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CO Code § 1-13.5-1205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 12 - Challenge of Persons Voting|§ 1-13.5-1205. Oath of Person Challenged

  If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person offering to vote has answered the questions asked pursuant to section 1-13.5-1204, one of the election judges shall tender the following oath:You do solemnly swear or affirm that you are a citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or over; that you have been a resident of this local government and have not retained a home or domicile elsewhere, or that you or your spouse or civil union partner are owners of taxable real or personal property within the local government; that you are a registered elector of this state; and that you have not previously voted at this election.    After the person has taken the oath or affirmation, his or her ballot must be received and the word “sworn” must be written on the pollbook after the person's name.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 50, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 12 - Challenge of Persons Voting|§ 1-13.5-1206. Refusal to Answer Questions or Take Oath

 If the challenged person refuses to answer fully any question which is put to him or her as provided in section 1-13.5-1204 or refuses to take the oath or affirmation tendered as provided in section 1-13.5-1205 , the election judges shall reject the challenged person's vote.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 51, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 13 - Survey of Returns|§ 1-13.5-1301. Survey of Returns - Canvass Board

  At least fifteen days before any election, the designated election official shall appoint at least one member of the governing body of a local government, and at least one eligible elector of the local government who is not a member of that body, to assist the designated election official in the survey of returns. The persons so appointed and the designated election official constitute the canvass board for the election.    To the fullest extent possible, no member of the canvass board nor the member's spouse or civil union partner shall have a direct interest in the election.    If, for any reason, any person appointed as a member of the canvass board refuses, fails, or is unable to serve, that appointed person shall notify the designated election official, who shall appoint another person that possesses the same qualifications as the original appointee as directed under subsection (1) of this section, if available, to the canvass board.    Each canvass board member who is not a member of the governing body shall receive a minimum fee of fifteen dollars for each day of service. The fee shall be set by the designated election official and paid by the local government for which the service is performed.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 51, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 13 - Survey of Returns|§ 1-13.5-1302. Imperfect Returns

 If the canvass board finds that the returns from any polling place do not strictly conform to the requirements of law in the making, certifying, and returning of the returns, the votes cast in that polling place nevertheless must be canvassed and counted if such returns are sufficiently explicit to enable the persons authorized to canvass votes and returns to determine how many votes were cast for each candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 51, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 13 - Survey of Returns|§ 1-13.5-1303. Corrections

 If, upon proceeding to canvass the votes, it clearly appears to the canvass board that in any statement produced to them certain matters are omitted that should have been inserted or that any mistakes which are merely clerical exist, the canvass board shall send the statement to the election judges from whom they were received to have the mistakes corrected. The election judges, when so demanded, shall make such corrections as the facts of the case require, but shall not change or alter any decision made before by them. The canvass board may adjourn from day to day for the purpose of obtaining and receiving the statement.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 51, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 13 - Survey of Returns|§ 1-13.5-1304. Tie - Lots - Notice to Candidates

 If any two or more candidates receive an equal and highest number of votes for the same office, and if there are not enough offices remaining for all such candidates, the canvass board shall determine by lot the person who shall be elected. Reasonable notice shall be given to such candidates of the time when such election will be so determined.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 52, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 13 - Survey of Returns|§ 1-13.5-1305. Statement - Certificates of Election

  No later than the fourteenth day following the election, the canvass board shall make statements from the official abstract of votes that show the names of the candidates, any ballot issue or ballot question, and the number of votes given to each. The canvass board shall certify the statement to be correct and subscribe their names thereto. The canvass board shall then determine which persons have been duly elected by the highest number of votes and shall endorse and subscribe on such statements a certificate of their determination. The designated election official shall also file a copy of the certificate with the division of local government in the department of local affairs.    The designated election official shall make and transmit to each of the persons thereby declared to be elected a certificate of the person's election.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 52, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1269, § 15, effective August 10.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1401. Person Elected - Contest - Causes

  The election of any person declared duly elected to any local government office may be contested by any eligible elector of the local government on the following grounds:   The contestee is not eligible for the office to which he or she has been declared elected;    Illegal votes have been received, or legal votes rejected, at the polls in sufficient numbers to change the results;    An error or mistake was made by any of the election judges, the designated election official, or the canvass board in counting or declaring the result of the election, if the error or mistake was sufficient to change the result;    Malconduct, fraud, or corruption occurred on the part of the election judges in any polling place, a canvass board member, or any designated election official or his or her assistant, if the malconduct, fraud, or corruption was sufficient to change the result; or    For any other cause that shows that another candidate was the legally elected person.        History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 54, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1402. District Judge to Preside - Bond

  All contested election cases of local government officers shall be tried and determined in the district court of the county in which the local government is located. If the territorial boundaries of a local government overlap wholly or partially with more than one county, the district court of either county has jurisdiction. The style and form of process, the manner of service of process and papers, the fees of officers, and judgment for costs and execution shall be according to the rules and practices of the district court.    Before the district court is required to take jurisdiction of the contest, the contestor must file with the clerk of the court a bond, with sureties, to be approved by the district judge, running to the contestee and conditioned to pay all costs in case of failure to maintain his or her contest.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 54, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1403. Filing Statement - Contents

