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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 3 - MASTER LIST OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-301 — 1-2-305) › Section 1-2-305 - Postelection procedures - voting history - definitions

(1)
Not later than sixty days after a state election, the county clerk and recorder shall generate a list of electors within the county who submitted more than one ballot for the election.
(2)
If it is determined that an elector has voted more than once, the secretary of state or the county clerk and recorder shall notify the proper district attorney for prosecution of a violation of this code.
(3)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"District of state concern" means a congressional district or a unique political subdivision with territory in more than one county and with its own enabling legislation, as identified by rules adopted by the secretary of state pursuant to section
1-1-104
(9.5).
(b)
"State election" means a general, primary, or congressional vacancy election, a special legislative election involving more than one county, a ballot issue election involving a statewide ballot issue, or any election involving a candidate or ballot issue for a district of state concern.
(4)
No later than March 1 of each year following a year in which a general election was held, the secretary of state shall distribute to each major and minor political party, free of charge, a list of individuals who actually voted in such election. Such list may be in the form of a computer list.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 21, eff. 5/18/2016.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 21, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 664, § 2, effective 1/1/1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 180, § 4, effective April 7. L. 2000: (1) amended and (3) and (4) added, p. 1758, § 3, effective 1/1/2001. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 1777, § 8, effective June 1. L. 2009: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 09 -1018), ch. 158, p. 683, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 698, § 21, effective May 10. L. 2016: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 573, § 21, effective May 18.
This section is similar to former § 1-2-305 as it existed prior to 1992.
In 2013, subsection (1) 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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 4 - HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-401 — 1-2-403) › Section 1-2-401 - Legislative declaration

It is the intent of the general assembly that, in order to promote and encourage voter registration of all eligible electors in the state, registration should be made as convenient as possible. It is determined by the general assembly that if voter registration is convenient, the number of registered voters will increase. It is further determined by the general assembly that support and cooperation of school officials and interested citizens will make high school registration successful. It is therefore the purpose of this part 4 to encourage voter registration by providing convenient registration procedures for qualified high school students, employees, and other persons by using high school deputy registrars.
L. 92: Entire part added, p. 621, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1403, § 25, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 4 - HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-401 — 1-2-403) › Section 1-2-402 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Registration by high school deputy registrars - rules

(1)
Each principal of a public high school, or the principal's designee who is a registered voter in the county, may serve as a deputy registrar. The principal of each high school shall notify the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the high school is located of the name of the school's deputy registrar, and the county clerk and recorder shall maintain a list of the names of all of the high school deputy registrars in that county in a public file.
(2)
The high school deputy registrar may register or preregister any student, employee of the school, other person who attends school functions, or any other person who is eligible to register or preregister to vote. Voter registration may be made available only when the school is open for classes or any other school or community function. The high school deputy registrar shall take registrations or preregistrations only on school district premises.
(3)
A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for voter registration for each student who is eighteen years of age or who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the next election. A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for preregistration for each student who is sixteen years of age.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326, § 10, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 92: Entire part added, p. 621, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1403, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2019: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3008, § 10, effective August 2.
Section 52(2) of chapter 326 (HB 19-1278), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after August 2, 2019.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the short title ("Colorado Votes Act") in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 4 - HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-401 — 1-2-403) › Section 1-2-402 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Registration by high school deputy registrars - rules

(1)
Each principal of a public high school, or the principal's designee who is a registered voter in the county, may serve as a deputy registrar. The principal of each high school shall notify the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the high school is located of the name of the school's deputy registrar, and the county clerk and recorder shall maintain a list of the names of all of the high school deputy registrars in that county in a public file.
(2)
The high school deputy registrar may register or preregister any student, employee of the school, other person who attends school functions, or any other person who is eligible to register or preregister to vote. Voter registration may be made available only when the school is open for classes or any other school or community function. The high school deputy registrar shall take registrations or preregistrations only on school district premises.
(3)
A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for voter registration for each student who is eighteen years of age or who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the next election. A high school deputy registrar may have available an official application form for preregistration for each student who is fifteen years of age.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 468,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2025.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326, § 10, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 92: Entire part added, p. 621, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1403, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2019: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3008, § 10, effective August 2.
Section 52(2) of chapter 326 (HB 19-1278), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after August 2, 2019.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the short title ("Colorado Votes Act") in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter 326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-502 - Form for agency registration

