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CO Code § 1-4-805 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 8 - Nomination of Candidates by Petition|§ 1-4-805. Petitions for Nominating Municipal Candidates in Coordinated Elections

 Any person who desires to be a candidate for a municipal office in a coordinated election shall, in lieu of the requirements of this article, comply with the nominating petition procedure set forth in the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S.; except that part 11 of this article, concerning write-in candidate affidavits, shall apply in such municipal elections, and any nominating petition may be circulated and signed beginning on the ninety-first day prior to the election and shall be filed with the municipal clerk no later than the seventy-first day prior to the date of the election. The petition may be amended to correct or replace signatures that the clerk finds are not in apparent conformity with the requirements of the municipal election code at any time before the sixty-seventh day before the election.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1406, § 32, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 831, § 31, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1740, § 23, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 765, § 27, effective May 20. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1522, § 1, effective May 28.
CO Code § 1-4-806 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 8 - Nomination of Candidates by Petition|§ 1-4-806. Preregistrants Eligible to Sign Petitions

 A preregistrant who is eligible to vote in a primary election under section 1-2-101 (2)(c) is eligible to sign a petition under this part 8 to nominate a candidate for the primary election or for the next general election.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3013, § 20, effective August 2.    Cross references:   For the short title (“Colorado Votes Act”) in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 1-4-902 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-902. Form of Petition

  The signatures to a petition need not all be appended to one paper, but no petition is legal that does not contain the requisite number of names of eligible electors whose names do not appear on any other petition previously filed for the same office under this section.    At the top of each page shall be printed, in bold-faced type, the following:    Directly following the warning in subsection (2) of this section shall be printed in bold-faced type the following:      WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW: For anyone to sign this petition with any name other than one's own or to knowingly sign one's name more than once for the same candidate or to knowingly sign the petition when not a registered elector. Do not sign this petition unless you are an eligible elector. To be an eligible elector you must be registered to vote and eligible to vote in (name of political subdivision) elections. Do not sign this petition unless you have read or have had read to you the proposed nomination petition in its entirety and understand its meaning.    Petition to nominate (name of person sought to be elected to) the office of (title of office).   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 687, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (3) amended, p. 1766, § 4, effective June 6. L. 95: (2) and (3) amended, p. 831, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2014: (1) amended,(SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 622, § 12, effective May 9.    Editor's note:   Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-4-801 (1)(d) as it existed prior to 1992.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.   ANNOTATION   Statement that no petition is legal that does not contain the requisite number of names requires strict compliance. The “substantial compliance” standard does not apply because the signature mandates are not mere technical requirements but rather minimum thresholds that the legislature has declared must be met. A candidate cannot be certified to the ballot with fewer signatures than required. Griswold v. Ferrigno Warren, 2020 CO 34, 462 P.3d 1081.
CO Code § 1-4-903 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-903. Approval of Petition

 No petition shall be circulated until it has been approved as meeting the requirements of this section as to form. The secretary of state or the official with whom the petitions are to be filed shall approve or disapprove a petition as to form by the close of the second business day following submission of the proposed petition. The secretary of state or official, as applicable, shall mail or e-mail written notice of the action taken to the person who submitted the petition on the day the action is taken.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 832, § 34, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1740, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1641, § 19, 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 filing a certificate of designation, see § 1-4-604 ; for convention nominations, see § 1-4-701 .   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations are taken from a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.   The “vacancy” section must be construed in the light of the two-pronged framework for the designation and nomination of candidates either by the party assembly or by petition. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).   A vacancy comes into being when a party assembly fails to designate any candidate for nomination to a particular office. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).   And such “vacancy” continues to exist until it is filled by the party central committee or the time for filing it expires by the term of the statute. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).   The “vacancy” created by the party assembly's failure to designate a candidate for nomination may be filled by the subsequent action of the appropriate party central committee. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).   This is true even though a candidate for party nomination has in the interim between the assembly and the action of the central committee been placed on the primary ballot by petition. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533 , 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
CO Code § 1-4-904 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-904. Signatures on the Petitions

  Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors.      For petitions to nominate candidates from a major political party in a partisan election, each signer must be affiliated with the major political party named in the petition and shall state the following to the circulator: That the signer has been affiliated with the major political party named in the petition for at least twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system and that the signer has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.    Petitions to nominate candidates from a minor political party or unaffiliated candidates in a partisan election may be signed by any eligible elector who has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.       Unless physically unable, all electors shall sign their own signature and shall print their names, their respective residence addresses, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signature. Each signature on a petition shall be made, to the extent possible, in black ink.    Any person, except a circulator, may assist an elector who is physically unable to sign the petition in completing the information on the petition as required by law. On the petition, immediately following the name of the disabled elector, the person providing assistance shall sign, provide the person's address, and state that the assistance was given to the disabled elector.      History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 34, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 765, § 28, effective May 20. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1626, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1311, § 8, effective April 22. L. 2016: (2)(a) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 577, § 32, effective May 18. L. 2021: (2)(a) and (4) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1641, § 20, effective June 21.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (3) as it existed prior to 1992.    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 designation of candidates by assembly, see § 1-4-601 ; for designation of party candidates by petition, see § 1-4-603 ; for nomination of candidates by convention, see § 1-4-701 .
CO Code § 1-4-906 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-906. Candidate's Acceptance

 Every nominating petition before it is filed shall have attached to it a notarized acceptance of the nomination of the candidate or notarized acceptances by both of the joint candidates. Each acceptance of nomination shall contain the full name of the candidate or joint candidate as the name will appear on the ballot and the candidate's full address.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 690, § 7, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (4) as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-4-907 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-907. Filing of Petition

 The petition, when executed and acknowledged as prescribed in this part 9, shall be filed as follows: With the secretary of state if it is for an office that is voted on by the electors of the entire state or of a congressional district or for the offices of members of the general assembly or district attorney or a district office of state concern; with the county clerk and recorder if it is for a county office; and with the designated election official if it is for a nonpartisan local election.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 690, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1621, § 1, effective May 31. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 832, § 35, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-801 (1)(h) as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-4-911 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-911. Review of a Protest

 The party filing a protest has the burden of sustaining the protest by a preponderance of the evidence. The decision upon matters of substance is open to review, if prompt application is made, as provided in section 1-1-113 . The remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of any court having jurisdiction shall be final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the exercise of its discretion, may review any judicial proceeding in a summary way.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 691, § 7, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-901 as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-4-912 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 9 - Petitions for Candidacy|§ 1-4-912. Cure - Rules

  Repealed.    During the review of any candidate's petition that is required to be filed with the secretary of state's office, the secretary of state shall notify the candidate of any errors and insufficiencies regarding circulator affidavits. Upon the receipt of such a notification, the candidate has five calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice to cure the errors and insufficiencies described in the notice. To cure a circulator affidavit, the candidate must provide the secretary of state with a new circulator affidavit that corrects the errors of the previously submitted affidavit.    The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, to implement this section, as amended.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 691, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1407, § 36, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1155, § 18, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended and (2) repealed, pp. 887, 861, 833, §§ 4, 117, 39, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 765, § 29, effective May 20. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1399, § 18, effective June 6; (1) amended, p. 1434, § 18, effective June 6. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1065, § 12, effective May 27. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 681, § 16, effective May 17. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 947, § 4, effective August 9; entire section amended, (HB 17-1088), ch. 398, p. 2077, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1) repealed and (2) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3018, § 24, effective August 2.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-4-801 (1)(d) as it existed prior to 1992.    Amendments to subsection (1) by House Bill 95-1022 and House Bill 95-1241 were harmonized.    Amendments to this section by HB 17-1088 and SB 17-209 were harmonized.     Cross references:   For the short title (“Colorado Votes Act”) in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Colorado Election Law Update”, see 46 Colo. Law. 53 (Aug.-Sept. 2017).
CO Code § 1-4-1001 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1001. Withdrawal or Disqualification From Candidacy

