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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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-105 - False certificates by officers

Any notary public or any officer authorized by law to administer oaths who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to a matter connected with an election held under the laws of this state upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 2, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1464, § 6, effective October 1.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-111 and 1-30-125 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.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
(1) For the power of officers to administer oaths, see § 24-12-103 . (2) 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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-106 - Forgery

Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast, or who forges any name of a person as a signer or witness to a petition or nomination paper, or who forges any letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, or who forges the name of a registered elector to a voter's mail-in or mail ballot commits forgery as set forth in section
18-5-102
, C.R.S., and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 117, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1435, § 120, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1622, § 5, effective May 31. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1464, § 7, effective October 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 65, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 747, § 117, effective May 10.
This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-107 and 1-30-130 as they existed prior to 1980.
(1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002. (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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-107 - Violation of duty

Any public officer, election official, or other person upon whom any duty is imposed by this code who violates, neglects, or fails to perform such duty or is guilty of corrupt conduct in the discharge of the same or any notary public or other officer authorized by law to administer oaths who administers any oath knowing it to be false or who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to a matter connected with any election provided by law upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 3, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-111 and 1-30-113(1) 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.
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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-108 - [Repealed]

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 429, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 297, § 30, effective June 26. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 311, § 25, effective May 9. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 1545, § 15, 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-109 - False or reckless statements relating to candidates or questions submitted to electors - penalties - definitions

(1)
(a)
No person shall knowingly make, publish, broadcast, or circulate or cause to be made, published, broadcasted, or circulated in any letter, circular, advertisement, or poster or in any other communication any false statement designed to affect the vote on any issue submitted to the electors at any election or relating to any candidate for election to public office.
(b)
Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1)(a) of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
(2)
(a)
No person shall recklessly make, publish, broadcast, or circulate or cause to be made, published, broadcasted, or circulated in any letter, circular, advertisement, or poster or in any other communication any false statement designed to affect the vote on any issue submitted to the electors at any election or relating to any candidate for election to public office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of this subsection (2), a person acts "recklessly" when he or she acts in conscious disregard of the truth or falsity of the statement made, published, broadcasted, or circulated.
(b)
Any person who violates any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) commits a class 2 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-501
, C.R.S.
(3)
For purposes of this section, "person" means any natural person, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, political party, or other organization or group of persons, including a group organized under section 527 of the internal revenue code.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 4, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1464, § 8, effective October 1. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1366, § 1, effective September 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-30-133 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 2002 act amending subsection (2), 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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-110 - Wagers with electors

It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for election to public office, before or during any election provided by law, to make any bet or wager with an elector, or take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to, any such bet or wager, or provide or agree to provide any money to be used by another in making such bet or wager upon any event or contingency arising out of such election. Any person who violates this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 5, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-126 and 1-30-104 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.
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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-111 - Penalties for election offenses

In all cases in which an offense denominated in this code has no penalty specified, the offender commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 6, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-104 (2) 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).
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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-112 - Offenses relating to mail ballots

Any person who, by use of force or other means, unduly influences an elector to vote in any particular manner or to refrain from voting, or who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any mail ballot before or after it has been cast, or who destroys, defaces, mutilates, or tampers with such a ballot upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 7, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 90: Entire section added, p. 318, § 2, effective 1/1/1991. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 852, § 83, effective July 1.
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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-113 - Interference with distribution of election material

During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
. Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 8, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1627, § 1, effective July 1.
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 1 - OFFENSES - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-114) › Section 1-13-114 - Failure to comply with requirements of secretary of state

(1)
Any person who willfully interferes or willfully refuses to comply with the rules, orders, or acceptable use policy for the statewide voter registration system of the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designated agent in the carrying out of the powers and duties prescribed in section
1-1-107
commits a class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-501
.
(2)
Any person who willfully interferes with any person in notifying or obstructs any person from notifying the department of state of a potential violation of subsection (1) of this section when the person reasonably believes that a violation of subsection (1) of this section has occurred or will occur, or retaliates therefore, upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 322,§15, eff. 6/2/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§9, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 96: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1764, § 48, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-1-107 (3) as it existed prior to 1996.
(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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-201 - Interfering with or impeding registration