(1)
In addition to the information required in section
1-2-501
, the form used at a voter registration agency shall include:
(a)
The question, "If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?";
(b)
If the agency provides public assistance, the statement, "Applying to register or declining to register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will be provided by this agency.";
(c)
Boxes for the applicant to check to indicate whether the applicant would like to register or decline to register to vote, together with the statement, in close proximity to the boxes and in prominent type, "IF YOU DO NOT CHECK EITHER BOX, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT THIS TIME.";
(d)
The statement, "If you would like help in filling out the voter registration application form, we will help you. The decision whether to seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the application form in private.".
(e)
The statement, "If you believe that someone has interfered with your right to register or to decline to register to vote, your right to privacy in deciding whether to register or in applying to register to vote, or your right to choose your own political party or other political preference, you may file a complaint with the secretary of state." The form shall also include the address and telephone number of the secretary of state.
(2)
All agencies providing an opportunity to complete the voter registration forms shall keep copies of all records relating to the completion of the forms for two years. The forms shall not be considered public records but are available to the secretary of state for purposes of compiling data in compliance with the federal "National Voter Registration Act of 1993",
52 U.S.C. sec. 20501
et seq.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 210, § 3, eff. 6/6/2016.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 22, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1763, § 21, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2016: (2) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 573, § 22, effective May 18; (2) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 753, § 3, effective June 6.
Amendments to subsection (2) by SB 16-189 and SB 16-142 were harmonized.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-502.7 - Voter registration agencies - reports - transfer of records for voter registration

(1)
Each state agency that oversees one or more offices designated as voter registration agencies in section
1-2-504(1)(a) and (1)(b)
shall annually provide to the secretary of state a list with each designated office, the type of services the office provides, and a designated voter registration contact for that office.
(2)
Each office designated under subsection (1) of this section shall report to the secretary of state each month the number of people who applied for public assistance or who applied to participate in state-funded programs, the number of voter registration choice forms the office collected, and the number of people who received a voter registration form.
(3)
At the earliest practicable time, the office of information technology created in section
24-37.5-103
shall assess which voter registration agencies, as defined in section
1-2-504(1)(a) and (1)(b)
, collect sufficient information from applicants for voter registration purposes, and shall report its findings to the secretary of state. Upon a determination by the office of information technology and the secretary of state that a voter registration agency collects the necessary information to register an eligible elector, the office of information technology and the secretary of state shall establish a schedule by which the voter registration agency shall begin providing electronic records regarding eligible electors to the secretary of state. The secretary of state and each county clerk and recorder shall process electronic records received from voter registration agencies under this subsection (3) substantially in accordance with section
1-2-502.5
.
Added by 2019 Ch. 329,§ 4, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-235), ch. 3054, p. 3054, § 4, effective August 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-503 - Availability of forms

The application forms for mail voter registration shall be available for distribution through governmental and private entities, with particular emphasis on making them available for organized voter registration programs.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1764, § 21, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-504 - Voter registration agencies

(1)
The following offices are designated as voter registration agencies:
(a)
All offices that provide public assistance;
(b)
All offices that provide state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities;
(c)
All recruitment offices of the armed forces of the United States; and
(d)
Any other federal, state, local government, or nongovernment office that chooses to provide voter registration service or applications.
(2)
The following agencies may provide application forms for mail voter registration:
(a)
All offices of county clerk and recorders;
(b)
All federal post offices; and
(c)
Any other federal, state, local government, or nongovernment office that chooses to provide voter registration service or applications.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1764, § 21, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-505 - Services at voter registration agencies - services to persons with disabilities

(1)
At each voter registration agency, the following services shall be made available with each application made in person for service or assistance and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to the service or assistance:
(a)
Distribution of mail voter registration application forms;
(b)
Assistance to applicants in completing agency voter registration application forms, unless the applicant refuses such assistance; and
(c)
Acceptance of completed agency voter registration application forms for transmittal to the appropriate county clerk and recorder.
(2)
If a voter registration agency provides services to a person with a disability at the person's home, the agency shall provide the services described in subsection (1) of this section at the person's home.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1764, § 21, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-506 - Prohibitions

