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CO Code § 1-6-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 6 - Election Judges|§ 1-6-114. Judges - Oath Required - Electioneering Prohibited

  Before beginning the duties of an election judge, each person appointed as an election judge must take a self-affirming oath or affirmation in substantially the following form:    (Deleted by amendment,L. 95, p. 838, § 54, effective July 1, 1995.)    For nonpartisan elections, the election judges shall not be required to declare their affiliation on the oath or affirmation.    A person shall not engage in electioneering, as defined in section 1-13-714, or wear or display apparel, buttons, or other materials that promote or oppose a political party, candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question while serving as an election judge.      I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and the state of Colorado; that I am an eligible elector who resides in the county of or within the political subdivision; that I am a member of the party (or that I am unaffiliated with a political party) as shown in the statewide voter registration system; that I will perform the duties of judge according to law and the best of my ability; that I will studiously strive to prevent fraud, deceit, and abuse in conducting the same; that I will not try to determine how any elector voted, nor will I disclose how any elector voted if in the discharge of my duties as judge such knowledge comes to me, unless called upon to disclose the same before some court of justice; that I have never been convicted of election fraud, any other election offense, or fraud and that, if any ballots are counted before the polls close on the date of the election, I will not disclose the result of the votes until after the polls have closed and the results are formally announced by the designated election official.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 728, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1415, § 60, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) and (2) amended, p. 838, § 54, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 580, § 11, effective April 30. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 162, § 15, effective August 4. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1632, § 12, effective June 7. L. 2016: (1) amended,(SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 580, § 44, effective May 18. L. 2021: (4) added,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1647, § 31, effective June 21.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-5-111 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.
CO Code § 1-6-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 6 - Election Judges|§ 1-6-119. Removal of Election Judge by Designated Election Official

  If a county chairperson of a major political party or the county chairperson or other authorized official of a minor political party believes that an election judge appointed to represent that party is not faithfully or fairly representing the party or that an election judge has moved from the county, the county chairperson or authorized official may exercise a preemptive removal of the election judge. The county chairperson or authorized official shall notify the county clerk and recorder and the election judge of the preemptive removal in writing. The county clerk and recorder shall fill any vacancy created by the preemptive removal as provided in section 1-6-113.    Prior to election day, the designated election official may remove an election judge for cause. Cause includes but is not limited to the election judge's failure to file an acceptance form in accordance with sections 1-6-101 and 1-6-106 and the election judge's failure to attend a class of instruction as required in section (5).    On election day, the designated election official may remove an election judge who has neglected the duties of the office by failing to appear at the polling location by 7:30 a.m., by leaving the polling location before completing all of the duties assigned, by being unable or unwilling or by refusing to perform the duties of the office, or by electioneering.    Upon receipt of a written complaint made by an eligible elector of the political subdivision concerning an election judge, the designated election official shall investigate the complaint and may remove the election judge and appoint another election judge in accordance with section 1-6-113.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 730, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (3) amended, p. 839, § 56, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 581, § 13, effective April 30. L. 2002: (1) and (4) amended, p. 1633, § 14, effective June 7. L. 2013: (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 718, § 58, effective May 10.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-5-116 as it existed prior to 1992.   Cross references:   In 2013, subsection (3) 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.
CO Code § 1-6-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 6 - Election Judges|§ 1-6-120. Removal of Election Judges by the Court

  Upon the failure or neglect of any election judge to perform the duties of the office, any other election judge, the designated election official, the county chairperson of a political party, or an eligible elector of the political subdivision for which the election judge is appointed, having knowledge of the failure or neglect, shall cause proper action for removal to be instituted against the election judge.    Election judges who neglect their duties, who commit, encourage, or connive in any fraud in connection with their duties, who violate any of the election laws or knowingly permit others to do so, who are convicted of any crime, who violate their oath, who wrongfully hamper or interfere or tend to interfere with the regular performance of the duties of the other election judges, who commit any other act that interferes or tends to interfere with a fair and honest registration and election, or who are not appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article may be removed in the following manner:   Any eligible elector may file a brief petition in the district court at any time up to twelve days before any election, setting out in brief and concise language the facts constituting the cause for the removal of the election judge. The petition shall be verified, but the verification may be upon information and belief. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall issue a citation to the election judge directing an appearance within forty-eight hours to answer the petition if the election judge desires to do so.    The court shall proceed summarily to hear and finally dispose of the petition and may set a hearing within forty-eight hours after the answer is filed. Evidence given by any accused election judge at the hearing shall not be used against that election judge in any civil, criminal, or other proceedings. If the court decides that the election judge should be removed for any cause stated in the petition, the court shall so order and shall immediately notify the appropriate election official.       The validity of any part of the registration or election already completed or other acts performed under this code, if otherwise legally performed, shall not be affected by the removal of an election judge and shall be in every respect valid and regular. The successor of any election judge removed shall proceed with the duties of the election judge with the same power and effect as though originally appointed.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 730, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (2)(a) amended, p. 839, § 57, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-5-117 as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-6-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 6 - Election Judges|§ 1-6-122. State Employees - Leave to Serve as Election Judge