Any person who intentionally interferes with or impedes the registration of electors, whether by act of commission or by failure to perform any act or duty imposed or required for the proper administration of parts 2 and 3 of article
2
of this title 1, or who knowingly permits or encourages another to do so upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
. A person who collects a voter registration application from an eligible elector for mailing or delivery to the county clerk and recorder and who fails to mail or deliver the application to the proper county clerk and recorder within five business days after the application is signed is guilty of a violation of this section; except that this section shall not apply to a voter registration drive circulator or voter registration drive organizer, who shall be subject to the penalties described in part 7 of article
2
of this title 1.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 10, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1425, § 54, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1460, § 54, effective June 6. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 839, p. 839, § 27, effective May 5.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-108 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).
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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-202 - Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector

It is unlawful to take or place title to property in the name of another or to pay the taxes or to take or issue a tax receipt in the name of another for the purpose of attempting to qualify such person as a taxpaying elector or as a qualified taxpaying elector or to aid or assist any person to do so. The ballot of any person violating this section shall be void. Any person, company, corporation, or association violating this section shall forfeit and lose all rights, franchises, or other benefits accruing or to accrue to the benefit of such person, company, corporation, or association by or as the result of any such election. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 11, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-113 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).
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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-203 - Procuring false registration

It is unlawful for any person to procure his or her own name, or the name of any other person, to be registered in the statewide voter registration system for a precinct in which such person is not, at the time of such registration, entitled to be registered or for any person to procure any fictitious name to be registered in the statewide voter registration system. Any person who violates this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
. Each violation is considered a separate offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 12, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 68, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 852, § 84, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 588, p. 588, § 68, effective May 18.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-114 and 1-30-119 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.
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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-204 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2016 Ch. 173, § 82, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2016: Entire section repealed, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 593, § 82, effective May 18.
This section was similar to former §§ 1-13-117 and 1-30-120 as they existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-205 - County clerk and recorder signing wrongful registration

Every county clerk and recorder who willfully signs his or her name on the registration record opposite the name of any person knowing that said person is not legally entitled to be registered pursuant to the provisions of section
1-2-101
upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 13, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 638, § 79, effective May 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-115 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).
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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-206 - [Repealed]

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 853, § 88, 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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-207 - Signature on registration record is proof of oath

Any elector, election official, or other person, by his signature on the registration record, shall be conclusively deemed in law to have duly verified such registration record. The registration record containing such signature, or a copy thereof certified by the county clerk and recorder, shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the taking of an oath or affirmation as to the information contained therein in all criminal proceedings pursuant to sections
1-13-104
,
1-13-203
, and
1-13-205
.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 638, § 80, effective May 1.
This section is similar to former § 1-13-116 as it existed prior to 1980.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 1 - ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-46-106) › GENERAL, PRIMARY, RECALL, AND CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY ELECTIONS (§§ 1-1-101 — 1-17-101) › Article 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-208 - Deputy county clerk and recorder - influencing party affiliation

Any deputy county clerk and recorder for voter registration purposes, or employee of the department of revenue who is authorized to conduct voter registration at local driver's license examination facilities, or employee of a voter registration agency who is authorized to conduct voter registration who influences or attempts to influence any person during the registration process to affiliate with a political party or to affiliate with a specific political party upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 14, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 92: Entire section added, p. 803, § 16, effective 1/1/1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1771, § 34, effective 1/1/1995.
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 2 - OFFENSES - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (§§ 1-13-201 — 1-13-209) › Section 1-13-209 - High school deputy registrar - influencing party affiliation

Any high school deputy registrar for voter registration purposes who influences or attempts to influence any person during the registration process to affiliate with a political party or to affiliate with a specific political party upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 15, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 92: Entire section added, p. 623, § 2, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1435, § 121, effective July 1.
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 3 - OFFENSES - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-13-301 — 1-13-303) › Section 1-13-301 - Fraud at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention

