant to this subsection (1).    Ballots for the election of a successor to the officer sought to be recalled must contain the candidates' names, which must be placed on the ballot by lot.    The official ballot for the election of a successor to the officer sought to be recalled shall contain a blank space in which the elector may write the name of a write-in candidate who has timely filed an affidavit of intent in accordance with section 1-12-115.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 796, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 1063, § 7, effective May 27. L. 2012: (1) amended and (3) added,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1045, § 12, effective May 29. L. 2021: (1) and (2) amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1663, § 59, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-113. Conduct and Timing of Recall Election

  Except as modified by this article, the recall election and election of a successor shall be conducted according to articles 1 to 13 of this title.    Except as otherwise provided in this part 1, for a recall election, all events in the uniform election code that are to be completed by the secretary of state, designated election official, or coordinated election official on or before the forty-fifth day prior to the election must be completed no later than the thirty-fifth day prior to the recall election.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 796, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1045, § 13, effective May 29. L. 2021: (2) amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1663, § 60, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-115. Write-in Candidates

 No write-in vote for any office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been filed indicating that the person for whom the write-in vote is made desires the office and is legally qualified to assume the duties of the office if elected. The affidavit of intent must be filed with the designated election official no later than twenty-five calendar days before the date for holding the election.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 796, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 849, § 75, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1046, § 15, effective May 29. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1665, § 62, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-116. Sufficiency of the Recall

 If a majority of those voting on the question of the recall of any incumbent from office vote “no”, the incumbent continues in office; if a majority vote “yes”, the incumbent is removed from office upon the qualification of the successor. If an even number of electors vote “no” and “yes” on the question of the recall of the incumbent from office, the incumbent continues in office.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 796, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1665, § 63, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-12-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-118. Election of Successor

  The election of a successor is held at the same time as the recall election. The names of those persons nominated as candidates to succeed the person sought to be recalled, except write-in candidates, shall appear on the ballot. The name of the person against whom the petition is filed shall not appear on the ballot as a candidate for office.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 95, p. 850, § 77, effective July 1, 1995.)     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 797, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 850, § 77, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1047, § 17, effective May 29. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 621, § 9, effective May 9.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-12-118.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-118.5. Postelection Protest of Successor Candidate Qualification - Procedure

     Within seventy-two hours after certification of results of a recall election conducted under this article, any elector who is registered in a political subdivision represented by an official subject to recall may file a protest using the procedures in section 1-1-113 alleging that the successor candidate who received the highest number of votes fails to qualify for the office. The protest must be filed in the district court in the county in which the petition determination was issued.    Any protest filed under paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) takes precedence over all other nonemergency civil matters before the district court.       If the court determines, pursuant to a protest filed under subsection (1) of this section, that the successor candidate against whom the protest is made fails to qualify, that individual may not take office. In such case, the office is deemed vacant and shall be filled according to law, including section 2 (3) of article V of the state constitution and part 2 of this article. The officer recalled in the recall election at which the unqualified successor was elected is ineligible to fill the vacancy.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 622, § 10, effective May 9.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-12-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 12 - Recall and Vacancies in Office|Part 1 - Recall From Office|§ 1-12-119. Canvass of Votes - Notification of Results

  For the recall of a partisan officer, the canvass board shall be composed of one representative from each major political party and the county clerk and recorder.    For the recall of a nonpartisan officer, the canvass board shall be composed of the designated election official, one member of the governing body, and one eligible elector of the political subdivision.    The canvass board shall complete and certify the abstract of votes in accordance with article 10 of this title.    If the majority of those voting on the recall question voted “yes”, upon receipt of the certified abstract of votes cast, the designated election official shall issue a certificate of election to the successor candidate who received the highest number of votes. A copy of the certificate shall be transmitted by the secretary of state to the appropriate house of the general assembly for recall elections concerning the general assembly and to the governor for the recall of all other elections of state officers. For all other recall elections, a copy of the certificate shall be transmitted to the governing body of the political subdivision. The candidate who received the highest number of votes shall be sworn in and shall assume the duties of the office upon certification of the election results.    If less than a majority of those voting on the recall question voted “yes”, upon receipt of the certified abstract of votes cast, the designated election official shall notify in writing the incumbent, each candidate for the office, the committee, and the governing body of the incumbent.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 797, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (3) and (4) amended, p. 850, § 78, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 491, § 22, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1047, § 18, effective May 29.