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CO Code § 1-13-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-107. Violation of Duty

 [ ] Any public officer, election official, or other person upon whom any duty is imposed by this code who violates, neglects, or fails to perform such duty or is guilty of corrupt conduct in the discharge of the same or any notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths who administers any oath knowing it to be false or who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to a matter connected with any election provided by law is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 3, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-111 and 1-30-113 (1) as they existed prior to 1980.    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.     ANNOTATION   There was insufficient evidence to find that the secretary of state had a conflict of interest with a voting equipment vendor, exercised undue influence in the certification and testing process, or engaged in corrupt conduct in the discharge of his duties. Colo. Ethics Watch v. Coffman, Indep. Ethics Comm'n 08-01.
CO Code § 1-13-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-107. Violation of Duty

 [ ] Any public officer, election official, or other person upon whom any duty is imposed by this code who violates, neglects, or fails to perform such duty or is guilty of corrupt conduct in the discharge of the same or any notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths who administers any oath knowing it to be false or who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to a matter connected with any election provided by law upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 3, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-109. False or Reckless Statements Relating to Candidates or Questions Submitted to Electors - Penalties - Definitions

     No person shall knowingly make, publish, broadcast, or circulate or cause to be made, published, broadcasted, or circulated in any letter, circular, advertisement, or poster or in any other communication any false statement designed to affect the vote on any issue submitted to the electors at any election or relating to any candidate for election to public office.    [ ] Any person who violates any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) commits a class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.         No person shall recklessly make, publish, broadcast, or circulate or cause to be made, published, broadcasted, or circulated in any letter, circular, advertisement, or poster or in any other communication any false statement designed to affect the vote on any issue submitted to the electors at any election or relating to any candidate for election to public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this subsection (2), a person acts “recklessly” when he or she acts in conscious disregard of the truth or falsity of the statement made, published, broadcasted, or circulated.    Any person who violates any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) commits a class 2 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.       For purposes of this section, “person” means any natural person, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, political party, or other organization or group of persons, including a group organized under section 527 of the internal revenue code.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(b) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (b) [ ] Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1)(a) of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of subsection (1)(b) is effective March 1, 2022.   History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1464, § 8, effective October 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1366, § 1, effective September 1. L. 2021: (1)(b) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 4, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-30-133 as it existed prior to 1980.    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.     Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 1-13-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-110. Wagers With Electors

 [ ] It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for election to public office, before or during any election provided by law, to make any bet or wager with an elector, or take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to, any such bet or wager, or provide or agree to provide any money to be used by another in making such bet or wager upon any event or contingency arising out of such election. Each such offense is a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, the offender shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 5, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-126 and 1-30-104 as they existed prior to 1980.    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.     ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   The prohibition of wagers with electors is penal in nature. Bd. of Trustees v. People ex rel. Keith, 13 Colo. App. 553, 59 P. 72 (1899).   But it does not make a forfeiture of office a part of the punishment. Bd. of Trustees v. People ex rel. Keith, 13 Colo. App. 553, 59 P. 72 (1899).   Even if the offense were sufficient to justify a removal from office, a board of trustees could not remove the mayor of a town on such charge till he had been tried and convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction. Bd. of Trustees v. People ex rel. Keith, 13 Colo. App. 553, 59 P. 72 (1899).
CO Code § 1-13-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-110. Wagers With Electors

 [ ] It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for election to public office, before or during any election provided by law, to make any bet or wager with an elector, or take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to, any such bet or wager, or provide or agree to provide any money to be used by another in making such bet or wager upon any event or contingency arising out of such election. Any person who violates this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 5, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-111. Penalties for Election Offenses

 [ ] In all cases where an offense is denominated by this code as being a misdemeanor and no penalty is specified, the offender, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 6, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-13-104 (2) as it existed prior to 1980.    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 § 1-13-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-111. Penalties for Election Offenses

 [ ] In all cases in which an offense denominated in this code has no penalty specified, the offender commits a class 2 misdemeanor.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 6, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-112. Offenses Relating to Mail Ballots