Any person in authority at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention who in any manner dishonestly, corruptly, or fraudulently performs any act devolving on him or her by virtue of the position of trust which he or she fills or knowingly aids or abets any other person to do any fraudulent, dishonest, or corrupt act or thing in reference to the carrying on of any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention or the ascertaining or promulgating of its true will upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 16, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-112 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.
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 3 - OFFENSES - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-13-301 — 1-13-303) › Section 1-13-302 - Fraudulent voting in precinct caucus, assembly, or convention

Any person who fraudulently participates and votes in a precinct caucus, assembly, or convention when he or she is not a member of the political party holding the precinct caucus, assembly, or convention, as shown in the statewide voter registration system upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 17, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 69, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 588, p. 588, § 69, effective May 18.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-119 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).
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 3 - OFFENSES - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION (§§ 1-13-301 — 1-13-303) › Section 1-13-303 - Other offenses at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention

(1)
It is unlawful for any person at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention:
(a)
To fraudulently vote more than once;
(b)
To knowingly hand in two or more ballots deceitfully folded together;
(c)
To knowingly procure, aid, counsel, or advise another to vote or attempt to vote fraudulently or corruptly;
(d)
To falsely personate any elector and vote under his name or under an assumed name;
(e)
To fraudulently procure, aid, abet, or encourage, directly or indirectly, any person to attempt to falsely personate any elector or to vote under an assumed name;
(f)
To influence any voter in the casting of his vote by bribery, duress, or any other corrupt or fraudulent means; or
(g)
To receive any money or valuable thing, or the promise of either, for casting his vote for or against any person or measure or to offer his vote for or against any person or measure in consideration of money or other valuable thing, or the promise of either.
(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
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 18, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-120 and 1-30-127 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.
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 4 - OFFENSES - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATE (§§ 1-13-401 — 1-13-403) › Section 1-13-401 - Bribery of petition signers

Any person who offers or, with knowledge of the same, permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce him or her to sign any petition or other election paper or any person who accepts any bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after signing upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 19, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-121 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).
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 4 - OFFENSES - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATE (§§ 1-13-401 — 1-13-403) › Section 1-13-402 - Tampering with nomination papers - nomination petitions

(1)
Any person who, being in possession of any petition, certificate of nomination, or letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, wrongfully or willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, suppresses, neglects to file, or fails to cause to be filed the same within the prescribed time or who files any such paper knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be falsely made or who adds, amends, alters, or in any way changes the information on the petition as written by a signing elector upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
(2)
Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any nomination petition or who willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the nomination petition or who conceals or removes any petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of said acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 20, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 294, § 5, effective May 29. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 311, § 26, effective May 9.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-129 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).
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 4 - OFFENSES - ACCESS TO BALLOT BY CANDIDATE (§§ 1-13-401 — 1-13-403) › Section 1-13-403 - Defacing of petitions other than nominating petitions

Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses a petition; who willfully neglects to file or delays delivery of a petition; who conceals or removes a petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of it; or who aids, counsels, procures, or assists any person in doing any of the above acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 21, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 95: Entire section added, p. 852, § 84, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1764, § 49, effective July 1.
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 6 - OFFENSES - NOTICE AND PREPARATION FOR ELECTIONS (§ 1-13-601) › Section 1-13-601 - Tampering with notices or supplies

Any person who, prior to an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice of election posted in accordance with the provisions of this code, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot printed or posted for the instruction of electors, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare the voter's ballot upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 22, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-130 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).
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 1-13-701 - Interference with election official - intimidation or retaliation against election official

