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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1303 - Filing statement - contents

The contestor shall file in the office of the clerk of the district court, within ten days after the expiration of the period within which a recount may be requested pursuant to section
31-10-1207(2)
, or within ten days after the conclusion of a recount conducted pursuant to section
31-10-1207
, whichever is later, a written statement of the contestor's intention to contest the election, setting forth the name of the contestor, that the contestor is a registered elector of the municipality, the name of the contestee, the office contested, the time of election, and the particular causes of the contest. The statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestor or some registered elector of the municipality that the causes set forth in such statement are true to the best of the affiant's knowledge and belief.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1067, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 332, § 95, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 799, § 20, effective August 2.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1103 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1304 - Summons - answer

(1)
The clerk of the district court shall thereupon issue a summons in the ordinary form, in which the contestor shall be named as plaintiff and the contestee as defendant, stating the court in which the action is brought and a brief statement of the causes of contest, as set forth in the contestor's statement. The summons shall be served upon the contestee in the same manner as other summonses are served out of the district court of this state.
(2)
The contestee, within ten days after the service of such summons, shall make and file his answer to the same with the clerk of said court in which he shall either admit or specifically deny each allegation intended to be controverted by the contestee on the trial of such contest and shall set up in such answer any counterstatement which he relies upon as entitling him to the office to which he has been declared elected.
(3)
When the reception of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes is alleged as the cause of the contest, a list of the number of persons who so voted or offered to vote shall be set forth in the statement of contestor and shall be likewise set forth in the answer of contestee if any such cause is alleged in his answer by way of counterstatement.
(4)
When the answer of the contestee contains new matter constituting a counterstatement, the contestor, within ten days after the filing of such answer, shall reply to the same, admitting or specifically denying, under oath, each allegation contained in such counterstatement intended by him to be controverted on the trial, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the district court.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1067, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1104 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1305 - Trial and appeals

Immediately after the joining of issue, the district court shall fix a day for the trial to commence, not more than twenty days nor less than ten days after the joining of issue. Such trial shall take precedence over all other business in said court. The testimony may be oral or by depositions taken before any officer authorized to take depositions. Any depositions taken to be used upon the trial of such contest may be taken upon four days' notice thereof. The district judge shall cause the testimony to be taken in full and filed in said cause. The trial of such causes shall be conducted according to the rules and practice of the district court in other cases. Such proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state if application to such court is made by either party and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1068, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1105 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1306 - Recount

If, upon the trial of any contested election under this article, the statement or counterstatement sets forth an error in canvass sufficient to change the result, the trial judge has the power to conduct a recount of the ballots cast or the votes tabulated on the voting machines in the precinct where the alleged error was made. The court may also require the production before it of such witnesses, documents, records, and other evidence as may have or may contain information regarding the legality of any vote cast or counted for either of the contesting candidates or the correct number of votes cast for either candidate and may correct the canvass in accordance with the evidence presented and its findings thereon.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1068, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1106 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1307 - Judgment

The court shall pronounce judgment whether the contestee or any other person was duly elected. The person so declared elected is entitled to the office upon qualification. If the judgment is against the contestee and he has received his certificate, the judgment annuls it. If the court finds that no person was duly elected, the judgment shall be that the election be set aside and that a vacancy exists.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1068, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1107 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 13 - CONTESTS (§§ 31-10-1301 — 31-10-1308) › Section 31-10-1308 - Ballot questions and ballot issues - how contested

