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CO Code § 1-7-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 7 - Delivery of Election Returns|§ 1-7-701. Delivery of Election Returns, Ballot Boxes, and Other Election Papers

 When all the votes have been read and counted, the election judges selected in accordance with section 1-6-109.5 shall deliver to the designated election official the certificate and statement required by section 1-7-601 , ballot boxes and all keys to the boxes, paper tapes, “proms” or other electronic devices, the registration records, pollbooks, accounting forms, spoiled ballots, unused ballots, ballot stubs, oaths, affidavits, and other election papers and supplies. The delivery must be made at once and with all convenient speed, and informality in the delivery does not invalidate the vote of any precinct when delivery has been made previous to the completion of the official abstract of the votes by the board of canvassers. The designated election official shall give a receipt for all items delivered.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 751, § 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 586, § 27, effective April 30. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 581, § 47, effective May 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7-601 as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-7-801 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 8 - Preservation of Ballots and Election Records|§ 1-7-801. Ballots Preserved

 The designated election official shall remove the ballots from the ballot box after the time period for election contests has passed and preserve the ballots as election records pursuant to section 1-7-802 .   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 751, § 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section R&RE, p. 1422, § 80, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7-701 as it existed prior to 1992.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Fraud must be shown to require ballot box opening. Where the court, in a contested election case in which fraud was alleged, refused to require the opening of the ballot boxes and a recounting of the ballots until some evidence of the fraud alleged was introduced, its discretion was, under the circumstances, commendably exercised. Kindel v. Le Bert, 23 Colo. 385 , 48 P. 641 (1897).   And court may decline ruling when ballots destroyed. When, pending an appeal in the matter of a contested election, an event occurs, such as the destruction of the ballots cast at the election, which under the circumstances of the case, renders any ruling which might be made ineffectual, the court may decline to pass upon any of the controverted questions. Kindel v. Le Bert, 23 Colo. 385 , 48 P. 641 (1897).
CO Code § 1-7-802 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 8 - Preservation of Ballots and Election Records|§ 1-7-802. Preservation of Election Records

 The designated election official shall be responsible for the preservation of any election records for a period of at least twenty-five months after the election or until time has expired for which the record would be needed in any contest proceedings, whichever is later. Unused ballots may be destroyed after the time for a challenge to the election has passed. If a federal candidate was on the ballot, the voted ballots and any other required election materials shall be kept for at least twenty-five months after the election.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 752, § 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1422, § 81, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 775, § 53, effective May 20. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2062, § 1, effective August 11.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7-702 as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-7-901 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-901. Receipt of Comments Concerning Ballot Issues

  Each political subdivision shall accept written comments concerning ballot issues in accordance with this section.    All comments filed in writing will be received and kept on file with the designated election official for the political subdivision submitting to its eligible electors the ballot issue to which the comments pertain. However, only those comments that are filed by persons eligible to vote in the political subdivision submitting the ballot issue to its electors must be summarized in the ballot issue notice. The filed comments shall be retained by the designated election official as election records.    To be summarized in the ballot issue notice, the comments shall address a specific ballot issue and shall include a signature and an address where the signor is registered to vote and shall be filed with the designated election official for the political subdivision and not the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the political subdivision is located unless the issue is a county issue for which the county clerk and recorder is the designated election official.    Since section 20 (3)(b)(v) of article X of the state constitution requires that comments pertaining to a ballot issue be filed by forty-five days before the election and since such day is always a Saturday, all comments shall be filed by noon on the Friday before the forty-fifth day before the election.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1747, § 44, effective July 1. L. 97: (4) amended, p. 1099, § 1, effective May 27. L. 99: (4) amended, p. 775, § 54, effective May 20. L. 2018: (4) amended,(SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1611, § 22, effective May 29.
CO Code § 1-7-902 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-902. Preparation of Fiscal Information

 A governing body submitting a referred measure, or its designee, shall be responsible for providing to its designated election official the fiscal information that must be included in the ballot issue notice. For political subdivisions, the governing body shall be the board that authorized submission of the ballot issue to the electorate.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1747, § 44, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 299, § 9, effective August 2.
CO Code § 1-7-903 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-903. Preparation of Written Comments