(1)
A person who provides the services described in section
1-2-505
shall not:
(a)
Seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration;
(b)
Display any political preference or party allegiance;
(c)
Make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote;
(d)
Make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register or not to register has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits.
(2)
A person who provides the services described in section
1-2-505
shall ensure that the identity of the voter registration agency through which any particular voter is registered is not disclosed to the public.
(3)
No information relating to a declination to register to vote made in connection with an application completed at a voter registration agency may be used for any purpose other than voter registration.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1765, § 21, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-507 - Transmittal of voter registration applications - when

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a completed agency registration application accepted at a voter registration agency shall be transmitted to the county clerk and recorder not later than five days after the date of acceptance; except that, within twenty-two days before an election, a voter registration agency must transmit completed voter registration applications on a daily basis.
(2)
Within eight days before an election, a voter registration agency shall accept the application and immediately inform the applicant that he or she must go to a voter service and polling center in order to vote in that election.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 23, eff. 5/18/2016.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 160, § 9, eff. 5/9/2014.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 24, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1765, § 21, effective 1/1/1995. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 826, § 20, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 699, § 24, effective May 10. L. 2014: (2) amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 559, § 9, effective May 9. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 574, § 23, effective May 18.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-510 - Public disclosure of voter registration activities

(1)
The secretary of state shall maintain for at least two years and shall make available for public inspection and copying at a reasonable cost, all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters, except to the extent that the records relate to a declination to register to vote or to the identity of a voter registration agency through which any particular voter is registered.
(2)
The records maintained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include lists of the names and addresses of all persons to whom confirmation notices are sent and information concerning whether or not each person has responded to the notice as of the date that inspection of the records is made.
(3)
The secretary of state is also responsible for filing any reports or information concerning the implementation of the federal "National Voter Registration Act of 1993",
52 U.S.C. sec. 20501
et seq., with the federal election commission as may be required.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 210, § 4, eff. 6/6/2016.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 24, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1766, § 21, effective 1/1/1995. L. 97: (2) amended, p. 475, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2016: (3) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 574, § 24, effective May 18; (3) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 754, § 4, effective June 6.
Amendments to subsection (3) by SB 16-142 and SB 16-189 were harmonized.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 5 - MAIL REGISTRATION AND REGISTRATIONAT VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES (§§ 1-2-501 — 1-2-511) › Section 1-2-511 - Prosecutions of violations

(1)
Any person who believes a violation of this part 5 has occurred may file a written complaint no later than sixty days after the date of the violation with the secretary of state. If the secretary of state determines, after a hearing, that the violation has occurred, he or she shall so notify the attorney general, who may institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other appropriate order, in the district court. Upon a proper showing that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any prohibited acts or practices, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order shall be granted without bond by the court. If, within one hundred twenty days after a complaint is filed with the secretary of state, no civil action for relief is instituted by the attorney general, the complainant shall have a private right of action based on an alleged violation of this part 5 and may institute a civil action in district court for any appropriate remedy. Any such action shall be filed within one year from the date of the alleged violation.
(2)
Unless a person intentionally takes voluntary action to register to vote knowing that he or she is not eligible to register, the transfer of the person's electronic record by a voter registration agency in accordance with section
1-2-213.3
or
1-2-502.5
does not constitute the completion of a voter registration form by that person. If such a registration is processed by the state, it is presumed to have been officially authorized by the state and the person is not subject to any penalty under this code.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 329, § 5, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1767, § 21, effective 1/1/1995.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 6 - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-601 — 1-2-606) › Section 1-2-601 - Withdrawal of registration

At any time that registration is permitted in the county clerk and recorder's office, any person who desires to withdraw or cancel his or her own registration may do so by filing with the county clerk and recorder a self-affirmation of withdrawal of registration, and the self-affirmation shall be used as the record of evidence to cancel the elector's registration record.
L. 97: Entire part added with relocations, p. 465, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 1-2-214 as it existed prior to 1997.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 6 - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-601 — 1-2-606) › Section 1-2-602 - Deceased electors