(1)
The results of an election on any ballot question may be contested in the manner provided by this part 13. The grounds for such contest shall be those grounds set forth in section
31-10-1301(1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d)
. The contestee shall be the appropriate election official. In addition to other matters required to be set forth by this part 13, the statement of intention to contest the election shall set forth the question contested.
(2)
Any contest arising out of a ballot issue or ballot question, as defined in section
1-1-104
(2.3) and (2.7), C.R.S., concerning the order on the ballot or concerning whether the form or content of any ballot title meets the requirements of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, shall be conducted as provided in section
1-11-203.5
, C.R.S.
(3)
The result of an election on any ballot issue, as defined in section
1-1-104
(2.3), C.R.S., approving the creation of any debt or other financial obligation may be contested in the manner provided by this part 13. The grounds for such contest shall be those grounds set forth in sections
1-11-201(4)
, C.R.S., and
31-10-1301(1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d)
. The contestee shall be the municipality for which the ballot issue was decided.
L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1507, § 31, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1192, § 94, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2) amended, p. 799, § 21, effective August 2. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 750, § 7, effective August 6.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1108 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 14 - OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 31-10-1401 — 31-10-1402) › Section 31-10-1401 - Controversies

(1)
When any controversy arises between any official charged with any duty or function under this article and any candidate or other person, the district court, upon the filing of a verified petition by any such official or person setting forth in concise form the nature of the controversy and the relief sought, shall issue an order commanding the respondent in such petition to appear before the court and answer under oath to such petition. It is the duty of the court to summarily hear and dispose of any such issues, with a view to obtaining a substantial compliance with the provisions of this article by the parties to such controversy, and to make and enter orders and judgments and to follow the procedures of such court to enforce all such orders and judgments.
(2)
Such proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state if application to such court is made within five days after the termination thereof by the court in which the petition was filed and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1068, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1201 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 14 - OTHER JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (§§ 31-10-1401 — 31-10-1402) › Section 31-10-1402 - Correction of errors

(1)
The clerk shall, on his own motion, correct without delay any error in publication or sample or official ballots which he discovers or which is brought to his attention and which can be corrected without interfering with the timely distribution of the ballots.
(2)
When it appears by verified petition of a candidate or his agent to the district court that an error or omission has occurred in the publication of the names or descriptions of the candidates or in the printing of the sample or official ballots which has not been corrected by the clerk, the court shall issue an order requiring the clerk to forthwith correct such error or to forthwith show cause why such error should not be corrected. Costs, including a reasonable attorney fee, may be taxed in the discretion of such court against either party.
(3)
Such proceedings may be reviewed and finally adjudicated by the supreme court of this state if application to such court is made within five days after the termination thereof by the court in which the petition was filed and if the supreme court is willing to assume jurisdiction of the case.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1069, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1202 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1501 - District attorney or attorney general to prosecute

(1)
Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts which constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwith investigate, and, if reasonable grounds appear therefor, he shall prosecute the same.
(2)
The attorney general of the state shall have equal power with district attorneys to file informations or complaints against any person for violating any provision of this article.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1069, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1301 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1502 - Sufficiency of complaint - judicial notice

Irregularities or defects in the mode of calling, giving notice of, convening, holding, or conducting any regular or special election constitutes no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this article. When an offense is committed in relation to any municipal election, an indictment, information, or complaint for such offense is sufficient if it alleges that such election was authorized by law, without stating the call or notice of the election, the names of the judges of election holding such election, or the names of the persons voted for at such election. Judicial notice shall be taken of the holding of any regular or special election.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1069, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1507, § 32, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1302 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1503 - Immunity of witness from prosecution

Any person violating any provision of this article is a competent witness against any other such violator and may be compelled to attend and testify upon any trial, hearing, proceeding, or investigation in the same manner as any other person, but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying except for perjury in giving such testimony. A person so testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution, or punishment for the offense with reference to which his testimony was given and may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly in bar of such indictment or prosecution.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1303 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1504 - Penalties for election offenses

In all cases where an offense is denominated by this article as being a misdemeanor and no penalty is specified, the offender, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1304 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1505 - Payment of fines

All fines collected under the provisions of this article shall be paid to the county in which the municipality concerned is located.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1305 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1506 - Perjury

