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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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-708.5 - Elected officials not to handle electronic or electromechanical voting equipment or devices

Any person who violates any provision of section
1-5-607
commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 30, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 96: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1764, § 50, effective July 1.
(1) This section was formerly numbered as
1-5-607(4)
.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-709 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2023 Ch. 399,§ 43, eff. 6/6/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 31, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 119, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 86, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 748, p. 748, § 119, effective May 10.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-709.5 - Residence - false information - penalty

Any person who votes by knowingly giving false information regarding the elector's place of present residence commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 160,§ 27, eff. 5/9/2014.
L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1764, § 51, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1464, § 9, effective October 1. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 566, § 27, effective May 9.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-709.6 - Residence - conspiring to give false information - penalty

Any person who knowingly aids or abets an elector in planning or committing the offense of knowingly giving false information regarding the elector's place of present residence described in section
1-13-709.5
commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
Added by 2014 Ch. 160,§ 28, eff. 5/9/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 567, § 28, effective May 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-710 - Voting twice - penalty

(1)
(a)
No voter shall, with the intent of voting more than once in an election:
(I)
Cast more than one ballot;
(II)
Offer to cast a ballot knowing that a ballot the voter previously returned was received; or
(III)
During a federal election, vote in this state and another state.
(b)
A voter who violates this subsection (1) upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
(2)
Nothing in this section prohibits a voter from voting in a special district election as a property owner in accordance with article
13.5
of this title or part 8 of article
1
of title
32
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 32, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 282, § 68, eff. 6/21/2021.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 71, eff. 5/18/2016.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 120, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 87, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 748, p. 748, § 120, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 589, p. 589, § 71, effective May 18.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-137 and 1-30-101 as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Amendments to subsection (1) by SB 21-250 and SB 21-271 were harmonized, effective March 1, 2022.
(3) 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.
(4) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-711 - Interference with voter while voting

Any person who interferes with any voter who is inside the immediate voting area or is marking a ballot or operating a voting device or electronic voting device at any election provided by law upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 33, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1361, § 29, effective May 28.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-138 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-712 - Disclosing or identifying vote

(1)
(a)
No voter shall place any mark upon his or her ballot by means of which it can be identified as the one voted by him or her, and no other mark shall be placed on the ballot by any person to identify it after it has been prepared for voting.
(b)
Any voter may show his or her voted ballot to any other person as long as the disclosure is not undertaken in furtherance of any election violation proscribed in this article 13.
(c)
Any voter who makes available an image of the voter's own ballot through electronic means after it is prepared for voting is deemed to have consented to the transmittal of that image.
(d)
The ability of a voter to disclose his or her voted ballot as described in this subsection (1) at a voter service and polling center or at any other location at which votes are being tabulated is subject to the power of a county clerk and recorder to monitor activity at such voter service and polling center or other location, including placing reasonable restrictions on the use of photography in such settings or imposing other restrictions on activity in such settings as the county clerk and recorder finds necessary, to ensure the fair and efficient conduct of elections.
(2)
No person shall endeavor to induce any voter to show how he marked his ballot.
(3)
No election official, watcher, or person shall reveal to any other person the name of any candidate for whom a voter has voted or communicate to another his opinion, belief, or impression as to how or for whom a voter has voted.
(4)
Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 34, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 42, § 1, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2017: (1) amended, (HB 17 -1014), ch. 123, p. 123, § 1, effective August 9.
(1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-713 - Intimidation

It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person in his or her behalf, to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any elector or to compel, induce, or prevail upon any elector either to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote at any election provided by law or to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote for any particular person or measure at any such election. Each such offense is a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 35, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 435, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
For criminal extortion (formerly criminal intimidation), see § 18-3-207 .
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-715 - Liquor in or near voter service and polling center

(1)
It is unlawful for any election official or other person to introduce into any polling location, or to use therein, or to offer to another for use therein, at any time while any election is in progress or the result thereof is being ascertained by the counting of the ballots, any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors.
(2)
It is unlawful for any officer or board of officers of any county or any municipality, whether incorporated under general law or by special charter, who may at any time be by law charged with the duty of designating polling locations for the holding of any general or congressional election therein, to select therefor a room wherein any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors are usually sold for consumption on the premises.
(3)
Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 37, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 122, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 435, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 358, § 31, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1765, § 52, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1) and (2) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 748, p. 748, § 122, effective May 10.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-128 and 1-30-115 as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
In 2013, subsections (1) and (2) were amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-716 - Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of election records

