Prohibition on additional voting prerequisites and burdens based on confinement in local jail

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-47-108, under VOTING RIGHTS.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-47-108

(1) A political subdivision shall not implement, impose, or enforce an additional qualification for eligibility to be an elector or another prerequisite to voting based on an individual's confinement to a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 (7).

(2) A political subdivision shall not impose unnecessary burdens on an elector's access to election information, voter registration, or a ballot based on that elector's confinement to a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 (7).

(3) Nothing in this section affects the existing qualifications for eligibility as described in sections 1-2-103 (4) and 31-10-201 (3).

Source: L. 2025: Entire article added, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 751, § 11, effective August 6.