(1)
As soon as is practicable after the end of each month, the state registrar of vital statistics shall furnish the secretary of state with a report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have died during the previous month. To the extent possible, persons on the report shall be identified by name, county of residence, date of birth, and social security number.
(2)
The secretary of state shall forward to each county clerk and recorder monthly the information received from the state registrar of vital statistics concerning persons registered to vote in the county who have died.
(3)
The county clerk and recorder shall cancel the registration of any elector who is deceased and of whose death the county clerk and recorder has received notice pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(3.5)
The secretary of state may by electronic means cancel the registration of any elector who is deceased and of whose death the secretary has received notice pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(4)
The county clerk and recorder shall cancel the registration of any elector who is deceased when the county clerk and recorder receives written notice of the fact. The written notice shall be signed by a family member of the deceased. If the county clerk and recorder has sufficient proof that an elector is deceased, cancellation may be made without such written notice.
L. 97: Entire part added with relocations, p. 465, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3.5) added, p. 2077, § 13, effective May 22.
This section is similar to former §§ 1-2-302 (4) and (7) and 1-2-226 (1) and (2) as they existed prior to 1997.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 6 - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-601 — 1-2-606) › Section 1-2-603 - Notification that elector has moved and registered in different county

(1)
If the elector registers to vote in another county, the county clerk and recorder of the elector's new county of residence shall transfer the elector's registration record from the old county in accordance with the following requirements:
(a)
If the elector provides a name, date of birth, and prior address and the county clerk and recorder can match the name, date of birth, and prior address to the elector's prior registration record, the elector's registration record shall be transferred from the old county.
(b)
If the elector provides a name and date of birth but does not provide a prior address, the elector's registration record shall be transferred from the old county only if:
(I)
The elector provides a driver's license or identification card number, and the county clerk and recorder of the new county of residence can match the name, date of birth, and driver's license or identification card number to the elector's prior registration record; or
(II)
The elector provides a social security number, and the county clerk and recorder of the new county of residence can match the name, date of birth, and social security number to the elector's prior registration record.
(c)
If the elector does not provide a prior address, driver's license number, or social security number, the registration record shall not be transferred from the old county unless the elector submits additional information that complies with the requirements of this subsection (1). The county clerk and recorder of the county of prior residence may send notice to the elector by forwardable mail to the elector's address of record. Any such notice shall have a returnable portion that has the return postage prepaid and is preaddressed to the sending county clerk and recorder, and shall include an area for the elector to indicate if the elector has moved to another county and wishes to have his or her registration record transferred from the old county.
(2)
If a county clerk and recorder receives a notice from the secretary of state or from an election official in another state that the elector has registered to vote in another state, the county clerk and recorder of the county of prior residence shall cancel the registration record if the name and birth date or the name and social security number of the elector match.
L. 97: Entire part added with relocations, p. 466, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1018), ch. 158, p. 683, §5, effective August 5. L. 2010: (2) amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 832, §7, effective May 5.
This section is similar to former § 1-2-303 (2) and (3) as it existed prior to 1997.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 6 - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-601 — 1-2-606) › Section 1-2-604 - Cancellation of electors with multiple registrations

(1)
Based upon an examination of the secretary of state's master lists of registered electors, each county clerk and recorder shall generate a list containing the name of each elector who is registered in more than one precinct in the state and shall cancel from the county's master lists of registered electors the name of the elector wherever it appears, except where it corresponds to the elector's most recent date of registration.
(2)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1018), ch. 684, p. 684, § 6, effective August 5, 2009.)
(3)
(a)
The county clerk and recorder may not cancel the registration record pursuant to subsection (1) of this section unless there is a match in the county's registration records and the statewide voter registration database with respect to, at a minimum, the following types of identifying information:
(I)
The elector's name, date of birth, and prior residence; or
(II)
The elector's name, date of birth, and driver's license number or social security number.
(b)
If the county clerk and recorder is not able to cancel the registration record pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3), the county clerk and recorder shall send a notice to the elector whose record the clerk and recorder intends to cancel. The notice shall be sent to that elector's address of record, shall have a returnable portion that has the return postage prepaid and that is preaddressed to the sending county clerk and recorder, and shall include an area for the elector to indicate if the elector has moved to another county and wishes to have his or her registration record transferred from the old county.
L. 97: Entire part added with relocations, p. 466, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09 -1018), ch. 158, p. 684, § 6, effective August 5.
This section is similar to former §§ 1-2-302 (5)(b) and 1-2-304 (1) as they existed prior to 1997.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 6 - CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION (§§ 1-2-601 — 1-2-606) › Section 1-2-606 - Cancellation by reason of criminal conviction in federal court

