Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-408 Compensation of judges
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The judges of election at any municipal election shall receive in full compensation for their services as judges of election not less than five dollars and not more than the maximum amount allowed by statute for payment to the judges of the general election of the state of Colora…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-501 Clerk to give notice
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(1) The clerk, at least ten days before each municipal election, shall give written or printed notice of the election stating the date of the election and the hours during which the polls will be open, designating the polling place of each precinct, stating the qualifications of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-501.5 Ballot issue notice
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(1) Any ballot issue notice, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.5), C.R.S., relating to a municipal ballot issue, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.3), C.R.S., shall be prepared and distributed in a manner consistent with part 9 of article 7 of title 1, C.R.S. (2) In addition to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-502 Establishing precincts and polling places
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(1) (a) The governing body of each municipality shall divide the municipality into as many election precincts for municipal elections as it deems expedient for the convenience of electors of said municipality and shall designate the location and address for each precinct at which…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-503 Judges may change polling places
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(1) When it becomes impossible or inconvenient to hold an election at the place designated therefor, the judges of election, after notifying the clerk and after having assembled at or as near as practicable to such place and before receiving any vote, may move to the nearest conv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-504 Number of voting booths or voting machines
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(1) In municipalities which use paper ballots, the governing body shall provide in each polling place a sufficient number of voting booths. Each voting booth shall be situated so as to permit voters to prepare their ballots screened from observation and shall be furnished with su…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-506 Election expenses to be paid by municipality
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The cost of conducting a municipal election, including the cost of printing and supplies, shall be paid by the municipality in which such election is held. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1048, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 31-10-5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-507 Election may be canceled - when
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In any ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality requiring an affidavit of intent for write-in candidates as provided in section 31-10-306, the governing body may also provide that, if the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-601 Hours of voting
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At all elections held under this article, the polls shall be opened at 7 a.m. and remain open until 7 p.m. of the same day. If a full set of judges of election do not attend at the hour of 7 a.m., an alternate election judge shall be appointed as provided in section 31-10-405. Th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-602 Watchers at municipal elections
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Each candidate for office, or interested party in case of an issue, at a municipal election is entitled to appoint some person to act in his behalf in every precinct in which he is a candidate or in which the issue is on the ballot. Such candidate or interested party shall certif…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-603 Employee entitled to vote
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(1) Any registered elector entitled to vote at any municipal election held within this state is entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed on the day of such election for a period of two hours between the time of opening and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-604 Judges open ballot box first
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In precincts which use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, it is the duty of the judges of the election, immediately before the opening of the polls, to open the ballot box in the presence of the people there assembled and turn it upside down so as to empty it of everyt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-605 Judge to keep pollbook
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A judge of election shall keep a pollbook, which shall contain one column headed names of voters and one column headed number on ballot. The name and number on the ballot of each registered elector voting shall be entered in regular succession under the headings in the pollbook. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-606 Preparing to vote
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(1) Any registered elector desiring to vote shall write his name and address on a form available at the polling place and shall give the form to one of the judges of election, who shall thereupon announce the same clearly and audibly. If said elector is unable to write, he may re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-607 Manner of voting in precincts which use paper ballots
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(1) In precincts which use paper ballots, upon receiving his ballot, the registered elector shall immediately retire alone to one of the voting booths provided and shall prepare his ballot by marking or stamping in ink or indelible pencil, in the appropriate margin or place, a cr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-608 Disabled voter - assistance
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(1) If, at any regular or special election, any voter declares under oath to the judges of election of the precinct where he is entitled to vote that, by reason of blindness or other physical disability or inability to read or write, he is unable to prepare his ballot or operate …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-609 Spoiled ballots
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In precincts which use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, no person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If any voter spoils a ballot, he may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-610 Counting paper ballots
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(1) In precincts which use paper ballots, as soon as the polls at any election have finally closed, the judges shall immediately open the ballot box and proceed to count the votes polled, and the counting thereof shall be continued until finished before the judges of election adj…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-611 Tally sheets
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As the judges of election open and read the ballots, the votes each of the candidates have received shall be carefully marked down, upon tally sheets prepared by the clerk for that purpose, by any appropriate election official. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1052, � 1, effe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-612 Defective ballots