(1)
No person shall willfully destroy, deface, or alter any ballot or any election records or willfully delay the delivery of any such ballots or election records, or take, carry away, conceal, or remove any ballot, ballot box, or election records from the polling location or drop-off location or from the possession of a person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or aid, counsel, procure, advise, or assist any person to do any of the aforesaid acts.
(2)
No election official who has undertaken to deliver the official ballots and election records to the county clerk and recorder shall neglect or refuse to do so within the time prescribed by law or shall fail to account fully for all official ballots and other records in his charge. Informality in the delivery of the ballots and election records shall not invalidate the vote of any precinct if such records are delivered prior to the canvassing of the votes by the county board of canvassers.
(3)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 38, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 123, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 435, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 749, p. 749, § 123, effective May 10.
(1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-717 - Penalty for destruction of supplies

Any person who, during an election, willfully defaces, tears down, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot printed or posted for the instruction of voters or who, during an election, willfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare the voter's ballot or willfully hinders the voting of others upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 39, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 436, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-30-112 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-718 - Release of information concerning count

Any election official, watcher, or other person who releases information concerning the count of ballots cast at polling locations or of mail-in or mail voters' ballots prior to 7 p.m. on the day of the election upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 40, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 124, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 436, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 122, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 66, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 749, p. 749, § 124, effective May 10.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-144 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-719 - Employer's unlawful acts

(1)
It is unlawful for any employer, whether corporation, association, company, firm, or person, or any officer or agent of such employer:
(a)
In any manner to control the action of his employees in casting their votes for or against any person or measure at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention; or
(b)
To refuse to an employee the privilege of taking time off to vote as provided by section
1-7-102
, or to subject an employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of the exercise of such privilege, or to violate any of the provisions of section
1-7-102
in any other way; or
(c)
In paying his employees the salary or wages due them, to enclose their pay in pay envelopes upon which there is written or printed any political mottoes, devices, or arguments containing threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinions, views, or actions of such employees; or
(d)
Within ninety days of any election provided by law, to put up or otherwise exhibit in his factory, workshop, mine, mill, boardinghouse, office, or other establishment or place where his employees may be working or be present in the course of such employment any handbill, notice, or placard containing any threat, notice, or information that, if any particular ticket or candidate is elected, work in his place or establishment will cease in whole or in part, or his establishment will be closed, or the wages of his workmen will be reduced or containing other threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinions or actions of his employees.
(2)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (1) of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
. In addition, any corporation violating this section shall forfeit its charter and right to do business in this state.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 41, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 436, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-720 - Unlawfully giving or promising money or employment or facilitating the trading of votes

(1)
It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, individually or through any other person:
(a)
To pay, loan, or contribute, or offer or promise to pay, loan, or contribute, any money or other valuable consideration to or for any elector, or to or for any other person, to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting at any election provided by law or to induce any elector to vote or refrain from voting at such election for any particular person or to induce such elector to go to the polls or remain away from the polls at such election or on account of such elector having voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or issue or having gone to the polls or remained away from the polls at such election;
(b)
To advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to or for the use of any other person with the intent that the same, or any part thereof, shall be used in bribery at any election provided by law or to knowingly pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or partially expended in bribery at any such election;
(c)
To give, offer, or promise any office, place, or employment or to promise, procure, or endeavor to procure any office, place, or employment to or for any elector, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting at any election provided by law or to induce any elector to vote or refrain from voting at such election for any particular person or issue; or
(d)
To facilitate the trading of votes between an elector in the state or a person in another state in exchange for the other person's vote for or against a particular candidate, ballot issue, or ballot question. A violation of this subsection (1)(d) is a petty offense.
(2)
Except for the offense set forth in subsection (1)(d) of this section, each offense set forth in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 42, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 202, § 1, eff. 9/1/2018.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 436, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2018: IP(1) and (2) amended and (1)(d) added, (SB 18-076), ch. 1315, p. 1315, § 1, effective September 1.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-122 and 1-30-102 as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-721 - Receipt of money or jobs

(1)
A person who directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or through any other person shall not:
(a)
Before or during an election provided by law, to receive, agree to accept, or contract for any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration, office, place, or employment, for himself or any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for going or agreeing to go to the polls, or for remaining away or agreeing to remain away from the polls, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, or for voting or agreeing to vote or refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at any election provided by law;
(b)
During or after an election provided by law, to receive any money or other valuable thing on account of himself or any other person for voting or refraining from voting at such election, or on account of himself or any other person for voting or refraining from voting for any particular person at such election, or on account of himself or any other person for going to the polls or remaining away from the polls at such election, or on account of having induced any person to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or measure at such election.
(2)
A person who violates subsection (1) of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 43, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 437, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 82: IP(1) amended, p. 220, § 1, effective February 19.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-123 and 1-30-103 as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
For the penalty for offenses denominated by this code as misdemeanors, see § 1-13-111 .
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-722 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2013 Ch. 185, § 138, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 437, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 492, § 23, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 616, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, § 138, effective May 10.
This section was similar to former § 1-13-149 as it existed prior to 1980.
In 2013, this section was repealed 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-723 - Penalty for neglect of duty - destruction of ballots - breaking seal

