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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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-904 - Signatures on the petitions

(1)
Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors.
(2)
(a)
For petitions to nominate candidates from a major political party in a partisan election, each signer must be affiliated with the major political party named in the petition and shall state the following to the circulator: That the signer has been affiliated with the major political party named in the petition for at least twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system and that the signer has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.
(b)
Petitions to nominate candidates from a minor political party or unaffiliated candidates in a partisan election may be signed by any eligible elector who has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.
(3)
Unless physically unable, all electors shall sign their own signature and shall print their names, their respective residence addresses, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signature. Each signature on a petition shall be made, to the extent possible, in black ink.
(4)
Any person, except a circulator, may assist an elector who is physically unable to sign the petition in completing the information on the petition as required by law. On the petition, immediately following the name of the disabled elector, the person providing assistance shall sign, provide the person's address, and state that the assistance was given to the disabled elector.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282, § 20, eff. 6/21/2021.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 32, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 34, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 765, § 28, effective May 20. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1626, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1311, § 8, effective April 22. L. 2016: (2)(a) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 577, p. 577, § 32, effective May 18.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (3) as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) 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.
For designation of candidates by assembly, see § 1-4-601 ; for designation of party candidates by petition, see § 1-4-603 ; for nomination of candidates by convention, see § 1-4-701 .
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 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-906 - Candidate's acceptance

Every nominating petition before it is filed shall have attached to it a notarized acceptance of the nomination of the candidate or notarized acceptances by both of the joint candidates. Each acceptance of nomination shall contain the full name of the candidate or joint candidate as the name will appear on the ballot and the candidate's full address.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 690, § 7, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (4) as it existed prior to 1992.
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 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-907 - Filing of petition

The petition, when executed and acknowledged as prescribed in this part 9, shall be filed as follows: With the secretary of state if it is for an office that is voted on by the electors of the entire state or of a congressional district or for the offices of members of the general assembly or district attorney or a district office of state concern; with the county clerk and recorder if it is for a county office; and with the designated election official if it is for a nonpartisan local election.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 690, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1621, § 1, effective May 31. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 832, § 35, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-801 (1)(h) as it existed prior to 1992.
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 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-910 - [Repealed]

L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 691, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1154, § 17, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 833, § 38, 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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-911 - Review of a protest

The party filing a protest has the burden of sustaining the protest by a preponderance of the evidence. The decision upon matters of substance is open to review, if prompt application is made, as provided in section
1-1-113
. The remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of any court having jurisdiction shall be final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the exercise of its discretion, may review any judicial proceeding in a summary way.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 691, § 7, effective 1/1/1993.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-901 as it existed prior to 1992.
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 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-912 - Cure - rules

(1)
Repealed.
(2)
During the review of any candidate's petition that is required to be filed with the secretary of state's office, the secretary of state shall notify the candidate of any errors and insufficiencies regarding circulator affidavits. Upon the receipt of such a notification, the candidate has five calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice to cure the errors and insufficiencies described in the notice. To cure a circulator affidavit, the candidate must provide the secretary of state with a new circulator affidavit that corrects the errors of the previously submitted affidavit.
(3)
The secretary of state shall promulgate rules, in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, to implement this section, as amended.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326, § 24, eff. 8/2/2019.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 398, § 2, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 234, § 4, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 691, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1407, § 36, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1155, § 18, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended and (2) repealed, pp. 887, 861, 833, §§ 4, 117, 39, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 765, § 29, effective May 20. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1399, § 18, effective June 6; (1) amended, p. 1434, § 18, effective June 6. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 1065, p. 1065, § 12, effective May 27. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 681, p. 681, § 16, effective May 17. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-209), ch. 947, p. 947, § 4, effective August 9; entire section amended, (HB 17-1088), ch. 2077, p. 2077, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1) repealed and (2) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 3018, p. 3018, § 24, effective August 2.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-4-801 (1)(d) as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) Amendments to subsection (1) by House Bill 95-1022 and House Bill 95-1241 were harmonized.
(3) Amendments to this section by HB 17-1088 and SB 17-209 were harmonized.
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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 9 - PETITIONS FOR CANDIDACY (§§ 1-4-901 — 1-4-913) › Section 1-4-913 - [Repealed]