  For referred measures, the designated election official shall summarize the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice.    For initiated measures, the petition representatives shall be solely responsible for summarizing all comments filed in favor of the ballot issue. The designated election official shall summarize all comments filed in opposition to the ballot issue.    Petition representatives required to summarize favorable comments in favor of their petition shall submit the summary in typewritten form to the designated election official for the jurisdiction in which the petition is presented no later than forty-four days before the election. If a summary is not filed by the petition representatives within the time allowed, the designated election official shall print the following in the ballot issue notice where the summary would appear: “No summary was filed by the statutory deadline.” (3.5) For political subdivisions of the state, including but not limited to special districts, that have no designated election official, the governing body of a political subdivision shall be solely responsible for preparing the summary of the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice required by section 20 (3)(b)(v) of article X of the state constitution.    If no comments are filed in opposition to or in support of a ballot issue, the designated election official shall not prepare any summaries and shall state substantially the following in the ballot issue notice where the summary or summaries would appear: “No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline.”    The provisions of this section shall not apply to a statewide ballot issue that is subject to the provisions of section 1 (7.5) of article V of the state constitution.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1747, § 44, effective July 1. L. 97: (3) amended, p. 1099, § 2, effective May 27. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 776, § 55, effective May 20. L. 2010: (3.5) added, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 833, § 17, effective May 5. L. 2018: (3) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1611, § 23, effective May 29.
CO Code § 1-7-904 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-904. Transmittal of Notices

 Notwithstanding the provision for independent mail ballot elections in section 1-7-116 (1) , the designated election official or the official's designee for a political subdivision conducting an election in November shall prepare and deliver to the county clerk and recorder for the county or counties in which the political subdivision is located no later than forty-three days before the election the full text of any required ballot issue notices.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1748, § 44, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1100, § 3, effective May 27. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 776, § 56, effective May 20. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 299, § 10, effective August 2. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1612, § 24, effective May 29.
CO Code § 1-7-905 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-905. Preparation of Notices

  For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder is responsible for placing the ballot issue notices received from the various political subdivisions participating in the election in the proper order in the ballot issue notice packet. As nearly as practicable, the notice must be in the order the ballot issues will appear on the ballot. The ballot issue notice must be followed by a certification by the county clerk and recorder that the ballot issue notices are complete as submitted by the political subdivisions. No additional information may be included as part of the ballot issue notice except as may be required by law. A general disclaimer may precede or follow the ballot issue notice which states: “The information contained in this notice was prepared by persons required by law to provide summaries of ballot issues and fiscal information.”    The designated election officials of overlapping political subdivisions conducting an election other than a coordinated election shall confer concerning the preparation of the ballot issue notice no later than forty days prior to the date of the election. The political subdivisions conducting the election shall provide for preparation of any required ballot issue notice package by agreement in a form substantially as provided in section 1-7-116.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1748, § 44, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 776, § 57, effective May 20. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 581, § 48, effective May 18.
CO Code § 1-7-905.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-905.5. Form of Notice

  The ballot issue notice must begin with the words “All registered voters”, regardless of whether the electors of the political subdivision must be registered electors to be eligible to vote in the election, and ends at the conclusion of the summary of comments. Any information concerning procedure for an election or other information included with the ballot issue notice prior to the words “All registered voters”, or after the conclusion of the summary of comments, are not deemed to be part of the ballot issue notice.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1748, § 44, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 724, § 78, effective May 10. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 581, § 49, effective May 18. L. 2019: (2) repealed, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3029, § 39, effective August 2.    Cross references:    In 2013, subsection (1) was amended by the “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act”. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.    For the short title (“Colorado Votes Act”) in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 1-7-906 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-906. Mailing of Notices

  For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder as coordinated election official shall mail the ballot issue notice packet to each address of one or more active registered electors who reside in the county or portions of the county in which registered voters of those districts submitting ballot issues reside.    The designated election official for the various political subdivisions shall be responsible for mailing the required notice to each address of one or more active registered electors who do not reside within the county or counties where the political subdivision is located.    The political subdivisions shall by agreement, in a form substantially as provided in sections 1-7-116 and 1-7-905, provide for mailing of any required ballot issue notice package for elections conducted other than coordinated elections.     History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1749, § 44, effective July 1. L. 2016: (1) and (3) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 581, § 50, effective May 18.
CO Code § 1-7-907 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-907. Ballot Issue Notice

 The ballot issue notice shall be prepared and mailed in substantial compliance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the provisions of this title, and the rules and regulations of the secretary of state.   History. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1749, § 44, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-5-206.5 as it existed prior to 1996.
CO Code § 1-7-908 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 9 - Ballot Issue Notices|§ 1-7-908. Additional Notice - Election to Create Financial Obligation

