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CO Code § 1-7.5-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-104. Mail Ballot Elections - Applicability - Optional for Political Subdivisions Other Than a County

 For all general, primary, odd-year, coordinated, recall, and congressional vacancy elections, the county clerk and recorder shall conduct the election by mail ballot under the supervision of, and subject to rules promulgated in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., by, the secretary of state.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 753, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1422, § 82, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1166, § 39, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (HB 09-1015), ch. 259, p. 1184, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 725, § 82, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 582, § 52, effective May 18.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-104 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.
CO Code § 1-7.5-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-106. Secretary of State - Duties and Powers

  In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the secretary of state, with advice from election officials of the several political subdivisions, shall:   Prescribe the form of materials to be used in the conduct of mail ballot elections; except that all mail ballot packets shall include a ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, and a return envelope;    Establish procedures for conducting mail ballot elections; except that the procedures shall be consistent with section 1-7.5-107;    Supervise the conduct of mail ballot elections by the election officials as provided in section 1-7.5-105 (3).       In addition to other powers prescribed by law, the secretary of state may adopt rules governing procedures and forms necessary to implement this article and may appoint any county clerk and recorder as an agent of the secretary to carry out the duties prescribed in this article.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 754, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2001: (1)(a) amended, p. 1003, § 10, effective August 8. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 1278, § 5, effective April 22. L. 2018: (1)(a) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1612, § 27, effective May 29.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-106 as it existed prior to 1992.   ANNOTATION   Tri-fold envelope that conceals the voter's mark when folded in a certain way satisfies the requirement that a secrecy envelope be included with mail ballot packets. Bruce v. City of Colo. Springs, 971 P.2d 679 (Colo. App. 1998).
CO Code § 1-7.5-106.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-106.5. Registration Record - List of Mail Ballots

  Before any mail ballot is delivered or mailed or before any eligible elector is permitted to cast a vote at an election where the county clerk and recorder is the designated election official, the designated election official shall record the date the ballot is delivered or mailed in the statewide voter registration database.    For nonpartisan elections coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, voters shall be recorded in the statewide voter registration database.    The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall record in the statewide voter registration system created in section 1-2-301 (1) the names and precinct numbers of eligible electors, together with the date on which the mail ballot was sent and the date on which each mail ballot was returned or otherwise cast. For unaffiliated electors in a primary election, the county clerk and recorder shall record which political party's ballot the elector cast. If a mail ballot is not returned or otherwise cast, or if it is rejected and not counted, that fact must be recorded in the statewide voter registration system. The information is subject to public inspection under applicable laws and rules.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 727, § 85, effective May 10. L. 2017: (3) amended, (SB 17-305), ch. 216, p. 844, § 6, effective August 9.    Cross references:   In 2013, this section was added 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 § 1-7.5-107.2 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-107.2. Manner of Early Voting - Securing Ballots Cast During Early Voting

  An eligible elector who receives a mail ballot may cast the ballot at a voter service and polling center prior to election day. Ballot boxes must be locked and sealed each night with a numbered seal under the supervision of the election judges or watchers, and the designated election official shall retain possession of the keys until he or she transfers the same to the counting place pursuant to section 1-7.5-203 for preparation to count and tabulate. When a seal is broken, the designated election official and a person who is not of the same political party as the designated election official shall record the number of the seal and maintain the seal along with an explanation of the reasons for breaking the seal.      Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the voting machines, electronic voting machines, or ballot boxes must remain locked and secured with a numbered seal, and the tabulation of the votes cast must remain unknown until the time prescribed in section 1-7.5-202 for counting voters' ballots. Alternatively, except for electronic voting equipment and mail ballot boxes, the ballot boxes must be opened each night, and the voted ballots must be placed in a transfer case that is locked and secured with a numbered seal. A record must be maintained consisting of the date and seal number of each ballot box and transfer case until each ballot box and transfer case is transferred pursuant to section 1-7.5-203 for preparation for counting and tabulating. When a seal is broken, the designated election official and a person who is not of the same political party as the designated election official shall record the number of the seal and maintain the seal along with an explanation of the reasons for breaking the seal. During the time the voter service and polling center is not open, the designated election official shall have the custody and keys of any voting machine or electronic voting equipment being used for the casting of ballots.    The designated election official shall place in a locked and secured location all direct record electronic voting machine cartridges that record votes cast on such voting machines. The tabulation of votes cast and recorded on such cartridges must remain unknown until the time prescribed in section 1-7.5-202 for counting ballots.         History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 732, § 87, effective May 10.    Cross references:   In 2013, this section was added 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 § 1-7.5-107.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-107.5. Counting Mail Ballots