 The contestor shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court, within ten days after the expiration of the period within which a recount may be requested pursuant to section 1-13.5-1306 , or within ten days after the conclusion of a recount conducted pursuant to section 1-13.5-1306 , whichever is later, a written statement of the contestor's intention to contest the election and setting forth the name of the contestor, that the contestor is an eligible elector of the local government, the name of the contestee, the office contested, the time of election, and the particular causes of the contest. The statement must be verified by the affidavit of the contestor that the causes set forth in the statement are true to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 55, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1270, § 16, effective August 10.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1404. Summons - Answer

  If the clerk of the district court receives a statement as set forth in section 1-13.5-1403, the clerk shall issue a summons in the ordinary form, naming the contestor as plaintiff and the contestee as defendant, stating the court in which the action is brought and a brief statement of the causes of contest, as set forth in the contestor's statement. The summons shall be served upon the contestee in the same manner as other summonses are served out of the district court.    The contestee, within ten days after the date of service of such summons, shall make and file an answer to the same with the clerk of the court in which the contestee shall either admit or specifically deny each allegation intended to be controverted by the contestee on the trial of such contest and shall set in that answer any counterstatement that he or she relies upon as entitling the contestee to the office to which he or she has been declared elected.    If the reception of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes is alleged as the cause of the contest, a list of the persons who so voted or offered to vote must be set forth in the statement of the contestor and must be likewise set forth in the answer of the contestee if any such cause is alleged in his or her answer by way of counterstatement.    If the answer of the contestee contains new matter constituting a counterstatement, the contestor, within ten days after the filing of such answer, shall reply to the same, admitting or specifically denying, under oath, each allegation contained in such counterstatement intended by him or her to be controverted on the trial, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the district court.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 55, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: (3) amended,(HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1270, § 17, effective August 10.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1405. Trial and Appeals

 Immediately after the joining of issue, the district court shall fix a date for the trial to commence, which date shall not be more than twenty days nor less than ten days after the joining of issue. The trial takes precedence over all other business in the court. The testimony may be oral or by depositions taken before any officer authorized to take depositions. Any depositions taken to be used upon the trial of such contest may be taken upon four days' notice. The district judge shall cause the testimony to be taken in full and filed in the cause. The trial of such causes must be conducted according to the rules and practice of the district court. Such proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state, if application to that court is made by either party and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 55, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1406. Recount

 If, upon the trial of any contested election under this article, the statement or counterstatement sets forth an error in canvass sufficient to change the result, the trial judge has the power to conduct a recount of the ballots cast or the votes tabulated on the voting machines in the precinct where the alleged error was made. The court may also require the production of witnesses, documents, records, and other evidence as may have or may contain information regarding the legality of any vote cast or counted for either of the contesting candidates or the correct number of votes cast for either candidate and may correct the canvass in accordance with the evidence presented and its findings.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 56, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1407 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1407. Judgment

 The court shall pronounce judgment whether the contestee or any other person was duly elected. The person so declared elected is entitled to the office upon qualification. If the judgment is against the contestee and he or she has received his or her certificate, the judgment annuls it. If the court finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment will be that the election be set aside and that a vacancy exists.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 56, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1408 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 14 - Contests|§ 1-13.5-1408. Ballot Questions and Ballot Issues - How Contested

  The results of an election on any ballot question or ballot issue may be contested in the manner provided by this part 14. The grounds for such contest are those grounds set forth in section 1-13.5-1401 (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d). The contestee is the appropriate election official. In addition to other matters required to be set forth by this part 14, the statement of intention to contest the election must set forth the question contested.    Any contest arising out of a ballot issue or ballot question concerning the order on the ballot or concerning whether the form or content of any ballot title meets the requirements of section 20 of article X of the state constitution must be conducted as provided in section 1-11-203.5.    The result of an election on any ballot issue approving the creation of any debt or other financial obligation may be contested in the manner provided by this part 14. The grounds for such contest are those grounds set forth in sections 1-11-201 (4) and 1-13.5-1401 (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d). The contestee is the local government for which the ballot issue was decided.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 56, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 15 - Other Judicial Proceedings|§ 1-13.5-1501. Controversies

  When any controversy arises between any official charged with any duty or function under this article and any candidate or other person, the district court, upon the filing of a verified petition by any such official or person setting forth in concise form the nature of the controversy and the relief sought, shall issue an order commanding the respondent in the petition to appear before the court and answer under oath to the petition. It is the duty of the court to summarily hear and dispose of any such issues, with a view to obtaining a substantial compliance with this article by the parties to the controversy, and to make and enter orders and judgments and to follow the procedures of the court to enforce all such orders and judgments.    The proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state, if application to that court is made within five days after the termination by the court in which the petition was filed and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 57, § 6, effective February 18.
CO Code § 1-13.5-1601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code|Part 16 - Election Offenses|§ 1-13.5-1601. Applicability of Criminal Penalties