     A district submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the district shall post notice of the following information on the district's website or, if the district does not maintain a website, at the district's chief administrative office no later than twenty days before the election:   The district's ending general fund balance for the last four fiscal years and the projected ending general fund balance for the current fiscal year;    A statement of the total revenues in and expenditures from the district's general fund for the last four fiscal years and the projected total revenues in and expenditures from the general fund for the current fiscal year;    The amount of any debt or other financial obligation incurred by the district for each of the last four fiscal years for cash flow purposes that has a term of not more than one year and the amount of any such financial obligation projected for the current fiscal year;    A statement as to whether the district's emergency reserve required by section 20 (5) of article X of the state constitution has been fully funded by cash or investments for the current fiscal year and each of the last four fiscal years and an identification of the funds or accounts in which the reserve is currently held. If the reserve has not been fully funded, the notice shall include a statement of the reasons the reserve has not been fully funded.    The location or locations at which any person may review the district's audited financial statements for the last four fiscal years, any management letters that have been made public and have been provided to the district by its auditors in connection with the preparation of its audits for the last four fiscal years, and the district's budget for the current fiscal year.       If the debt or other financial obligation for which the district is seeking voter approval is to be paid from a revenue source that is accounted for in a fund other than the district's general fund, the information required by subparagraphs (I) and (II) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall also be made available for such other fund.    The information required by subparagraphs (I), (II), (III), and (IV) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be based upon audited figures. If no audited figures are available, the information shall be based upon estimated figures.       The notice required by this section shall be in addition to and shall not substitute, replace, or be combined with any other notice required by law.    For purposes of this section, “district” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 20 (2)(b) of article X of the state constitution.     History. Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 748, § 1, effective August 6.
CO Code § 1-7-1001 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 10 - Ranked Voting Methods|§ 1-7-1001. Short Title

 This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the “Voter Choice Act”.   History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1249, § 2, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-7-1002 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 10 - Ranked Voting Methods|§ 1-7-1002. Ranked Voting Methods - Report - Definitions

  As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires, “local government” means a statutory city or town or a special district created pursuant to article 1 of title 32, C.R.S.    A local government may conduct an election using a ranked voting method if:   The use of the ranked voting method in the local government is not prohibited by the charter of the local government; and    The election is conducted with a system of casting, recording, and tabulating votes that is capable of conducting the election using ranked voting and that has been approved by the governing body and the designated election official of the local government.       The secretary of state shall submit a report to the state, veterans, and military affairs committees, or any successor committees, of the house of representatives and the senate no later than February 15, 2011, that includes, but is not limited to:   An assessment of all elections conducted using ranked voting methods by local governments in accordance with this part 10 and by home rule cities or cities and counties in accordance with their charters from August 5, 2008, through the general election of November 2010;    Recommendations for changes to statutes, rules, and local voting procedures that would be required to implement ranked voting as a permanent alternative election method for state, federal, and local special and general elections;    An inventory of available election equipment necessary for conducting elections using ranked voting methods, including the costs associated with the equipment; and    Any recommendations made by the designated election officials of local governments that conducted an election using a ranked voting method.        History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1249, § 2, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-7-1004 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7 - Conduct of Elections|Part 10 - Ranked Voting Methods|§ 1-7-1004. Secretary of State - Rules - Guidance to Local Governments

  The secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with section 1-7-1003 and in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., on the conduct of elections using ranked voting methods. The rules shall prescribe the methods and procedures for tabulating, auditing, and reporting results in an election using a ranked voting method.    The secretary of state shall provide guidance and advice to the governing bodies and designated election officials of local governments of the state on the conduct of elections using ranked voting methods.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1252, § 2, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-7.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-101. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Mail Ballot Election Act”.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 752, § 10, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-101 as it existed prior to 1992.   ANNOTATION   The Mail Ballot Election Act is constitutional because there is a compelling state interest in encouraging increased voter participation and mail ballot elections serve to meet that interest. Bruce v. City of Colo. Springs, 971 P.2d 679 (Colo. App. 1998).
CO Code § 1-7.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that self-government by election is more legitimate and better accepted as voter participation increases. By enacting this article, the general assembly hereby concludes that it is appropriate to provide for mail ballot elections under specified circumstances.    Recognizing the continued need for in-person voting options through early voting and on election day, the general assembly finds that mail ballot elections conducted by the county clerk and recorder must include voter service and polling centers so voters can register to vote, update voter registration information, and vote in person.    Nothing in this code prevents a political subdivision from conducting an independent mail ballot election in accordance with article 13.5 of this title.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 752, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 834, § 18, effective May 5. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 724, § 80, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 4, § 4, effective February 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-102 as it existed prior to 1992.   Cross references:    In 2013, this section was amended by the “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act”. For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.    For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.