Any person, having taken any oath or made any affirmation required by this article, who swears or affirms willfully, corruptly, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question or suborns any other person to swear or affirm willfully, corruptly, and falsely commits perjury in the second degree or subornation of perjury.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1306 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1507 - 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 the name of a registered elector to an absent voter's ballot commits forgery.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1027, § 57, effective August 6.
This section is similar to former § 31-10-1307 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1508 - Tampering with nomination papers

Any person who, being in possession of nomination papers entitled to be filed under this article 10, wrongfully or willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, suppresses, neglects, or fails to cause the same to be filed by the proper time in the clerk's office or who files any such paper knowing the same, or any part thereof, to be falsely made commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 512, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3251, p. 3251, § 512, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1308 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1509 - Bribery of petition signers

Any person who offers or knowingly permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce the elector to sign any nomination petition or other election paper, or any person who accepts any such 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, commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 513, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3251, p. 3251, § 513, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1309 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1510 - [Repealed]

L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 273, § 7, effective April 30.
Before its repeal, this section was similar to former § 31-10-1310 as it existed prior to 1975.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1511 - Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers

(1)
Any election official having charge of official ballots, tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook who destroys, conceals, or suppresses the same, except as expressly permitted by this article 10, commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
(2)
Any election official who has undertaken to deliver the official ballots, the tally sheets, the registration book or list, and the pollbook to the clerk and who neglects or refuses to do so within the time prescribed by law or who fails to account fully for all official ballots and other papers in the election official's charge commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 514, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3251, p. 3251, § 514, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1311 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1512 - Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of ballots and other election papers

Any person who willfully destroys or defaces any ballot or tally sheet, or who willfully delays the delivery of the ballots, tally sheets, registration book or list, or pollbook, or who conceals or removes any ballot, ballot box, or tally sheet from the polling place or 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 commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 515, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3251, p. 3251, § 515, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1312 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1513 - Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote

Any election judge who willfully and maliciously refuses or neglects to receive the ballot of any registered elector who has taken or offered to take the oath prescribed in section
31-10-1105
or knowingly and willfully permits any person to vote who is not entitled to vote at any election commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 516, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3252, p. 3252, § 516, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1313 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1514 - Revealing how elector voted

Any election official, watcher, or person who assists an individual with a disability in voting and who reveals how the individual with a disability voted commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 517, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 250, § 21, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (SB 14-118), ch. 986, p. 986, § 21, effective August 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3252, p. 3252, § 517, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1314 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1515 - Violation of duty

Any municipal official election official or other person upon whom any duty is imposed by this article 10 who violates, neglects, or omits 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 an oath knowing it to be false or who knowingly makes a false certificate in regard to an election matter, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 518, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3252, p. 3252, § 518, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1315 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1516 - Unlawful receipt of money

(1)
It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person:
(a)
To receive, agree to, or contract for, before or during any municipal election, any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration 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 for any particular person or measure at any municipal election; or
(b)
To receive any money or other valuable thing during or after any municipal election 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)
Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 519, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3252, p. 3252, § 519, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1316 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1517 - Disclosing or identifying vote

(1)
No person shall solicit or induce a voter to reveal how he or she voted. 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 upon the ballot to identify it after it has been prepared for voting.
(2)
(a)
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 part 15.
(b)
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.
(c)
The ability of a voter to disclose his or her voted ballot as described in this subsection (2) at a polling place or at any other location at which votes are being tabulated is subject to the power of the clerk to properly monitor activity at such polling place 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 clerk finds necessary, to ensure the fair and efficient conduct of elections.
(3)
Any person violating subsection (1) of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 520, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 42, § 2, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17 -1014), ch. 124, p. 124, § 2, effective August 9. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3252, p. 3252, § 520, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1317 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1518 - Delivering and receiving ballots at polls

(1)
No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election, and no person other than a judge of election shall deliver an official ballot to a 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 shall return his ballot to the judge of election from whom he received the same before leaving the polling place.
(4)
Each violation of the provisions of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 521, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: (1) to (3) amended, p. 1507, § 33, effective July 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 521, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1318 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1519 - Voting twice