  An employee of a state agency, as defined in section 24-18-102 (9), C.R.S., shall be entitled to take administrative leave with pay on election day for the purpose of serving as an election judge, unless the employee's supervisor determines that the employee's attendance at work on election day is essential.    An employee of a state agency who takes administrative leave with pay to serve as an election judge in accordance with this section shall not receive compensation pursuant to section 1-6-115.    An employee of a state agency who serves as an election judge in accordance with this section shall submit to the employee's supervisor evidence of service as an election judge.     History. Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 2032, § 12, effective June 6.
CO Code § 1-8.3-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-101. Short Title

 This article may be cited as the “Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act”.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added,(HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 664, § 1, effective May 13.
CO Code § 1-8.3-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-103. Elections Covered

  The voting procedures in this article apply to:   A general, congressional vacancy, or primary election for federal office;    A general, recall, or primary election for statewide or state legislative office or state ballot measure;    Any other election coordinated by the county clerk and recorder; and    An election conducted under article 13.5 of this title.        History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 666, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2014: (1)(d) added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 73, § 39, effective February 18.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.   OFFICIAL COMMENT   The first category of elections delineated in this section is the only category covered by the UOCAVA. However, even for these elections, this act provides additional accommodations to military and overseas voters that are not provided under the UOCAVA. The second and third categories of state and local elections extend the act's accommodations to non-federal elections not within the UOCAVA scope. These two categories are distinguished primarily to permit an enacting state more easily to consider providing different accommodations to military and overseas voters depending on the type of election.
CO Code § 1-8.3-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-105. Effect of “Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act” - Emergency Authority of Secretary of State

  In the event of any conflict between this article and any provisions of the federal “Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20301 et seq., the provisions of the federal act shall control, and all designated election officials who are charged with the performance of duties under this code shall perform the duties and discharge the obligations placed upon them by the federal act.    If a national or local emergency arises that makes substantial compliance with the provisions of this article impossible or unreasonable, such as when congress has declared a national emergency or the president has ordered into active military service of the United States any units and members of the National Guard of this state, the secretary of state may prescribe, by emergency orders or rules, such special procedures or requirements as may be necessary to facilitate absentee voting by those members of the military or military support personnel directly affected by the emergency.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 667, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 585, § 56, effective May 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-8-103 as it existed prior to 2011.
CO Code § 1-8.3-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-106. Overseas Voter's Registration Address

 In registering to vote, an overseas voter who is eligible to vote in this state shall use and shall be assigned to the voting precinct of the address of the last place of residence of the voter in this state, or, in the case of a voter described by section 1-8.3-102 (2)(d) , the address of the last place of residence in this state of the parent or legal guardian of the voter. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the voter shall be assigned an address for voting purposes.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 667, § 1, effective May 13.    OFFICIAL COMMENT   This section specifies the address of the last place of residence as the address to be used as the voter registration address, and instructs election officials to assign an administratively convenient address to a voter who has no last place of residence in the state. When election officials must assign a voter a non-standard address, where possible they should place the voter in the same precinct or district as the last place of residence, were it still a recognized residential address.
CO Code § 1-8.3-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-107. Methods of Registering to Vote

  To apply to register to vote, in addition to any other approved method, a covered voter may use a federal postcard application, or the application's electronic equivalent.    A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot. If the declaration is received after the election, it shall be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.    The secretary of state shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in section 1-8.3-104 (3) is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 668, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2013: (2) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 744, § 105, effective May 10. L. 2018: (2) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1614, § 31, effective May 29.    Cross references:   In 2013, subsection (2) 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.   OFFICIAL COMMENT   Both this section and section 1-8.3-108 are designed to encourage the use of the federal postcard application while yet allowing military and overseas voters to use a state's pre-existing voter forms, and to permit states to develop alternative forms if they wish. However, the sections are not intended to require states or local election jurisdictions to revise their existing forms, or to prepare new forms for voters covered under this act. Instead, to the extent that a state's existing forms do not collect sufficient information to properly classify overseas and military voters, section 1-8.3-108 (5) requires voters who use the state forms to affirmatively indicate their status as a covered voter. States that choose to revise their forms for whatever reason should ensure that the revised forms facilitate voting under this act.
CO Code § 1-8.3-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-109. Timeliness of Application for Ballot

