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CO Code § 1-7.5-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-204. Preparing to Count Mail Ballots - Rejections

     Before opening any mail ballot, one of the receiving judges, in the presence of a majority of the receiving judges, shall inspect the self-affirmation on the return envelope.    The self-affirmation is valid if:   The self-affirmation was completed by the elector;    The self-affirmation was signed by the elector or, if the elector is unable to sign, marked by the elector with or without assistance and witnessed by another person; and    In any election conducted by a county clerk and recorder, the signature on the self-affirmation matches the signature stored in the statewide voter registration system, or the eligible elector's marks on the application and the self-affirmation were witnessed by other persons.    For primary and coordinated elections, the judges and canvass board shall either:       If the self-affirmation is valid, the receiving judge shall open the envelope without defacing the self-affirmation or mutilating the enclosed ballot.    For the purposes of subparagraph (III) of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the signatures on an eligible elector's self-affirmation and stored in the statewide voter registration system shall be compared in the manner prescribed by section 1-7.5-107.3.       If the self-affirmation on the return envelope is invalid, the election judges shall mark the envelope “rejected” and shall write on the envelope the reason for the rejection. The envelope shall be set aside without being opened, and the ballot, if cured, shall be counted.    If it appears to the election judges, by sufficient proof, that a mail ballot sent to an elector who died before receiving the ballot contains a forged affidavit, the envelope containing the ballot of the deceased voter shall not be opened, and the election judges shall make notation of the death and fraudulent signature on the back of the envelope. The ballot shall be forwarded to the district attorney for investigation of a violation of section 1-13-106. If a mail ballot envelope contains more than one marked ballot of any one kind, none of the ballots shall be counted, and the election judges shall write the reason for rejection.     History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 739, § 92, effective May 10. L. 2014: (1)(b)(I) amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 565, § 20, effective May 9.
CO Code § 1-7.5-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-205. Counting Mail Ballots

  Mail ballots and any ballots cast at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot must be counted after delivery of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-203 and after preparation of the ballots as provided in section 1-7.5-204.    Mail ballots must be counted in one of the following ways:   In counties that use paper ballots, the mail ballots may be counted in the same manner as paper ballots.    Any county may use electronic vote-tabulating equipment for the counting of mail ballots in the same manner provided for the counting of ballots in part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.    Ballots that are cast directly on electronic or electromechanical vote-tabulating equipment at a voter service and polling center in lieu of a mail ballot shall be counted in the same manner as provided for the counting of ballots in part 6 of article 5 and parts 4 and 5 of article 7 of this title.        History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-206. Paper Ballots or Electronic System

 In political subdivisions using a ballot card electronic voting system, mail ballots may be cast on paper ballots or may be cast on ballot cards and counted by electronic voting equipment, or both methods may be used.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-207. Voter Verification - Mail Ballot Information

 Each county clerk and recorder shall provide electors, upon request, with information on whether the mail ballot cast by the elector was received by the county clerk and recorder, including an online mail ballot tracking system or response by other electronic or telephonic means.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-208. Certificate of Mail Ballots Cast - Survey of Returns

  Repealed.    Upon the survey of the returns of the political subdivision by the board of canvassers formed pursuant to section 1-10-101 or 1-10-201, the board shall include in its abstract of votes the votes cast in the voter service and polling center and counted at the counting place in the manner provided for abstracting votes cast and counted in accordance with article 10 of this title.      , indicate the number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate and for and against each ballot issue and ballot question and the number of ballots rejected, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3).   Certify the votes cast in each precinct pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a); or    Certify on the returns and the abstract of votes cast the number of votes cast on each ballot style for each candidate and for and against each ballot issue and ballot question and the number of ballots rejected.       If the total number of votes cast and counted in any precinct is less than ten, the returns for all such precincts in the political subdivision shall be reported together.        History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 740, § 92, effective May 10. L. 2014: (1) repealed, (HB 14-1363), ch. 302, p. 1261, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 1-7.5-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-209. Preservation of Rejected Mail Ballots

 All identification envelopes and mail ballots rejected by the election judges in accordance with section 1-7.5-204 must be returned to the designated election official. All mail ballots received by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official after 7 p.m. on the day of the election, together with the rejected mail ballots returned by the election judges as provided in this section, must remain in the sealed identification envelopes and may be destroyed as provided in section 1-7-802 .   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 741, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-7.5-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 7.5 - Mail Ballot Elections|Part 2 - Counting Mail Ballots|§ 1-7.5-210. Maintenance of Mail Ballot Election Voting Records - Transmittal of Such Records to Secretary of State

 The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall maintain a record identifying the name and voting address of each elector who casts a ballot by mail or at a voter service and polling center at any election.   History. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 741, § 92, effective May 10.
CO Code § 1-9-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-201. Right to Vote May Be Challenged