     Any person who has accepted a designation or nomination may withdraw from candidacy at any time by filing a letter of withdrawal. The withdrawing candidate shall sign and acknowledge the letter before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and shall file the letter with the designated election official with whom the original certificate or petition of candidacy was filed.    Any candidate withdrawing from a designation or nomination shall forthwith report the withdrawal to the persons designated in this part 10 to fill the vacancy.    Except in the case of a vacancy to be filled in accordance with the provisions of section 1-4-1004 or 1-4-1006 that apply when a vacancy occurs from the earliest day to mail ballots pursuant to section 1-7.5-107 and the day of a primary or general election, respectively, if the withdrawal of candidacy is not made in time for the candidate's name to be taken off the ballot, any votes cast for the candidate are invalid and shall not be counted.       If the designated election official disqualifies a candidate before the ballots are printed, that candidate's name shall not appear on the ballots.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions,(SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 947, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 1-4-1006 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1006. Vacancies in Major Party Nomination Occurring From the Day After the Earliest Day to Mail General Election Ballots Through General Election Day

  For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of the person nominated at the primary election.    A vacancy occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail general election ballots through general election day must be filled in accordance with part 2 of article 12 of this code.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 959, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 1-4-1007 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1007. Vacancies in Minor Party Designation or Nomination

 Any vacancy in a nomination for a minor political party candidate occurring after the filing of the certificate of designation pursuant to section 1-4-1304 (3) and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election, which is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by the minor political party, may be filled by the person or persons designated in the constitution or bylaws of the minor political party to fill vacancies.   History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (4.5) as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 1-4-1008 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1008. Vacancies in Unaffiliated Designation or Nomination

 Any vacancy in a nomination for an unaffiliated candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition or statement of intent occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination or the submittal of a statement of intent under section 1-4-303 and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election may be filled by the person or persons designated on the petition or statement of intent to fill vacancies.   History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (4) as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 1-4-1009 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1009. Vacancies in School District Director Nomination

  A vacancy in nomination for a school district director candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination may be filled by the person or persons designated or appointed on the petition within five days of the person or persons learning of the vacancy.      When a vacancy is filled in accordance with this section before the ballots are printed, the coordinated election official shall cause the name of the replacement candidate to be printed on the ballot.    When a vacancy is filled in accordance with this section after the ballots are printed:   The coordinated election official shall:   Prominently post, on the coordinated election official's official website and in each voter service and polling center, a notice regarding the vacancy and the name of the replacement candidate; and    Either cause to be printed and placed on the sample ballot delivered to the election judges and posted in accordance with section 1-5-413 a sticker of a different color than the sample ballot indicating the name of the replacement candidate or reprint the sample ballot with the name of the replacement candidate in a different color; and       Votes cast for the candidate who vacated the nomination must be counted as votes for the replacement candidate.            History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.
CO Code § 1-4-1011 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1011. Vacancies of Joint Gubernatorial Candidates - Process for Filling Vacancy in Nomination for Office of Lieutenant Governor

  For the purposes of this part 10, no vacancy in designation or nomination for the office of governor or the office of lieutenant governor in any way affects the candidacy of the other joint candidate.    Any vacancy in a nomination for the office of lieutenant governor must be filled by appointment by the vacating candidate's joint candidate for governor.    For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of the candidate designated or nominated for governor or lieutenant governor.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 961, § 5, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-4-1003 as it existed prior to 2017. Subsection (2) is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (7.3) as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 1-4-1012 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates|Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations|§ 1-4-1012. Remote Participation in Vacancy Committee Meetings

  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of a vacancy committee filling a vacancy pursuant to this part 10 may participate in a vacancy committee meeting remotely, including casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(HB 21-1001), ch. 1, p. 2, § 2, effective January 20; (2) repealed,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1643, § 24, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing subsection (2) applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.