 If an applicant wishes to receive a ballot by mail, the application shall be received no later than the close of business on the seventh day before the election.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 669, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 565, § 23, effective May 9.    OFFICIAL COMMENT   Many states accept regular absentee ballot applications up until just a few days before an election, or later. Because military and overseas voters can use electronic transmission methods both to request and to receive blank ballots, this section allows them to take advantage of an application deadline close to the election.
CO Code § 1-8.3-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-110. Transmission of Unvoted Ballots

  For an election described in section 1-8.3-103 for which this state has not received a waiver pursuant to section 579 of the federal “Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20302 (g)(2), not later than forty-five days before the election, the election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to all covered voters who by that date submit a valid ballot application.    A covered voter who requests that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter by electronic transmission may choose facsimile transmission or electronic mail delivery, or, if offered by the voter's jurisdiction, other electronic means. The election official in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter using the means of transmission chosen by the voter.    If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the jurisdiction begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit them to the voter within seventy-two hours after the receipt of the application.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 669, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 585, § 57, effective May 18.
CO Code § 1-8.3-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-111. Timely Casting of Ballot

 To be valid, a ballot shall be received by the appropriate local election official not later than the close of the polls, or the voter shall submit the ballot for mailing, electronic transmission, or other authorized means of delivery not later than 7:00 p.m. mountain time on the date of the election.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 669, § 1, effective May 13.    OFFICIAL COMMENT   Requiring that the ballot be completed by 12:01 a.m. local time on Election Day ensures that covered voters will not be able to cast a vote with knowledge of the election night returns of the jurisdiction whose ballot the voter is voting. One way in which a military-overseas ballot may be submitted for mailing by a uniformed service member is by giving the ballot to the mail clerk or designated service member responsible for handling mail for a particular unit of the uniformed services. Also allowing a valid ballot to be received by local officials through the close of the polls will increase the voting time available in those circumstances in which facsimile or other electronic transmission of voted ballots is permitted.
CO Code § 1-8.3-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-112. Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot

  A covered voter may use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote for all offices and ballot measures in an election described in section 1-8.3-103.    The covered voter may designate the candidate by writing in the name of the candidate or by writing in the name of a political party or political organization, in which case the ballot shall be counted for the candidate of that political party or political organization. Any abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of the candidate, political party, or political organization shall be disregarded in determining the validity of the ballot as long as the intention of the covered voter can be ascertained.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 669, § 1, effective May 13.    Editor's note:   Subsection (2) is similar to former § 1-8-117 (4)(b) as it existed prior to 2011.
CO Code § 1-8.3-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-113. Transmission and Receipt of Ballot

  A covered voter who requested and received ballot materials by electronic transmission may also return the ballot by electronic transmission:   In circumstances where another more secure method, such as returning the ballot by mail, is not available or feasible, as specified in rules promulgated by the secretary of state; or    If the ballot is for a recall election conducted under article 12 of this code.       A valid ballot cast in accordance with section 1-8.3-111 shall be counted if it is received by the close of business on the eighth day after an election at the address that the appropriate state or local election office has specified.    If, at the time of completing a ballot and balloting materials, the voter has declared under penalty of perjury that the ballot was timely submitted, the ballot shall not be rejected as late.     History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 670, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 622, § 13, effective May 9.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.   OFFICIAL COMMENT   The language in subsection (2) is intended to capture the deadline for the event when local election officials complete or certify their official counting of ballots, by whatever name that event is known in the state. Even those ballots of overseas and military voters that arrive after election day can and must be included in these official results if local election officials have received them by the day before the deadline for this event, giving local election officials that day to process them before making their return or certification.   The act precludes rejecting a military-overseas ballot for lack of a postmark (or for a late postmark) in light of the fact that many pieces of military mail enter the postal system through delivery to a mail clerk in a remote location without a postmark, and are only postmarked some days later when they reach a more established facility.
CO Code § 1-8.3-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 8.3 - Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act|§ 1-8.3-114. Declaration

 A ballot shall include or be accompanied by the signed affirmation required by the federal “Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20301 et seq.   History. Source: L. 2011: Entire article added, (HB 11-1219), ch. 176, p. 670, § 1, effective May 13. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 585, § 58, effective May 18.    OFFICIAL COMMENT   A declaration made under this section should be structured as an affirmation that plainly subjects a covered voter to the perjury laws of the enacting state.