L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 692, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 834, § 40, 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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1001 - Withdrawal or disqualification from candidacy

(1)
(a)
Any person who has accepted a designation or nomination may withdraw from candidacy at any time by filing a letter of withdrawal. The withdrawing candidate shall sign and acknowledge the letter before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and shall file the letter with the designated election official with whom the original certificate or petition of candidacy was filed.
(b)
Any candidate withdrawing from a designation or nomination shall forthwith report the withdrawal to the persons designated in this part 10 to fill the vacancy.
(c)
Except in the case of a vacancy to be filled in accordance with the provisions of section
1-4-1004
or
1-4-1006
that apply when a vacancy occurs from the earliest day to mail ballots pursuant to section
1-7.5-107
and the day of a primary or general election, respectively, if the withdrawal of candidacy is not made in time for the candidate's name to be taken off the ballot, any votes cast for the candidate are invalid and shall not be counted.
(2)
If the designated election official disqualifies a candidate before the ballots are printed, that candidate's name shall not appear on the ballots.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 234,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 947, § 5, effective August 9.
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1006 - Vacancies in major party nomination occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail general election ballots through general election day

(1)
For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of the person nominated at the primary election.
(2)
A vacancy occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail general election ballots through general election day must be filled in accordance with part 2 of article 12 of this code.
Added by 2017 Ch. 234,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 959, § 5, effective August 9.
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1007 - Vacancies in minor party designation or nomination

Any vacancy in a nomination for a minor political party candidate occurring after the filing of the certificate of designation pursuant to section
1-4-1304(3)
and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election, which is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by the minor political party, may be filled by the person or persons designated in the constitution or bylaws of the minor political party to fill vacancies.
Added by 2017 Ch. 234,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017 (formerly 1-4-1002(4.5).
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (4.5) as it existed prior to 2017.
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1008 - Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination

Any vacancy in a nomination for an unaffiliated candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition or statement of intent occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election may be filled by the person or persons designated on the petition or statement of intent to fill vacancies.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 421,§2, eff. 8/10/2022.
Added by 2017 Ch. 234,§5, eff. 8/9/2017 (formerly 1-4-1002(4).
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (4) as it existed prior to 2017.
2022 Ch. 421, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1009 - Vacancies in school district director nomination

(1)
A vacancy in nomination for a school district director candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination may be filled by the person or persons designated or appointed on the petition within five days of the person or persons learning of the vacancy.
(2)
(a)
When a vacancy is filled in accordance with this section before the ballots are printed, the coordinated election official shall cause the name of the replacement candidate to be printed on the ballot.
(b)
When a vacancy is filled in accordance with this section after the ballots are printed:
(I)
The coordinated election official shall:
(A)
Prominently post, on the coordinated election official's official website and in each voter service and polling center, a notice regarding the vacancy and the name of the replacement candidate; and
(B)
Either cause to be printed and placed on the sample ballot delivered to the election judges and posted in accordance with section
1-5-413
a sticker of a different color than the sample ballot indicating the name of the replacement candidate or reprint the sample ballot with the name of the replacement candidate in a different color; and
(II)
Votes cast for the candidate who vacated the nomination must be counted as votes for the replacement candidate.
Added by 2017 Ch. 234,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 960, § 5, effective August 9.
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1011 - Vacancies of joint gubernatorial candidates - process for filling vacancy in nomination for office of lieutenant governor

(1)
For the purposes of this part 10, no vacancy in designation or nomination for the office of governor or the office of lieutenant governor in any way affects the candidacy of the other joint candidate.
(2)
Any vacancy in a nomination for the office of lieutenant governor must be filled by appointment by the vacating candidate's joint candidate for governor.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of the candidate designated or nominated for governor or lieutenant governor.
Added by 2017 Ch. 234,§ 5, eff. 8/9/2017 (formerly parts of 1-4-1002).
L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 961, § 5, effective August 9.
Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-4-1003 as it existed prior to 2017. Subsection (2) is similar to former §
1-4-1002
(7.3) as it existed prior to 2017.
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 10 - WITHDRAWALS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS FROM, AND VACANCIES IN, NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (§§ 1-4-1001 — 1-4-1012) › Section 1-4-1012 - Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings

(1)
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of a vacancy committee filling a vacancy pursuant to this part 10 may participate in a vacancy committee meeting remotely, including casting the member's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.
(2)
Repealed.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282,§ 24, eff. 6/21/2021.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 1,§ 2, eff. 1/20/2021.
Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing subsection (2) applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.
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 11 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-1101 — 1-4-1103) › Section 1-4-1101 - Write-in candidate affidavit of intent

(1)
A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate for an office in an election shall file an affidavit of intent stating that he or she desires the office and is qualified to assume its duties if elected. A write-in candidate for governor shall designate in the affidavit a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor. A write-in candidate for president of the United States in the general election shall designate in the affidavit a write-in candidate for vice president of the United States and shall include a list of presidential electors endorsed by the electors. The affidavit shall be filed with the secretary of state if it is for a statewide office, a seat in congress, a seat in the general assembly, the office of district attorney, or any other district office of state concern. The affidavit shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder if it is for a county office and with the designated election official if it is for a local office.
(2)
No write-in vote for an office in an election shall be counted unless the person for whom the vote was cast filed the affidavit of intent required by subsection (1) of this section within the time prescribed by section
1-4-1102
. No write-in vote for a candidate for governor shall be counted unless the person designated as the write-in candidate for lieutenant governor pursuant to subsection (1) of this section also filed an affidavit of intent within the time prescribed by section
1-4-1102
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282, § 23, eff. 6/21/2021.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 695, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 1741, § 27, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1973, § 12, effective August 3.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-4-1001 as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) 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.
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 11 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-1101 — 1-4-1103) › Section 1-4-1102 - Time of filing affidavit

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the affidavit of intent shall be filed by the close of business on the sixty-seventh day before a primary election and by the close of business on the one hundred tenth day before any other election.
(2)
In a nonpartisan election, the affidavit of intent shall be filed by the close of business on the sixty-fourth day before the election. If the election is to be coordinated by the county clerk and recorder, the designated election official shall forward a copy of the affidavit of intent to the coordinated election official.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 696, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1768, § 25, effective 1/1/1995. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 835, § 43, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1741, § 28, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 768, § 31, effective May 20. L. 2005: (1) amended, p. 1402, § 20, effective June 6; (1) amended, p. 1437, § 20, effective June 6. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11 -189), ch. 243, p. 1065, § 13, effective May 27.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-1001 as it existed prior to 1992.
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 11 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-1101 — 1-4-1103) › Section 1-4-1103 - Write-in votes for governor, president

(1)
No write-in vote for governor in a general election will be counted unless it includes a write-in vote for lieutenant governor.
(2)
No write-in vote for president in a general election will be counted unless it includes a write-in vote for vice-president.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 262, § 11, eff. 5/29/2018.
L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 696, § 7, effective 1/1/1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 835, § 44, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1974, § 13, effective August 3. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1607, § 11, effective May 29.
This section is similar to former § 1-4-1002 as it existed prior to 1992.
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 12 - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-1201 — 1-4-1207) › Section 1-4-1201 - Declaration

In recreating and reenacting this part 12, it is the intent of the People of the State of Colorado that the provisions of this part 12 conform to the requirements of federal law and national political party rules governing presidential primary elections, and that the Colorado General Assembly will, during the 2017 legislative session, adopt all necessary conforming amendments to ensure the proper operation of a presidential primary election in Colorado.
Initiated 2016: Entire part RC&RE, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2816.
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 12 - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-1201 — 1-4-1207) › Section 1-4-1202 - Definitions