(1)
Every officer upon whom any duty is imposed by any election law who violates the officer's duty or who neglects or omits to perform the same upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
(2)
Any official or person, except one authorized by law, who breaks or loosens a seal on a ballot or a ballot box with the intent to disclose or learn the number of such ballot or ballot box upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 44, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 8 - OFFENSES - MAIL VOTING AND VOTING BY NEW RESIDENTS (§§ 1-13-801 — 1-13-804) › Section 1-13-801 - Mailing other materials with mail ballot

It is unlawful for any county clerk and recorder to deliver or mail to a registered elector, as a part of or in connection with the mail ballot, anything other than the voting material as provided in article
7.5
of this title 1. Any person who violates this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 45, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 125, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 123, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 67, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 749, p. 749, § 125, effective May 10.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-145 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
(1) For the delivery of mail-in ballot, see § 1-8-111. (2) 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 8 - OFFENSES - MAIL VOTING AND VOTING BY NEW RESIDENTS (§§ 1-13-801 — 1-13-804) › Section 1-13-802 - Delivery of a mail ballot outside county clerk and recorder's office

No county clerk and recorder shall make personal delivery of any mail ballot to an elector unless such delivery occurs within the confines of the official office of such county clerk and recorder, except as otherwise provided in section
1-7.5-113
. Any delivery contrary to this section renders void the ballot to which it relates. Any county clerk and recorder who violates this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 46, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 126, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 124, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1774, § 80, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 68, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 749, p. 749, § 126, effective May 10.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-146 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 8 - OFFENSES - MAIL VOTING AND VOTING BY NEW RESIDENTS (§§ 1-13-801 — 1-13-804) › Section 1-13-803 - Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot

Any election official or other person who knowingly violates article 7.5 or 13.5 of this title 1 relative to the casting of mail ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast by a mail voter upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 47, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 2, § 43, eff. 2/18/2014.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 127, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 125, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 854, § 89, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 69, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 749, p. 749, § 127, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14 -1164), ch. 74, p. 74, § 43, effective February 18.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-148 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
(1) 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. (2) For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 8 - OFFENSES - MAIL VOTING AND VOTING BY NEW RESIDENTS (§§ 1-13-801 — 1-13-804) › Section 1-13-804 - Duty to report lost, stolen, or late ballots - penalty

Any person responsible for preparing, issuing, transporting, or mailing ballots who has personal knowledge that mail ballots under that person's care have been either lost or stolen or will, for any reason, not be timely delivered to electors, shall report the issue to the county clerk and recorder. Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to report as required by this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
. This section shall not apply to election judges, staff of the county clerk and recorder, or individual United States postal workers.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 48, eff. 3/1/2022.
Added by 2020 Ch. 260,§ 4, eff. 9/14/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1313), ch. 1255, p. 1255, § 4, effective September 14.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Local Government Election Code".
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 5, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-102 - Applicability of article - legislative intent

(1)
This article applies only to nonpartisan elections not coordinated by county clerk and recorders that are conducted by a local government; except that nothing prohibits the governing body of a local government from utilizing any requirements and procedures of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles
1
to
13
of this title, in accordance with section
1-13.5-106
.
(2)
It is the general assembly's intent that the "Uniform Election Code of 1992" continue to govern coordinated elections.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 5, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-104 - Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions that refer to qualified electors

Any elections, and any acts relating thereto, carried out under law that were conducted prior to July 1, 1987, pursuant to provisions that referred to a qualified elector rather than an eligible elector and that were valid when conducted are deemed and held to be legal and valid in all respects.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 7, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-105 - Acts legal and valid

Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions that refer to registered electors, any elections, and any acts relating to those elections carried out under law that were conducted prior to July 1, 1992, and that were valid when conducted are held to be legal and valid in all respects.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 7, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-106 - Applicability of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992"