(1)
If an elector whose residence is in the state of Colorado is convicted of a felony in a district court of the United States, the United States attorney shall give written notice of the conviction to the secretary of state of Colorado. The notice shall include the name of the offender, the offender's age and residence address, the date of entry of the judgment, a description of the offenses of which the offender was convicted, and the sentence imposed by the court. The United States attorney shall additionally give the secretary of state written notice of the vacation of the judgment if the conviction is overturned.
(2)
The secretary of state shall forward the information received pursuant to this section to the applicable county clerk and recorder of the county in which the offender resides.
(3)
The county clerk and recorder shall cancel the registration of the elector as of the date of receipt of the information from the secretary of state, and the registration shall remain canceled until the offender reregisters to vote.
L. 97: Entire part added with relocations, p. 470, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 7 - VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES (§§ 1-2-701 — 1-2-703) › Section 1-2-701 - Registration of voter registration drive - training - rules

(1)
Before commencing a voter registration drive, a voter registration drive organizer shall file a statement of intent to conduct a voter registration drive with the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state by rules promulgated in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, C.R.S. The voter registration drive organizer shall designate on the statement the agent of the voter registration drive, who shall be a resident of the state.
(2)
A voter registration drive organizer and a voter registration drive circulator shall fulfill the training requirements established by the secretary of state by rules promulgated in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, C.R.S.
(3)
(a)
Prior to circulating any voter registration applications, a person intending to work as a circulator on a voter registration drive shall complete the training provided by the voter registration drive organizer and sign an affirmation affirming that he or she fulfilled the training requirements for circulators.
(b)
A voter registration drive organizer shall maintain and make available to the secretary of state records evidencing the training completed by its circulators.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 42,§ 1, eff. 3/23/2016.
L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1396, § 11, effective June 6; entire part added, p. 1431, § 11, effective June 6. L. 2016: (2) amended and (3) added, (SB 16-107), ch. 42, p. 102, § 1, effective March 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 7 - VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES (§§ 1-2-701 — 1-2-703) › Section 1-2-702 - Conducting a voter registration drive

(1)
A voter registration drive organizer shall use the form of the voter registration application approved by the secretary of state by rule.
(2)
A circulator working on a voter registration drive shall collect a voter registration application distributed by the voter registration drive and offered by an elector and deliver the application to the voter registration drive organizer. A voter registration drive organizer shall deliver the application to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides according to the address indicated on the application. The application shall be delivered no later than fifteen business days after the application is signed, or, if the application is sent by mail, it shall be postmarked no later than fifteen business days after the application is signed; except that an application shall be delivered or mailed no later than the registration deadline set forth in section
1-2-201(3)
.
(2.5)
Within twenty-two days prior to an election, before accepting for delivery a voter registration application form from any elector, a circulator working on a voter registration drive shall inform the elector that, to vote in the upcoming election, the elector must submit an application for registration at a voter service and polling center or the elector's county clerk and recorder's office or through the online voter registration system established pursuant to section
1-2-202.5
.
(3)
A voter registration drive organizer shall not compensate a circulator working on the voter registration drive based on the number of voter registration applications the circulator distributes or collects.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 42,§ 2, eff. 3/23/2016.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185,§ 27, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1397, § 11, effective June 6; entire part added, p. 1432, § 11, effective June 6. L. 2006: (2) amended, p. 2030, § 7, effective June 6. L. 2007: (2) amended, p. 1970, § 7, effective August 3. L. 2013: (2) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 703, § 27, effective May 10. L. 2016: (2.5) added, (SB 16-107), ch. 42, p. 102, § 2, effective March 23.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-2-101 — 1-2-703) › Part 7 - VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES (§§ 1-2-701 — 1-2-703) › Section 1-2-703 - Violations - penalties

(1)
A voter registration drive organizer that conducts a voter registration drive without filing the statement of intent with the secretary of state in accordance with section
1-2-701
or without maintaining a designated agent in the state or that uses a voter registration application form other than the form approved by the secretary of state by rule shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
(2)
A voter registration drive organizer that fails to fulfill the training requirements established by the secretary of state in accordance with section
1-2-701(2)
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
(3)
(a) and (b)
Repealed.
(c)
A voter registration drive organizer that intentionally fails to deliver a voter registration application to the proper county clerk and recorder in the manner and time prescribed by section
1-2-702(2)
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars.
(4)
A voter registration drive organizer that compensates a circulator working on a voter registration drive based on the number of voter registration applications the circulator distributes or collects shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.
L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 1397, § 11, effective June 6; entire part added, p. 1432, § 11, effective June 6. L. 2006: (3) amended, p. 2031, § 8, effective June 6. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1970, § 8, effective August 3. L. 2012: (3)(a) and (3)(b) repealed, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 678, § 8, effective May 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-100.3 - Definitions