 [ ] Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with such a ballot shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than eighteen months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 318, § 2, effective January 1, 1991. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 852, § 83, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 7, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   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 § 1-13-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-112. Offenses Relating to Mail Ballots

 [ ] Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with such a ballot upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 318, § 2, effective January 1, 1991. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 852, § 83, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3123, § 7, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-113. Interference With Distribution of Election Material

 [ ] During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars. Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1627, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 8, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:   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 § 1-13-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-113. Interference With Distribution of Election Material

 [ ] During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1627, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 8, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-114. Failure to Comply With Requirements of Secretary of State

 [ ] Any person who willfully interferes or willfully refuses to comply with the rules of the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designated agent in the carrying out of the powers and duties prescribed in section 1-1-107 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 96: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1764, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 9, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-1-107 (3) as it existed prior to 1996.    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 § 1-13-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 1 - Offenses - General Provisions|§ 1-13-114. Failure to Comply With Requirements of Secretary of State

 [ ] Any person who willfully interferes or willfully refuses to comply with the rules of the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designated agent in the carrying out of the powers and duties prescribed in section 1-1-107 upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 96: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1764, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 9, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 2 - Offenses - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13-201. Interfering With or Impeding Registration

 [ ] Any person who intentionally interferes with or impedes the registration of electors, whether by act of commission or by failure to perform any act or duty imposed or required for the proper administration of parts 2 and 3 of article 2 of this title, or who knowingly permits or encourages another to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . A person who collects a voter registration application from an eligible elector for mailing or delivery to the county clerk and recorder and who fails to mail or deliver the application to the proper county clerk and recorder within five business days after the application is signed is guilty of a violation of this section; except that this section shall not apply to a voter registration drive circulator or voter registration drive organizer, who shall be subject to the penalties described in part 7 of article 2 of this title.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1425, § 54, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1460, § 54, effective June 6. L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 839, § 27, effective May 5. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 10, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-13-108 as it existed prior to 1980.    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 § 1-13-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 2 - Offenses - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13-201. Interfering With or Impeding Registration

 [ ] Any person who intentionally interferes with or impedes the registration of electors, whether by act of commission or by failure to perform any act or duty imposed or required for the proper administration of parts 2 and 3 of article 2 of this title 1, or who knowingly permits or encourages another to do so upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . A person who collects a voter registration application from an eligible elector for mailing or delivery to the county clerk and recorder and who fails to mail or deliver the application to the proper county clerk and recorder within five business days after the application is signed is guilty of a violation of this section; except that this section shall not apply to a voter registration drive circulator or voter registration drive organizer, who shall be subject to the penalties described in part 7 of article 2 of this title 1.  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1425, § 54, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1460, § 54, effective June 6. L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 839, § 27, effective May 5. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 10, effective March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 2 - Offenses - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13-202. Unlawful Qualification as Taxpaying Elector

 [ ] It is unlawful to take or place title to property in the name of another or to pay the taxes or to take or issue a tax receipt in the name of another for the purpose of attempting to qualify such person as a taxpaying elector or as a qualified taxpaying elector or to aid or assist any person to do so. The ballot of any person violating this section shall be void. Any person, company, corporation, or association violating this section shall forfeit and lose all rights, franchises, or other benefits accruing or to accrue to the benefit of such person, company, corporation, or association by or as the result of any such election. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 11, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-13-113 as it existed prior to 1980.    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 § 1-13-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13 - Election Offenses|Part 2 - Offenses - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13-202. Unlawful Qualification as Taxpaying Elector

 [ ] It is unlawful to take or place title to property in the name of another or to pay the taxes or to take or issue a tax receipt in the name of another for the purpose of attempting to qualify such person as a taxpaying elector or as a qualified taxpaying elector or to aid or assist any person to do so. The ballot of any person violating this section shall be void. Any person, company, corporation, or association violating this section shall forfeit and lose all rights, franchises, or other benefits accruing or to accrue to the benefit of such person, company, corporation, or association by or as the result of any such election. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 .  Editor's note: This version of this section is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 11, effective March 1, 2022.