As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Political party" means a major political party as defined in section
1-1-104(22)
.
(2)
"Presidential primary election" means a primary election conducted in a year in which a United States Presidential Election will be held to allocate delegates to national nominating conventions of the major political parties selected in accordance with section
1-4-701
.
Initiated 2016: Entire part RC&RE, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2816.
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 12 - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-1201 — 1-4-1207) › Section 1-4-1205 - Write-in candidate affidavit for presidential primary

A write-in vote for any candidate on the presidential primary ballot shall not be counted unless the candidate for whom the write-in vote was cast has filed a notarized candidate's statement of intent to seek the office of president of the United States. Any such affidavit must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of five hundred dollars and must be filed with the secretary of state no later than the close of business on the sixty-seventh day before the presidential primary election.
Initiated 2016: Entire part RC&RE, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2819.
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 12 - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-1201 — 1-4-1207) › Section 1-4-1206 - Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns

Each county clerk and recorder shall survey all returns received from the presidential primary election in all county precincts in accordance with article
10
of this title 1. For counties that contain more than one United States congressional district, the returns must indicate the number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate; except that, if the total number of votes cast and counted in any precinct is less than ten, the returns for all such precincts in the county must be reported together. For counties that contain only one United States congressional district, the returns may indicate the number of votes cast in the county for each candidate.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282,§ 26, eff. 6/21/2021.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326,§ 27, eff. 8/2/2019.
Initiated 2016: Entire part RC&RE, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2819. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 3019, p. 3019, § 27, effective August 2.
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.
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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 12 - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-4-1201 — 1-4-1207) › Section 1-4-1207 - Election results - certification - pledging of delegates

(1)
The secretary shall compile the number of votes cast for each candidate named on the presidential primary election ballot and the votes cast to send a noncommitted delegate to the political party's national convention, if applicable, and shall calculate the percentage of votes received by each candidate as compared to the number of votes received by all candidates of the same political party.
(2)
The secretary shall certify the results and percentages calculated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to the state chairperson and the national committee of each political party which had at least one candidate on its presidential primary election ballot.
(3)
Each political party shall use the results of the election to allocate national delegate votes in accordance with the party's state and national rules.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326,§ 28, eff. 8/2/2019.
Initiated 2016: Entire part RC&RE, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2819.
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.
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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 13 - MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES (§§ 1-4-1301 — 1-4-1305) › Section 1-4-1301 - Formation of minor political party

(1)
A minor political party shall adopt a constitution or set of bylaws to govern its organization and the conduct of its affairs and shall exercise thereunder any power not inconsistent with the laws of this state. The constitution or set of bylaws shall be filed with the secretary of state. Any minor political party failing to file its constitution or set of bylaws pursuant to this section shall not be qualified as a minor political party. The constitution or set of bylaws shall contain the following:
(a)
A method of nominating candidates for the partisan offices specified in section
1-4-1304(1)
;
(b)
A method for calling and conducting assemblies and conventions;
(c)
A method for selecting delegates to assemblies and conventions;
(d)
A method for the selection of members and a chairperson to the state central committee and for the selection of other party officers;
(e)
A method for filling vacancies in party offices;
(f)
The powers and duties of party officers;
(g)
The structure of the state and county party organizations, if any;
(h)
A statement that any meeting to elect party officers, including delegates, and any assembly to nominate candidates, shall be held at a public place at the time specified by the party chairperson and that the time and place of such meeting shall be published once, no later than fifteen days before such meeting, in a newspaper of general circulation in each county wherein the members of the minor political party reside;
(i)
A statement that the party chairperson or his or her designee shall be the person who shall communicate on behalf of the minor political party; and
(j)
A method for amending the constitution or set of bylaws.
(2)
The chairperson of the party shall file any amendments to the constitution or set of bylaws with the secretary of state no later than fifteen days after the amendments are adopted.
(3)
The name of the minor political party shall contain no more than three words in addition to the word "party". The name of the minor political party shall not use, in whole or in part, the name of any existing political party.
L. 98: Entire part added, p. 251, § 1, effective April 13. L. 99: (1)(h) and (2) amended, p. 769, § 34, effective May 20. L. 2003: (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(h) amended, p. 1311, § 9, effective April 22.
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 13 - MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES (§§ 1-4-1301 — 1-4-1305) › Section 1-4-1302 - Petition to qualify as a minor political party

