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CO Code § 1-13.5-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|§ 1-13.5-111. Time for Holding Elections for Special Districts - Type of Election - Manner of Election - Notice

  [ ] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, regular special district elections must be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of May in every even-numbered year.    Special elections may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, May, October, or December of any year; except that ballot issue elections may be held only on the date of a state general election, biennial local district election, or on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years. A ballot issue election that is not part of an organizational election must be conducted either as part of a coordinated election or in accordance with part 11 of this article.    Any special district election ordered pursuant to article 1 of title 32, C.R.S., by the district court having jurisdiction over such existing or proposed special district must be held on the date ordered by the court and conducted in accordance with this article.    Whenever the date of a regular special district election is identical to the date set for a municipal or another special district election in any municipality or other special district having boundaries coterminous with the special district, the election may be held jointly with the municipal or other special district election. An election held jointly pursuant to this subsection (4) is not a coordinated election.    Any election for the organization of a new health assurance or health service district must be held on the date of the general election or on the first Tuesday in November of an odd-numbered year. Any election on the proposal of a health assurance or health service district must be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in which the proposed district will be located as part of a coordinated election in accordance with section 1-7-116.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2022.  (1) [ ] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, regular special district elections must be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of May in every odd-numbered year.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 8, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2018: (1) amended,(HB 18-1039), ch. 29, p. 330, § 2, effective July 1, 2022.
CO Code § 1-13.5-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|§ 1-13.5-112. Commencement of Terms - Nonpartisan Officers

  Unless otherwise provided by law, the regular term of office of a nonpartisan officer elected at a regular election commences the earlier of the following:   No later than thirty days after the date that the election results are certified pursuant to section 1-13.5-1305 and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required; or    At the next meeting of the governing body of the local government following the date of the election.       Unless otherwise provided by law, if the election is canceled in whole or in part pursuant to section 1-13.5-513, the regular term of office of a nonpartisan officer commences at:   The next meeting of the governing body following the date of the regular election, but no later than thirty days following the date of the regular election and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required; or    If the nonpartisan officer was elected at an election other than a regular election, the next meeting of the governing body of the local government following the date of the election.        History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: (1)(a) amended,(HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1266, § 2, effective August 10.
CO Code § 1-13.5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13.5-201. Registration Required

 Except where a statute specifically provides otherwise, no person is permitted to vote at any local government election without first having registered to vote in Colorado in accordance with the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”, articles 1 to 13 of this title.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13.5-202. Persons Entitled to Vote at Special District Elections

 No person is permitted to vote in any special district election unless that person is an eligible elector as defined in section 32-1-103 (5) , C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13.5-203. Registration Records for Local Government Elections - Costs

  No later than the fortieth day preceding the date of a scheduled local government election, the designated election official shall order the registration records from the county clerk and recorder. The designated election official shall order either:   An initial list of the registered electors as of the thirtieth day prior to the election, with a supplemental list to be provided on the twentieth day; or    A complete list of registered electors as of the sixth day prior to the election.       The county clerk and recorder shall certify and make available to the designated election official a complete copy of the list of the registered electors of the local government that has territorial boundaries located within the county and is involved in the election. If a supplemental list is provided pursuant to paragraph   of subsection (1) of this section, the county clerk and recorder shall certify and make available to the designated election official the supplemental list of eligible electors who became eligible since the earlier list was certified. These lists substitute for the original registration record.       The registration list that is certified thirty days before the election pursuant to paragraph   of subsection (1) of this section must contain the names and addresses of all registered electors residing within the local government at the close of business on the fortieth day preceding the election. The supplemental registration list for each local government that is certified no later than twenty days before the election must contain the names and addresses of all eligible electors residing within the local government at the close of business on the twenty-second day prior to the election. If a supplemental list is provided, it must contain the names and addresses of all eligible electors who became eligible during the period since the initial registration list was certified through the close of business on the twenty-second day preceding the election.       Costs for the lists required to be obtained under this section must be assessed by the county clerk and recorder and paid by the local government holding the election. The fee for furnishing the lists shall be no less than twenty-five dollars for the entire list or no more than one cent for each name contained on the registration list, whichever is greater.    The designated election official may cancel an order for the list if the election is canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513 and the county clerk and recorder has not already prepared the list.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13.5-204. Lists of Property Owners - Costs