     A person's right to vote at a polling location or in an election may be challenged on one or more of the following grounds:   The person is not a citizen of the United States;    The person has not resided in the state for twenty-two days immediately preceding the election;    The person will not be eighteen years of age or older on or before election day; or    If being a property owner or the spouse or civil union partner of a property owner is required for the election, the person is not a property owner or the spouse or civil union partner of a property owner.       If a person whose right to vote is challenged at a polling location refuses to answer the questions asked or sign the challenge form in accordance with section 1-9-203 or take the oath pursuant to section 1-9-204, the person shall be offered a provisional ballot. If the person casts a provisional ballot, the election judge shall attach the challenge form to the provisional ballot envelope and indicate “Challenge” on the provisional ballot envelope.       An election judge shall challenge any person intending to vote who the judge believes is not an eligible elector as provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section. In addition, challenges may be made by watchers or any eligible elector of the precinct as provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section.    A challenge at a polling location shall be made in the presence of the person whose right to vote is challenged.     History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 381, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 772, § 12, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1419, § 40, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1454, § 40, effective June 6. L. 2013: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 746, § 112, effective May 10. L. 2021: (1)(a) and (2) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1651, § 42, effective June 21.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-8-102 as it existed prior to 1980.    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, subsections (1) and (3) were 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 § 1-9-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-202. Challenge to Be Made by Written Oath

 Each challenge must be made by written oath on a form provided by an election judge. The form must include a space for the name of the person challenged and the specific factual basis for the challenge of the person's right to vote as set forth in section 1-9-201 (1)(a) and must be signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury in the second degree, as specified in section 1-13-104 . The election judges shall forthwith deliver all challenges to the designated election official. No oral challenge is permitted.   History. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 381, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 773, § 12, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1420, § 41, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1455, § 41, effective June 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1651, § 43, effective June 21.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 1-8-103 as it existed prior to 1980.    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:   For oaths and affirmations generally, see article 12 of title 24.
CO Code § 1-9-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-207. Challenges of Ballots Cast by Mail

  The ballot of any elector that has been cast by mail may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged ballots, except those rejected for forgery of a deceased person's signature on a mail ballot affidavit or submission of multiple ballots, must be counted. The election judges shall forthwith deliver all challenges, together with the affidavits of the persons challenged, to the county clerk and recorder or designated election official, as applicable.    A mail ballot may not be challenged under this section solely on the basis of the signature that appears on the mail ballot. Signatures on mail ballots must be reviewed in accordance with section 1-7.5-107.3.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1169, § 46, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1636, § 22, effective June 7. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1421, § 45, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1456, § 45, effective June 6. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1795, § 58, effective June 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1651, § 45, 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.
CO Code § 1-9-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-208. Challenges of Provisional Ballots

 The ballot of any provisional voter may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged provisional ballots, except those rejected for submission of multiple ballots, must be counted if the other requirements for counting provisional ballots are satisfied. The election judges shall deliver all challenges, together with the affidavits of the persons challenged, to the county clerk and recorder or the designated election official.   History. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1636, § 23, effective June 7. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1421, § 46, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1456, § 46, effective June 6. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1796, § 59, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 747, § 115, effective May 10. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1652, § 46, 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 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 § 1-9-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-209. Challenges Delivered to District Attorney

 The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall forthwith deliver a challenge that is not withdrawn, along with the affidavit of the elector on the mail-in, provisional ballot, or mail ballot return envelope, to the district attorney for investigation and action. When practicable, the district attorney shall complete the investigation within ten days after receiving the challenge.   History. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 1421, § 47, effective June 6; entire section added, p. 1457, § 47, effective June 6. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1796, § 60, effective June 1.
CO Code § 1-9-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 9 - Challenges|Part 2 - Challenges to Voting|§ 1-9-210. Copy of Challenge Delivered to Elector

 When a challenge is made to a person who cast a mail ballot or provisional ballot and the person was not present at the time of the challenge, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall notify and mail a copy of the challenge to the person challenged in accordance with the rules of the secretary of state.   History. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 1422, § 47, effective June 6; entire section added, p. 1457, § 47, effective June 6. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1796, § 61, effective June 1. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 74, § 42, effective February 18.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 1-10-101.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 10 - Survey of Returns|Part 1 - Survey of Returns - Partisan Elections|§ 1-10-101.5. Duties of the Canvass Board