 The election officials at the mail ballot counting place may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the designated election official for tabulation. Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and continue until counting is completed. The election official in charge of the mail ballot counting place shall take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures, and no information concerning the count shall be released by the election officials or watchers until after 7 p.m. on election day.   History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 777, § 59, effective May 20. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1336), ch. 261, p. 1198, § 6, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-7.5-108.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-108.5. Designation of Inactive Status in Connection With Mailing of Mail Ballots

 In connection with any election conducted on or after May 10, 2013, if a mail ballot sent to a registered elector is returned by the United States postal service as undeliverable, the county clerk and recorder shall mark the registration record of that elector with the word “Inactive”. The clerk and recorder shall mail a confirmation card pursuant to section 1-2-605 to any elector whose ballot was returned by the United States postal service as undeliverable.   History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1742, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 733, § 89, effective May 10.    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.
CO Code § 1-7.5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-109. Write-in Candidates

 A write-in candidate is allowed in mail ballot elections if the candidate has filed an affidavit of intent with the designated election official pursuant to section 1-4-1101 . Ballots for write-in candidates are counted pursuant to section 1-7.5-206 .   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 757, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 734, § 90, effective May 10.    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.
CO Code § 1-7.5-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-110. Challenges

 Votes cast pursuant to this article may be challenged pursuant to and in accordance with law. Any mail ballot election held pursuant to this article shall not be invalidated on the grounds that an eligible elector did not receive a ballot so long as the designated election official for the political subdivision conducting the election acted in good faith in complying with the provisions of this article or with rules promulgated by the secretary of state.   History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 757, § 10, effective January 1, 1993.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-109 as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-7.5-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-113. Voting at Group Residential Facilities

  If a group residential facility does not have mail boxes in which a representative of the United States postal service may directly deposit mail, and more than seven mail ballots are to be sent to that group residential facility, a committee consisting of one employee of the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the facility is located and, where available, a representative appointed by each of the major political parties shall deliver the mail ballots and return the voted ballots to the office of the county clerk and recorder. The delivery of ballots under this section may begin on the forty-fifth day before election day.    For nonpartisan elections, including independent mail ballot elections conducted pursuant to part 11 of article 13.5 of this title, the designated election official shall appoint a committee that consists of two or more election judges or employees or representatives of the designated election official. The voted ballots must be returned to the office of the designated election official.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 734, § 91, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 72, § 37, effective February 18. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1650, § 39, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.   Cross references:    In 2013, this section was added 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.
CO Code § 1-7.5-113.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-113.5. Voting at County Jails or Detention Centers

  Each county clerk and recorder shall make efforts to coordinate with the county sheriff or the county sheriff's designee at each county jail or detention center to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors.    The election plan required by section 1-7.5-105 must include the following information:   How the county clerk and recorder will provide each county jail or detention center with voter information materials consistent with the materials provided to nonconfined eligible electors, including at a minimum a list of acceptable forms of identification under section 1-1-104 (19.5) and the information required by sections 1-40-124.5 and 1-40-125; and    The process by which the county clerk and the sheriff or the sheriff's designee will facilitate voter registration and delivery and retrieval of mail ballots for confined eligible electors.        History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1650, § 40, effective June 21.    Editor's note:   Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act adding this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
CO Code § 1-7.5-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-114. Watchers at Voter Service and Polling Centers