(1)
A petition to qualify as a minor political party must be signed by at least ten thousand registered electors and shall be submitted to the secretary of state no later than the close of business on the second Friday in the January of the election year for which the minor political party seeks to qualify.
(2)
The petition shall contain the name of the minor political party, and the heading of the petition shall state that the signers thereof desire that it be qualified as a minor political party.
(3)
Each registered elector signing a petition pursuant to this section shall print the elector's name and address, including the street and number, if any. There must be attached to each petition an affidavit of a person who is a citizen of the United States and at least eighteen years of age who circulated the petition stating:
(a)
The circulator's address;
(b)
That the circulator is a citizen of the United States and at least eighteen years of age;
(c)
That the circulator circulated the petition;
(d)
That each signature on the petition was affixed in the circulator's presence and is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be; and
(e)
That, to the best of the circulator's knowledge and belief, each of the persons signing the petition was a registered elector at the time of signing.
(4)
(a)
Upon filing, the secretary of state shall review all petition information and verify the information against the registration records. The secretary of state shall establish guidelines for verifying petition entries.
(b)
No later than twenty-one days after receipt of the petition, the secretary of state shall notify the minor political party seeking to qualify of the number of valid signatures and whether the petition appears to be sufficient or insufficient.
(c)
Repealed.
(d)
Upon determining that the petition is sufficient:
(I)
The secretary of state shall notify the minor political party and the clerk and recorder of each county that such party is qualified; and
(II)
Eligible electors shall be able to register as affiliated with such minor political party.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282,§ 27, eff. 6/21/2021.
L. 98: Entire part added, p. 252, § 1, effective April 13. L. 99: (4)(b) and (4)(c) amended, p. 769, § 35, effective May 20. L. 2003: (1), (2), and (4)(d)(I) amended, p. 1311, § 10, effective April 22. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 1065, p. 1065, § 14, effective May 27.
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.
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 13 - MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES (§§ 1-4-1301 — 1-4-1305) › Section 1-4-1303 - Qualifications to nominate by constitution or bylaws

(1)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, a minor political party qualifies as a minor political party if the party satisfies the requirements of section
1-4-1302
or any one of the following conditions:
(a)
Any of its candidates for any office voted on statewide in either of the last two preceding general elections received at least five percent of the total votes cast for such office.
(b)
One thousand or more registered electors are affiliated with the minor political party prior to April 1 of the election year for which the minor political party seeks to nominate candidates.
(2)
A minor political party shall continue to be qualified as a minor political party if:
(a)
A candidate of the party for statewide office has received at least one percent of the total votes cast for any statewide office in either of the last two preceding general elections; or
(b)
One thousand or more registered electors are affiliated with the minor political party prior to April 1 in either of the last two preceding general elections for which the party seeks to nominate candidates.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 1312, § 11, effective April 22, 2003.)
Amended by 2019 Ch. 326, § 29, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 98: Entire part added, p. 253, § 1, effective April 13. L. 2003: IP(1) and (3) amended, p. 1312, § 11, effective April 22. L. 2019: (1)(b) and (2)(b) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 3020, p. 3020, § 29, 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.
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 4 - ELECTIONS - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATES (§§ 1-4-101 — 1-4-1408) › Part 13 - MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES (§§ 1-4-1301 — 1-4-1305) › Section 1-4-1305 - Disqualification of minor political party