  For elections where owning property in the local government is a requirement for voting in the election, no later than the fortieth day preceding the date of the election, the designated election official shall order the list of property owners from the county assessor. Except as otherwise required under subsection (2) of this section, the county assessor shall certify and deliver an initial list of all recorded owners of taxable real and personal property within the local government no later than thirty days before the election. The supplemental list for the local government shall be provided no later than twenty days before the election and shall contain the names and addresses of all recorded owners who became owners no later than twenty-two days prior to the election and after the initial list of property owners was provided. The county assessors shall assess the cost for the lists, which must be paid by the local government holding the election. The fee for furnishing the lists is no less than twenty-five dollars for both lists or no more than one cent for each name contained on the lists, whichever is greater.    The designated election official of a local government may order the list described in subsection (1) of this section of all recorded owners of taxable real and personal property within the local government as of the thirtieth day before the election, with a supplemental list to be provided on the twentieth day before the election, or the designated election official may order a complete list as of the sixth day before the election.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 10, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors|§ 1-13.5-205. Delivery and Custody of Registration List and Property Owner List

 At such time as may be set by the designated election official, but at least one day prior to the election, one of the election judges from each precinct may appear in person at the office of the designated election official for the purpose of receiving the registration list and, as applicable, property owners list, election supplies, or the designated election official may deliver the same to one of the judges. The judges shall have custody of the registration list and property owners list and shall give his or her receipt for the list. After the closing of the polls on the day of election, the election judge selected pursuant to section 1-13.5-410 to deliver the election papers and supplies shall deliver the registration list and property owners list to the office of the designated election official or to such other place as the designated election official may designate as the counting center.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 11, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 3 - Nominations|§ 1-13.5-301. Eligibility for Office - Prohibitions - Exceptions - Challenges

     No person except an eligible elector who is at least eighteen years of age, unless another age is required by law, is eligible to hold any office in this state. No person is eligible to be a candidate for office unless that person fully meets the qualifications of that office as stated in the constitution and statutes of this state on or before the date the person is nominated to the office. The designated election official shall not certify the name of any candidate who fails to swear or affirm under oath that he or she fully meets the qualifications as of the date of nomination or who is unable to provide proof that he or she meets any requirements of the office relating to registration, residence, or property ownership.    The information found on the person's voter registration record is admissible as prima facie evidence of compliance with the registration and residence requirements of this section. The information found in the property owners list is admissible as prima facie evidence of compliance with property ownership requirements.       Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (2), no person is eligible to be a candidate for more than one office in the same local government at one time. This subsection (2) does not:   Apply to memberships on different special district or business improvement district boards; or    Prohibit a candidate or elected official of any political subdivision from being a candidate or member of the board of directors of any special district, business improvement district, or districts in which he or she is an eligible elector, unless otherwise prohibited by law.       The qualification of any candidate may be challenged by an eligible elector of the local government within five days after the date that the designated election official certifies the candidate to the ballot. The challenge shall be made by verified petition setting forth the facts alleged concerning the qualification of the candidate and shall be filed in the district court in the county in which the local government is located. The hearing on the qualification of the candidate must be held not less than five nor more than ten days after the date the designated election official's statement is issued that certifies the candidate to the ballot. The court shall hear the testimony and other evidence and, within forty-eight hours after the close of the hearing, determine whether the candidate meets the qualifications for the office for which the candidate has declared. Part 1 of article 17 of title 13, C.R.S., regarding frivolous, groundless, or vexatious actions, applies to this section.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 11, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 3 - Nominations|§ 1-13.5-302. Nomination of Local Government Candidates

  Except as provided in section 1-13.5-303 or other applicable law, candidates for office of nonpartisan local governments must be nominated, without regard to affiliation, by petition on forms supplied by the designated election official. A petition of nomination may consist of one or more sheets, but it must contain the name and address of only one candidate and indicate the office to which the candidate is seeking election. The candidate's name must be printed on each sheet of a petition of nomination.    Nomination petitions for a candidate in a local government, other than a special district or business improvement district, may be circulated and signed, beginning on January 1 of the year in which election for that office is conducted and ending on the sixty-seventh day prior to the day of election, by at least two eligible electors residing within or eligible to vote in the local government.    The circulator of each nomination petition shall make an affidavit that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be and that each signer has stated to the circulator that the signer is an eligible elector of the local government for which the nomination is made.    A petition is not valid if it does not contain the requisite number of signatures of eligible electors. The designated election official shall inspect timely filed petitions of nomination to ensure compliance with this section.    Each nomination petition must be filed with the designated election official no later than the sixty-seventh day prior to the day of election. Every petition must have endorsed on it or appended to it the written affidavit of the candidate accepting the nomination and swearing that the candidate satisfies the requirements set forth in law to be a candidate and hold office in the local government.    The designated election official shall preserve all nomination petitions filed with him or her for a period of two years. All such petitions are open to public inspection under proper regulation by the designated election official with whom they are filed.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 12, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 3 - Nominations|§ 1-13.5-304. Withdrawal From Nomination

 Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination, or filed a self-nomination form or letter, may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time before the election by executing a written affidavit withdrawing from the nomination. The withdrawing candidate shall sign the affidavit and file it with the designated election official.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 14, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 3 - Nominations|§ 1-13.5-305. Write-in Candidate Affidavit

 A write-in vote for any local government office is counted only if an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate is filed with the designated election official by the person whose name is written in not later than sixty-four days before the day of the election. The affidavit of intent must indicate that the signer desires the office and is qualified to assume the duties of that office if elected.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 14, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 3 - Nominations|§ 1-13.5-306. Objections to Nominations

 All self-nomination and acceptance forms or letters, petitions of nomination, and affidavits of intent to be a write-in candidate that are in apparent conformity, as determined by the designated election official, with section 1-13.5-302 , 1-13.5-303 , or 1-13.5-305 , are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case an objection is made, the designated election official shall mail forthwith notice of the objection to any candidate for the same office. The designated election official shall decide objections within forty-eight hours after the same are filed, and any objections upheld may be remedied or defect cured upon the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new self-nomination and acceptance form or letter, petition of nomination, or affidavit of intent, as applicable, within three days after the objection is upheld, but in no event later than the fifty-eighth day before the day of election. The designated election official shall pass upon the validity of all objections, whether of form or substance, and the designated election official's decisions upon matters of form are final. The designated election official's decisions upon matters of substance are open to review if prompt application is made, as provided in section 1-13.5-1501 , but the remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of the district court is final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the exercise of its discretion, may review any proceeding in a summary way.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 14, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 4 - Election Judges|§ 1-13.5-401. Appointment of Election Judges

     Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, at least fifteen days before each local government election, the governing body shall appoint the election judges.    Each election judge must be registered to vote in Colorado and at least eighteen years of age. Election judges must be appointed pursuant to this article without regard to party affiliation. Neither a current candidate for director nor any immediate family member, to the second degree, of such candidate is eligible to serve as an election judge.    The designated election official shall make and file in his or her office a list of all individuals so appointed, giving their names and addresses. The list is a public record and is subject to inspection and examination during office hours by any elector of the local government with the right to make copies thereof.       The governing body may delegate to the designated election official the authority and responsibility to appoint election judges in the manner provided in this section.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 14, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: (1) amended,(HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1267, § 4, effective August 10.
CO Code § 1-13.5-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 4 - Election Judges|§ 1-13.5-402. Number of Judges - Appointment

 The governing body, or the designated election official if authorized pursuant to section 1-13.5-401 (2) , shall appoint at least two election judges for each local government election. The appointing authority may also appoint any additional judges as deemed necessary, and may appoint counting judges.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 15, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 4 - Election Judges|§ 1-13.5-403. Certificates of Appointment

 Promptly after the appointment of the election judges, the designated election official shall issue certificates certifying the appointments. The designated election official shall mail one certificate to each person appointed.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 15, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 4 - Election Judges|§ 1-13.5-404. Acceptance Form - Time to File

 With each certificate of appointment transmitted to the election judges, the designated election official shall enclose a form for acceptance of the appointment. Each individual appointed as an election judge may file his or her acceptance form in the office of the designated election official within seven days after the date that the designated election official mailed the certificate of appointment and the acceptance form. Unless otherwise determined by the designated election official, failure of any person appointed as an election judge to file an acceptance within those seven days results in a vacancy, which shall be filled in the same way the original appointment was made.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 15, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 4 - Election Judges|§ 1-13.5-405. Vacancies - Emergency Appointments

 Except when section 1-13.5-404 applies, if an individual appointed as an election judge refuses or fails to accept the appointment or is unable to serve, the individual or any other election judge must immediately notify the designated election official. The designated election official shall forthwith appoint another qualified individual to serve as election judge in the place of the individual. In the event of an emergency, including inability to notify the designated election official, the remaining election judges at the location where the individual was to serve may appoint a replacement election judge.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 15, § 6, effective February 18.