  The canvass board shall:   Reconcile the ballots cast in an election to confirm that the number of ballots counted in that election does not exceed the number of ballots cast in that election;    Reconcile the ballots cast in each precinct in the county to confirm that the number of ballots cast does not exceed the number of registered electors in the precinct; and    Certify the abstract of votes cast in any election and transmit the certification to the secretary of state. A majority of canvass board members' signatures shall be sufficient to certify the abstract of votes cast in any election. When unable to certify the abstract of votes by the majority of the board for any reason, the canvass board shall transmit the noncertified abstract of votes to the secretary of state along with a written report detailing the reason for noncertification.        History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 478, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1336), ch. 261, p. 1199, § 9, effective August 5.
CO Code § 1-10-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 10 - Survey of Returns|Part 1 - Survey of Returns - Partisan Elections|§ 1-10-102. Official Abstract of Votes Cast - Certification

  No later than the twenty-second day after any election coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, the canvass board shall complete its duties.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 99, p. 479, § 4, effective July 1, 1999.)    If a recount is held and the vote result changes, the county canvass board shall prepare and certify an amended official abstract of votes cast. If the vote result does not change after the recount, the county canvass board shall include a statement to that effect in the official abstract of votes cast.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 776, § 13, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1169, § 47, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 479, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1638, § 26, effective June 7. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1422, § 48, effective June 6; (1) amended, p. 1457, § 48, effective June 6. L. 2018: (1) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1615, § 33, effective May 29.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-10-102 (1) as it existed prior to 1992.
CO Code § 1-10-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 10 - Survey of Returns|Part 1 - Survey of Returns - Partisan Elections|§ 1-10-103. Transmitting Returns to the Secretary of State - Total of Results

  Immediately after the official abstract of votes cast has been certified and no later than the twenty-second day after any general or primary election or any coordinated election that includes a statewide ballot measure, the county clerk and recorder shall transmit to the secretary of state the portion of the abstract of votes cast that contains the statewide abstract of votes cast.    No later than the twenty-seventh day after any primary or general election or any coordinated election that includes a statewide ballot measure, the secretary of state shall compile and total the returns received from all counties for all candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions certified by the secretary of state, determine if a recount of any office, ballot issue, or ballot question is necessary, and order the appropriate recounts, if any.    Following each general election, the county clerk and recorder shall transmit a list of the names of those candidates elected to county offices to the secretary of state.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 777, § 13, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1169, § 48, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 479, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1638, § 27, effective June 7. L. 2005: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1422, § 49, effective June 6; (1) and (2) amended, p. 1457, § 49, effective June 6. L. 2011: (2) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1066, § 17, effective May 27. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1615, § 34, effective May 29.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-10-104 (1) as it existed prior to 1992.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   The duty of canvassing is imposed on the state board of canvassers [now secretary of state] as an executive entity, not individually. Orman v. People, 18 Colo. App. 302, 71 P. 430 (1903).   And is political and governmental in character. Orman v. People, 18 Colo. App. 302, 71 P. 430 (1903).   Courts have no jurisdiction to control the state board of canvassers' [now secretary of state's] canvassing returns by mandamus. Greenwood Cem. Land Co. v. Routt, 17 Colo. 156 , 28 P. 1125 (1892); Orman v. People, 18 Colo. App. 302, 71 P. 430 (1903).   And even if the courts had jurisdiction the writ would lie only to command the board [now secretary] to act, and not to control his discretion by commanding him how to act. Orman v. People, 18 Colo. App. 302, 71 P. 430 (1903).
CO Code § 1-10-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 1 - Elections|Article 10 - Survey of Returns|Part 1 - Survey of Returns - Partisan Elections|§ 1-10-104. Imperfect Returns - Corrections

  If, in the course of their duties, the canvass board or the secretary of state finds that the method of making or certifying returns from any precinct, county, or district does not conform to the requirements of law, the returns shall nevertheless be canvassed if they are sufficiently explicit in showing how many votes were cast for each candidate, ballot question, or ballot issue.    If the canvass board or the secretary of state finds a clerical error or omission in the returns, the county clerk and recorder, after consultation with the election judges, shall make any correction required by the facts of the case. The election judges shall sign and submit to the canvass board any documentation required for any explanation or verification of the additions or corrections. The canvass board may adjourn from day to day for the purpose of obtaining the additions or corrections.     History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 777, § 13, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 480, § 6, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 1-10-105 as it existed prior to 1992.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   Certificate mistakes cannot be corrected by reference to tally lists. Mistakes in filling out the certificates of the judges of elections cannot be corrected by the canvassers or precinct election officials by reference to the tally lists, inasmuch as errors of this kind do not come within the provisions for correcting imperfect returns. People ex rel. Miller v. Tool, 35 Colo. 225 , 86 P. 224, 86 P. 229, 86 P. 231 (1905).   But election judges may correct where clerical mistake in certificate. Where the number of votes in precinct, as shown by the tallies and figures in the pollbook do not correspond to number certified, but there is a clear case of a clerical mistake in the certificate, the judges of election, when they are notified of the error, have a right to correct, and should correct, such error. People ex rel. Harper v. Ingles, 106 Colo. 213 , 103 P.2d 475 (1940).