As used in this article:
(1)
"Political party" means a major political party as defined in section
1-1-104(22)
.
L. 98: Entire section added, p. 256, § 3, effective April 13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-104 - Political party vacancy committees

All vacancies in state, congressional, judicial, senatorial, representative, or county commissioner party central committees shall be filled by the respective party county central committees pursuant to section
1-3-103
.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 320, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 671, § 3, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-14-110(2) as it existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-105 - Powers of central committees

(1)
Subject to the provisions of section
1-3-106 (2)
, the state central committee has the power to make all rules for party government.
(2)
Any state, congressional, judicial, senatorial, representative, county commissioner, or county central committee may select a managing or executive committee and may authorize the executive committee to exercise any and all powers conferred upon the respective central committees.
(3)
Repealed.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 23, § 2, eff. 3/16/2020.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 320, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 671, § 3, effective 1/1/1993. L. 2020: (3) added, (HB 20 -1359), ch. 86, p. 86, § 2, effective March 16.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-14-110(1) and (3) as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective December 31, 2020. (See L. 2020, p. 86 .)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-106 - Control of party controversies

(1)
The state central committee of any political party in this state has full power to pass upon and determine all controversies concerning the regularity of the organization of that party within any congressional, judicial, senatorial, representative, or county commissioner district or within any county and also concerning the right to the use of the party name. The state central committee may make rules governing the method of passing upon and determining controversies as it deems best, unless the rules have been provided by the state convention of the party as provided in subsection (2) of this section. All determinations upon the part of the state central committee shall be final.
(2)
From the time the state convention of the party convenes until the time of its final adjournment, the state convention has all the powers given by subsection (1) of this section to the state central committee, but not otherwise. The state convention of the party may also provide rules that shall govern the state central committee in the exercise of the powers conferred upon the committee in subsection (1) of this section.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 320, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 671, § 3, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-14-109 as it existed prior to 1980.
For congressional districts, see § 2-1-101 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-107 - Party platforms

(1)
Any assembly or convention of any political party may formulate, adopt, and publish a platform for the political subdivision which the assembly or convention represents.
(2)
Repealed.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 321, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 85: (2) repealed, p. 270, § 37, effective May 31. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 672, § 3, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-14-111 as it existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 3 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-3-100.3 — 1-3-108) › Section 1-3-108 - Use of party name

No person, group of persons, or organization shall use the name or address of a political party, in any manner, unless the person, group of persons, or organization has received permission to use the name or address from the executive committee of the political party.
L. 87: Entire section added, p. 285, § 6, effective June 26. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 672, § 3, effective 1/1/1993.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 1 - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-105) › Section 1-4-102 - Methods of placing names on primary ballot

All candidates for nominations to be made at any primary election shall be placed on the primary election ballot either by certificate of designation by assembly or by petition.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, § 4, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-14-203 as it existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 1 - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-105) › Section 1-4-103 - Order of names on primary ballot

Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office shall be placed on the primary election ballot in the order of the vote received at the assembly. The candidate receiving the highest vote shall be placed first in order on the ballot, followed by the candidate receiving the next highest vote. To qualify for placement on the primary election ballot, a candidate must receive thirty percent or more of the votes of the assembly. The names of two or more candidates receiving an equal number of votes for designation by assembly shall be placed on the primary ballot in the order determined by lot in accordance with section
1-4-601 (2)
. Candidates by petition for any particular office shall follow assembly candidates and shall be placed on the primary election ballot in an order established by lot.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 1214, § 1, effective May 30. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 286, § 7, effective June 26. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, § 4, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-14-209 as it existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 1 - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-105) › Section 1-4-104 - Party nominees

Candidates voted on for offices at primary elections who receive a plurality of the votes cast shall be the respective party nominees for the respective offices. If more than one office of the same kind is to be filled, the number of candidates equal to the number of offices to be filled receiving the highest number of votes shall be the nominees of the political party for the offices. The names of the nominees shall be printed on the official ballot prepared for the ensuing general election.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, § 4, effective 1/1/1993. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 256, § 5, effective April 13. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1309, § 5, effective April 22.
This section is similar to former § 1-15-109 as it existed prior to 1980.