(1)
In the event a minor political party ceases to qualify as such a party pursuant to section
1-4-1303(2)
and fails to subsequently qualify as such a party pursuant to section
1-4-1303
, the secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of such party and the clerk and recorder of each county of such disqualification.
(2)
Such notice of disqualification shall be provided by the secretary of state to the chairperson of the minor political party and to each clerk and recorder no later than July 1 of an election year in which a minor political party may qualify candidates for the ballot. No certificate of designation of candidates pursuant to section
1-4-1304(3)
shall be accepted by the secretary of state from the minor political party for the election for which such party has ceased to qualify.
(3)
Upon notification of disqualification of a minor political party, each registered elector that is affiliated with such minor political party must be designated in the statewide voter registration system as "unaffiliated".
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173,§ 36, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 98: Entire part added, p. 255, § 1, effective April 13. L. 2016: (3) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 578, § 36, effective May 18.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1401 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, affirms, and declares that:
(a)
District attorneys are nonjudicial elected officials subject to the limitations on terms of office imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state constitution;
(b)
Judicial districts are political subdivisions of the state with political control by a community other than the state as a whole, and district attorneys continue to exhibit a fundamental characteristic of representing the people of the judicial district in order to protect their health, safety, and welfare; and
(c)
Judicial districts do not have a clearly identified governing body with the explicit authority to call and conduct elections.
(2)
Therefore, it is the intent of the general assembly that this part 14 provide an explicit statutory mechanism for the referral of ballot questions that seek to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for district attorneys to the eligible electors of a judicial district pursuant to section 11 (2) of article XVIII of the state constitution.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1040, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1402 - Applicability of part

This part 14 shall apply to any ballot question that seeks to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for a district attorney pursuant to section 11 (2) of article XVIII of the state constitution. Elections in which such ballot questions appear on the ballot shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of this code unless otherwise provided for in this part 14.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1041, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1403 - Referral of question in single-county judicial districts

For a judicial district whose territory is comprised entirely of one county, the board of county commissioners for that county shall be the governing body to refer any ballot question to the eligible electors of the judicial district regarding the lengthening, shortening, or elimination of the limitation on terms of office for the district attorney of the judicial district.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1041, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1404 - Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts

(1)
For a judicial district whose territory is comprised of more than one county, the boards of county commissioners of each county situated within the judicial district shall be the governing bodies to refer any ballot question to the eligible electors of their respective counties regarding the lengthening, shortening, or elimination of the limitation on terms of office for the district attorney of the judicial district imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state constitution.
(2)
Any such ballot question shall appear on the ballot in each county situated within the judicial district at the same election. The wording of the ballot question shall be substantially identical in each county situated within the judicial district and the alphabetical, numerical, or alphanumerical designation used to identify the measure shall be identical on each ballot that includes the measure.
(3)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if such a measure is approved by the eligible electors of a county situated within the judicial district but was not referred to or approved by the eligible electors of each county situated within the judicial district at the same election or if the wording of the measure was not substantially identical in each county situated within the judicial district, such measure shall be deemed void.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1041, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1405 - Coordinated or general election ballot

(1)
Any ballot question that seeks to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for a district attorney shall only be submitted to the voters of a judicial district at a coordinated or general election.
(2)
Any such ballot question shall appear on the official ballot used in each county in a judicial district and shall be a separate question from any other ballot questions seeking to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for any other elected officials.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1041, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1406 - County clerk and recorder designated election official - certification of results to secretary of state

(1)
In addition to his or her duties regarding the general survey of returns specified in article
10
of this title, the county clerk and recorder of any county referring a ballot question seeking to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for a district attorney shall:
(a)
Act as the designated election official for the election in which the ballot question appears on the ballot; and
(b)
No later than the eighteenth day after the election in which the ballot question appears on the ballot, certify the total number of votes cast for and against the ballot question and transmit the certification to the secretary of state.
(2)
Upon receipt of the certifications transmitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, the secretary of state shall compile the results received from each county situated within the judicial district and determine whether the measure was approved by the eligible electors of the judicial district as a whole. The secretary shall certify the results in the manner provided by law.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1042, §1, effective May 20.
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 14 - DISTRICT ATTORNEY TERM LIMIT BALLOT QUESTIONS (§§ 1-4-1401 — 1-4-1408) › Section 1-4-1408 - Prior actions not affected

District attorney term limit ballot questions approved by the voters of any judicial district prior to May 20, 2010, are not affected by the enactment of this part 14 and shall remain valid.
L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1046, §1, effective May 20.