 Any political party, candidate, proponents, or opponents of a ballot issue entitled to have watchers at voter service and polling centers each has the right to maintain one watcher in the office of the designated election official and each voter service and polling center during the period in which mail ballots may be applied for or received.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 734, § 91, effective May 10.    Cross references:   In 2013, this section was added 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 § 1-7.5-114.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 1 - Mail Ballot Elections|§ 1-7.5-114.5. Replacement Ballots - Ballots for New Electors - Ballots for Electors Who Updated Their Records

  An eligible elector may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot that was originally mailed to the elector was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or for some other reason not received by the elector. To obtain a replacement ballot by mail, the elector shall make a request to the county clerk and recorder for a replacement ballot no later than the eighth day before an election. The county clerk shall not mail a replacement ballot to the elector making the request if the clerk has already received a ballot for that election from the elector making the request.      Commencing on the fifteenth day before the election, the county clerk and recorder shall deliver any ballot that must be sent by mail to the United States postal service within two business days after processing a registration application or an update to a voter registration record that requires a new ballot to be sent to an elector.    Commencing on the eleventh day before the election, the county clerk and recorder shall mail all mail ballots to electors by first class mail.    Commencing on the eighth day before an election, the county clerk and recorder shall deliver to the United States postal service any ballot that must be sent by mail within two business days after receiving a registration application or an update to a voter registration record that results in the issuance of an original or a replacement mail ballot to an elector.    Any county clerk who receives information from the United States postal service or any other third party indicating that ballots have been lost, stolen, or will, for any reason, not be timely delivered to electors, shall report the issue to the secretary of state.         History. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1313), ch. 260, p. 1255, § 3, effective September 14.
CO Code § 1-7.5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-201. Appointment of Election Judges for Counting Mail Ballots

  If the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has mailed or delivered mail ballots to five hundred or more electors, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall appoint, in addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers described in section 1-7.5-107, at least three counting judges, not more than two of whom shall be from any one major political party. For each additional five hundred mail ballots so mailed or delivered, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official may appoint additional counting judges as needed.    In all political subdivisions in which electronic or electromechanical voting systems are used, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official, for each five hundred mail ballots mailed or delivered, may appoint, in addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers as described in section 1-7.5-107, five counting judges, not more than three of whom shall be from any one major political party in a partisan election.    In political subdivisions to which this section applies and in the event that only two major political parties are represented, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall make the appointments so that one major political party is represented by a majority of election judges on the mail ballot receiving board and the other major political party is represented by a majority of election judges on the mail ballot counting board. The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall appoint those electors certified by the county party chairpersons of the major political parties to the county clerk and recorder as mail ballot receiving judges and mail ballot counting judges. If an elector certified by a major political party is not willing or able to serve, then the major political party that certified the elector may certify a replacement judge to the county clerk and recorder. If the major political parties do not certify a sufficient number of mail ballot receiving and counting judges, the county clerk and recorder may appoint a sufficient number of qualified electors to serve as mail ballot receiving and counting judges.    In all political subdivisions to which this section applies, where the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has appointed one or more student election judges pursuant to article 6 of this title, the student election judge shall be appointed to serve as a judge for the purpose of counting mail ballots pursuant to this section; except that the student election judge need not satisfy any party affiliation required of election judges by this section.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added,(HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 737, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-202. Hours a Counting Place Open for Receiving and Counting Mail Ballots

  The election officials at the counting place may receive and prepare for tabulation mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official.    Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and shall continue until counting is completed.    The election officials in charge of the counting place shall take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures, and no information concerning the count may be released by the election officials or watchers until after 7 p.m. on election day.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 738, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-203. Delivery of Mail Ballots to Supervisor Judge

 At any time during the fifteen days prior to and including the election day, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall deliver to the counting place judges all the mail ballot envelopes received up to that time in packages or in ballot boxes that are locked and secured with a numbered seal, and the record of mail ballots as provided for in section 1-7.5-106.5 (3) for which a receipt will be given. The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall continue to deliver any envelopes containing mail ballots that may be received thereafter up to and including 7 p.m. on election day.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 739, § 92, effective May 10.