 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except for parts 2 and 3 of article 13 of this title, election offenses and penalties described under article 13 of this title apply to elections conducted under this article.   History. Source: L. 2014: Entire article added,(HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 57, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 754, § 6, effective June 6.
CO Code § 2-2-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 2 - Legislative|Article 2 - General Assembly|Part 3 - Organization - Operation|§ 2-2-301. Call of Houses to Order

 At the time established as provided in section 2-2-303.5 for the meeting of the first regular session of the general assembly next after the general election, the holdover senators and senators-elect shall meet in the hall of the senate, and the members-elect of the house of representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. The president of the next preceding session of the senate, or in case of the president's absence the holdover senator or one of them having served the longest continuous time in the senate, shall call the senate to order. The speaker of the next preceding session of the house of representatives, or in the speaker's absence the person holding a certificate issued by the secretary of state as a member and having served the longest continuous time in the house of representatives, shall call the house of representatives to order.   History. Source: R.S. P. 419, § 1. G.L. § 1290. L. 1883: P. 201, § 1. G.S. § 1575. L. 1893: P. 282, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2895. C.L. § 2. CSA: C. 74, § 2. L. 51: P. 438, § 2. CRS 53: § 63-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-1. L. 65: P. 683, § 1. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 296, § 7, effective May 20. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 579, § 1, effective April 7. History. Source: R.S. P. 419, § 1. G.L. § 1290. L. 1883: P. 201, § 1. G.S. § 1575. L. 1893: P. 282, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2895. C.L. § 2. CSA: C. 74, § 2. L. 51: P. 438, § 2. CRS 53: § 63-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-1. L. 65: P. 683, § 1. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 296, § 7, effective May 20. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 579, § 1, effective April 7.    Cross references:   For when the general assembly meets, see § 7 of art. V, Colo. Const.; for the oath of office of members of the general assembly, see § 2 of art. V, Colo. Const.
CO Code § 2-2-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 2 - Legislative|Article 2 - General Assembly|Part 3 - Organization - Operation|§ 2-2-302. Clerks to File Certificates - Roll - Officers

 The clerk of each house shall file the certificates presented by the members, each for his own house, and make a roll of the members who thus appear to be elected, and the persons thus appearing to be elected members shall proceed to elect such other officers as may be required for the time being.   History. Source: G.L. § 1291. G.S. § 1576. R.S. 08: § 2896. C.L. § 3. CSA: C. 74, § 3. CRS 53: § 63-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-2. History. Source: G.L. § 1291. G.S. § 1576. R.S. 08: § 2896. C.L. § 3. CSA: C. 74, § 3. CRS 53: § 63-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-2.
CO Code § 2-2-303.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 2 - Legislative|Article 2 - General Assembly|Part 3 - Organization - Operation|§ 2-2-303.5. Time for Convening Regular Sessions - Procedure for Convening Earlier

  The provisions of this section are enacted in furtherance of section 7 of article V of the state constitution, which provides that the general assembly shall meet in regular session at 10 a.m. no later than the second Wednesday of January of each year.    Unless a different date is established in accordance with subsection (3) or (4) of this section, the general assembly shall meet in regular session at 10 a.m. on the second Wednesday of January of each year.    The general assembly, acting by joint resolution, may designate the date of convening the next regular session of the general assembly. Any date designated pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be a date on or after January 1 but prior to the date specified in subsection (2) of this section.    In the event the general assembly does not act during the regular session pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the executive committee of the legislative council, after the regular session but no later than November 1, may designate the date of convening the next regular session of the general assembly. Any date designated pursuant to this subsection (4) shall be a date on or after January 1 but prior to the date specified in subsection (2) of this section.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 579, § 2, effective April 7.
CO Code § 2-2-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 2 - Legislative|Article 2 - General Assembly|Part 3 - Organization - Operation|§ 2-2-304. Members Not to Be Questioned

 No members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for any speech or word spoken in debate in either house or for conducting or performing any other legislative activity that relates to the drafting of bills and other legislative measures, including amendments to such bills or measures, and to the rendering of assistance or information to constituents on their personal and private matters that are not publicly known. In addition, no staff members of the general assembly will be questioned in any other place for conducting or performing any duties or functions directly related to such legislative activity when it is conducted or performed at the direction of members of the general assembly.   History. Source: G.L. § 1293. G.S. § 1578. R.S. 08: § 2898. C.L. § 5. CSA: C. 74, § 5. CRS 53: § 63-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-4. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1348), ch. 358, p. 1863, § 1, effective June 1. History. Source: G.L. § 1293. G.S. § 1578. R.S. 08: § 2898. C.L. § 5. CSA: C. 74, § 5. CRS 53: § 63-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 63-2-4. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1348), ch. 358, p. 1863, § 1, effective June 1.