Any person who votes more than once or, having voted once, offers to vote again or offers to deposit in the ballot box more than one ballot commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 522, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 858, § 105, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 522, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1319 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1520 - Voting in the wrong precinct

Any person who, at any municipal election, fraudulently votes or offers to vote in any precinct in which he or she does not reside commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 523, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 858, § 106, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 523, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1320 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1521 - Electioneering near polls

Any person who does any electioneering on election day within any polling place or in any public street or room or in any public manner within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling place is located commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 524, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 524, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1321 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1521.5 - [Repealed]

L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1713, § 19, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 1545, § 16, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1522 - 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)
To refuse any of his employees the privilege of taking time off to vote as provided in section
31-10-603
; or
(b)
To influence the vote of any employee by force, violence, or restraint, or by inflicting or threatening to inflict any injury, damage, harm, or loss, or by discharging from employment, or by promoting in employment; or
(c)
To enclose, in paying his employees the salary or wages due them, their pay in pay envelopes upon which there are written or printed any political mottoes, devices, or arguments containing threats, expressed or implied, intended or calculated to control the political opinions, views, or actions of such employees; or
(d)
To put up or otherwise exhibit, within ninety days prior to any municipal election, in his factory, workshop, mine, mill, 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, in case any particular candidate is elected or issue is carried, work in his place or establishment will cease in whole or in part or the wages of his employees be reduced or containing any other threats, expressed or implied, intended or calculated to control the political opinions or actions of his employees; or
(e)
To either expressly or by implication threaten, intimidate, influence, induce, or compel any employee to vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or issue in any municipal election or to refrain from voting at any municipal election.
(2)
Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 525, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 525, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1322 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1523 - Intimidation

It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself or herself, or any other person in his or her behalf, to make use of any force, violence, restraint, abduction, duress, or forcible or fraudulent device or contrivance, or to inflict or threaten the infliction of any injury, damage, harm, or loss, or in any manner to practice intimidation upon or against any person in order to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any qualified elector, or to compel, induce, or prevail upon any qualified elector either to give or refrain from giving the elector's vote at any municipal election 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, § 526, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3253, p. 3253, § 526, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1323 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1524 - Unlawfully giving or promising money

(1)
It is unlawful for any person, directly, by himself, 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 qualified or registered elector or to or for any other person to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting at any municipal election, or to induce any registered 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 qualified or registered elector having voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or having gone to the polls or remained away from the polls at such election; or
(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, be used in bribery at any municipal election 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 in part expended in bribery at any such election.
(2)
Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 527, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 527, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1324 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1525 - Corrupt means of influencing vote

If any person, by bribery, menace, or other corrupt means or device whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, attempts to influence any voter of this state in giving the voter's vote or ballot, or deters the voter from giving the same, or disturbs or hinders the voter in the free exercise of the right of suffrage at any municipal election in this state, or fraudulently or deceitfully changes or alters a ballot, such person so offending commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 528, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 528, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1325 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1526 - Interference with voter while voting

Any person who interferes with any voter when inside the immediate voting area or when marking a ballot or operating a voting machine commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 529, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 529, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1326 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1527 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Ch. 462, § 530, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section repealed, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 530, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1327 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act repealing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1528 - Inducing defective ballot

Any person who willfully causes a ballot to misstate in any way the wishes of the voter casting the same or who causes any other deceit to be practiced with intent fraudulently to induce such voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 531, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 531, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1328 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL (§§ 31-1-101 — 31-35-712) › MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-11-118) › Article 10 - MUNICIPAL ELECTION CODE (§§ 31-10-101 — 31-10-1540) › Part 15 - ELECTION OFFENSES (§§ 31-10-1501 — 31-10-1540) › Section 31-10-1529 - Personating elector

Any person who falsely personates any registered elector and votes under the name of such elector commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 532, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 858, § 107, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3254, p. 3254, § 532, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-1329 as it existed prior to 1975.
(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).