(1)
At any election provided by law, it is unlawful for any person to interfere in any manner with any election official in the discharge of the election official's duty or to induce any election official to violate or refuse to comply with the election official's duty or any law regulating the same.
(2)
It is unlawful for any person, whether verbally, in writing, or in person, to threaten, coerce, or intimidate an election official with the intent to:
(a)
Impede or interfere with the official while the official is engaged in the performance of the official's duties; or
(b)
Retaliate against the official on account of the official's performance of the official's duties.
(3)
This section does not apply to an enforcement action taken pursuant to section
1-1-107
or
1-1.5-104
or to an enforcement action taken by a designated election official against an election judge for a violation of a statute, a rule promulgated by the secretary of state, or the election judge's oath.
(4)
Upon conviction, a person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 324, § 1, eff. 6/2/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 23, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-109 and 1-30-108 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.
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 1-13-702 - Interfering with watcher

Any person who intentionally interferes with any watcher while the watcher is discharging the watcher's duties set forth in section
1-7-108 (3)
upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 24, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1981, § 1, effective May 22.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-110 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).
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 1-13-703 - Tampering with statewide voter registration system, registration list, or pollbook

(1)
Any person who mutilates or erases any name, figure, or word in any registration list or pollbook; or who removes a registration list or pollbook or any part thereof from the place where it has been deposited with an intention to destroy the same, or to procure or prevent the election of any person, or to prevent any voter from voting; or who destroys any registration list or pollbook or part thereof commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
(2)
Any person who knowingly accesses without authorization the statewide voter registration system commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 25, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 173, § 70, eff. 5/18/2016.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 588, p. 588, § 70, effective May 18.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-131 and 1-30-129 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.
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 1-13-704 - Unlawfully permitting to vote

If at any election provided by law any judge of election knowingly and willfully permits any person to vote who is not entitled to vote at such election, such judge commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 421, § 6, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 26, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 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.
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 13 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 1-13-101 — 1-13-804) › Part 7 - OFFENSES - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§§ 1-13-701 — 1-13-725) › Section 1-13-704.5 - Voting by persons not entitled to vote - penalty

(1)
Any person voting in any election provided by law knowing that he or she is not entitled to vote in such election commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
(2)
This section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gender, ethnicity, or national origin.
L. 2006, 1st Ex. Sess.: Entire section added, p. 19, § 1, effective July 31.
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 1-13-705 - Personating elector

Any person who falsely personates any elector and votes at any election provided by law under the name of such elector commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 27, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 85, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-136 and 1-30-122 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.
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 1-13-706 - Delivering and receiving ballots at polls

(1)
No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election having charge of the ballots, nor shall any person other than such judge deliver an official ballot to such voter.
(2)
No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot prepared for voting.
(3)
Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him or her shall return his or her ballot to the judge from whom he or she received the same before leaving the polling location; except that nothing in this section prohibits an elector from obtaining an original or replacement ballot pursuant to section
1-5-102.9 (3)(j)
.
(4)
Each violation of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 28, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 185, § 118, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2013: (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 747, p. 747, § 118, effective May 10.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-139 and 1-30-114(2) 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.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
In 2013, subsection (3) 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 1-13-707 - Inducing defective ballot

Any person who causes any deceit to be practiced with intent to fraudulently induce a voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section
1-13-111
.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 29, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981.
(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-133 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).
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 1-13-707.5 - Tampering with ballot box

Any person who wilfully tampers with or who, except as provided by law, wilfully breaks open any ballot box, including a drop-off location receptacle, is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
, C.R.S.
Added by 2014 Ch. 160,§ 26, eff. 5/9/2014.
L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 566, § 26, 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 1-13-708 - Tampering with voting equipment

(1)
Any person who, as determined by rules promulgated by the secretary of state in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, accesses without authorization, tampers with, or facilitates the unauthorized access to or tampering with any electronic or electromechanical voting equipment or an election-night reporting system before, during, or after any election provided by law is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-401
.
(2)
Any person who knowingly publishes or causes to be published passwords or other confidential information relating to a voting system shall immediately have their authorized access revoked and is guilty of a class 5 felony.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 322, § 16, eff. 6/2/2022.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective 1/1/1981. L. 2004: Entire section amended, pp. 1361, 1213, §§ 28, 108, effective May 28. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1982, § 33, effective August 3.
This section is similar to former § 1-13-132 as it existed prior to 1980.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.