(1)
Any local government may provide by resolution that it will utilize all or part of the requirements and procedures of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles
1
to
13
of this title, in lieu of all or portions of this article with respect to any election. Absent such resolution, this article applies.
(2)
All provisions of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992" not in conflict with this article 13.5 apply to local government elections; except that:
(a)
Elections offenses and penalties described by parts 2 and 3 of article
13
of this title 1 do not apply to elections authorized under this article 13.5;
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (2)(c) of this section, recall elections of local government officers must be conducted pursuant to part 5 of article
4
of title
31
; and
(c)
Recall elections of directors of special districts created pursuant to title 32 and directors of business improvement districts who were elected pursuant to section
31-25-1209(1)(d)
must be conducted pursuant to part 9 of article
1
of title
32
.
(3)
It is the intent of the general assembly that the general provisions of this article not supersede or supplant specific provisions of law.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 200,§ 4, eff. 5/4/2018.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 210,§ 5, eff. 6/6/2016.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 170,§ 14, eff. 5/9/2014.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 7, § 6, effective February 18; (2) amended, (SB 14-158), ch.170, p. 623, § 14, effective May 9. L. 2016: (2) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 754, § 5, effective June 6. L. 2018: (2) amended, (HB 18-1268), ch. 200, p. 1306, § 4, effective May 4.
For the legislative declaration in SB 14-158, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-107 - Computation of time

(1)
Calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under this article.
(2)
In computing time for any act or event to be done before any local government election, the first day is excluded, and the last, or election, day is included. Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays are included, but, if the time for any act to be done or the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 133,§ 2, eff. 9/7/2021.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 7, p. 7, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-108 - Powers of designated election official

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this article, the designated election official shall render all interpretations and shall make all initial decisions as to controversies or other matters arising in the operation of this article.
(2)
All powers and authority granted to the designated election official by this article may be exercised by a deputy designated election official in the absence of the designated election official or in the event the designated election official is unable to perform the duties.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 8, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-109 - Construction

Substantial compliance with the provisions or intent of this article is all that is required for the proper conduct of an election to which this article applies.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 8, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-110 - Special elections

Special elections must be held on such date as may be provided by law by the local government calling the special election.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 8, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-111 - Time for holding elections for special districts - type of election - manner of election - notice

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, regular special district elections must be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of May in every odd-numbered year.
(2)
Special elections may be held only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, May, October, or December of any year; except that ballot issue elections may be held only on the date of a state general election, biennial local district election, or on the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years. A ballot issue election that is not part of an organizational election must be conducted either as part of a coordinated election or in accordance with part 11 of this article.
(3)
Any special district election ordered pursuant to article
1
of title
32
, C.R.S., by the district court having jurisdiction over such existing or proposed special district must be held on the date ordered by the court and conducted in accordance with this article.
(4)
Whenever the date of a regular special district election is identical to the date set for a municipal or another special district election in any municipality or other special district having boundaries coterminous with the special district, the election may be held jointly with the municipal or other special district election. An election held jointly pursuant to this subsection (4) is not a coordinated election.
(5)
Any election for the organization of a new health assurance or health service district must be held on the date of the general election or on the first Tuesday in November of an odd-numbered year. Any election on the proposal of a health assurance or health service district must be conducted by the county clerk and recorder in which the proposed district will be located as part of a coordinated election in accordance with section
1-7-116
.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 29, § 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 274, § 90, eff. 5/29/2018.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2, § 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 8, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1039), ch. 29, p. 330, § 2, effective 7/1/2022.
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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-112) › Section 1-13.5-112 - Commencement of terms - nonpartisan officers

(1)
Unless otherwise provided by law, the regular term of office of a nonpartisan officer elected at a regular election commences the earlier of the following:
(a)
No later than thirty days after the date that the election results are certified pursuant to section
1-13.5-1305
and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required; or
(b)
At the next meeting of the governing body of the local government following the date of the election.
(2)
Unless otherwise provided by law, if the election is canceled in whole or in part pursuant to section
1-13.5-513
, the regular term of office of a nonpartisan officer commences at:
(a)
The next meeting of the governing body following the date of the regular election, but no later than thirty days following the date of the regular election and upon the signing of an oath and posting of a bond, where required; or
(b)
If the nonpartisan officer was elected at an election other than a regular election, the next meeting of the governing body of the local government following the date of the election.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 313,§ 2, eff. 8/10/2016.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: (1)(a) amended, (HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1266, § 2, effective August 10.
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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13.5-201 — 1-13.5-205) › Section 1-13.5-201 - Registration required

Except where a statute specifically provides otherwise, no person is permitted to vote at any local government election without first having registered to vote in Colorado in accordance with the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles
1
to
13
of this title.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 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 13.5 - COLORADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION CODE (§§ 1-13.5-101 — 1-13.5-1601) › Part 2 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13.5-201 — 1-13.5-205) › Section 1-13.5-202 - Persons entitled to vote at special district elections

No person is permitted to vote in any special district election unless that person is an eligible elector as defined in section
32-1-103(5)
, C.R.S.
Added by 2014 Ch. 2,§ 6, eff. 2/18/2014.
L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 9, § 6, effective February 18.