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If a voter marks in ink or indelible pencil more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or if, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the choice of any voter for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. A defective or an in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-613 Judges' certificate
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(1) As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, the judges of election shall make a certificate, stating the name of each candidate, designating the office for which such person received votes, and stating the number of votes he received, the number being expressed in wo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-615 Judges to post returns
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In addition to all certificates otherwise required to be made of the count of votes polled at any election, the judges of election are hereby required to make out an abstract of the count of votes, which abstract shall contain the names of the offices, names of the candidates, ba…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-616 Preservation of ballots and election records
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(1) The ballots, when not required to be taken from the ballot box for the purpose of election contests, shall remain in the ballot box in the custody of the clerk until six months after the election at which such ballots were cast or until the time has expired for which the ball…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-617 Ranked voting methods
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a municipality may use a ranked voting method, as defined in section 1-1-104 (34.4), C.R.S., to conduct a regular election to elect the mayor or members of the governing body of the municipality in accordance with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-701 Use of voting machines
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Voting machines may be used in any municipal election if the governing body, by resolution, authorizes their use. The adoption and use of voting machines for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of voting machines for general and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-702 Judges to inspect machines
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The judges of election of each precinct using voting machines shall meet at the polling place therein at least three-quarters of an hour before the time set for the opening of the polls at each election. Before the polls are open for an election, each judge shall carefully examin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-703 Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction
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(1) Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. The sample ballots shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the officia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-704 Instructions to vote
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In case any voter after entering the voting machine asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instruction to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall enter the voting machine, except as provided …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-705 Length of time to vote
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No voter shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes. If he refuses to leave after a lapse of three minutes, he shall be removed by the judges, but the judges in their discretion may permit a voter to remain longer than three minutes. Source: L. 75: Ent…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-706 Judge to watch voting machines
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The judges shall designate at least one of their number to be stationed beside the entrance to the voting machine during the entire period of the election to see that it is properly closed after a voter has entered to vote. At such intervals as he deems proper or necessary, the j…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-707 Clerk to supply seals for voting machines
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The clerk shall supply each election precinct with a seal for each voting machine to be used in the precinct for the purpose of sealing the machine after the polls are closed and with an envelope for the return of the keys to the machine along with the election returns. Source: L…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-708 Close of polls and count of votes
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As soon as the polls are closed, the judges of election shall immediately lock and seal each voting machine against further voting, and it shall so remain for a period of thirty days unless otherwise ordered by the court. Immediately after each machine is locked and sealed, the j…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-709 Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
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All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where voting machines are used. Nothing in sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-801 Use of electronic system
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An electronic voting system may be used in any municipal election if the governing body authorizes its use. The adoption and use of an electronic voting system for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of such system for general a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-802 Sample ballots
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Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. Such ballots shall be in the form of the official ballot but shall be printed on paper of a different color from the official ballot. The cle…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-803 Ballots - electronic voting
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(1) Ballot pages or ballot cards placed upon voting devices shall be, so far as practicable, in the same order of arrangement as provided by section 31-10-902 for paper ballots; except that they shall be of the size and design required by the vote recorder or the electronic vote …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-804 Preparation for use - electronic voting
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(1) Prior to an election in which an electronic voting system is to be used, the clerk shall have the vote recorders or punching devices, or both the vote recorders and punching devices, prepared for voting and shall inspect and determine that each such recorder or device is in p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-805 Instructions to vote
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In case any voter, after commencing to vote, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instructions to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-806 Ballots
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The clerk of each municipality using an electronic voting system shall provide sufficient ballots for every municipal election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk at least ten days before the election. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 105…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-807 Distribution of ballots
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In municipalities using an electronic voting system, the clerk shall distribute to the election judges in the respective precincts a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each precinct with marks on the outside of each stating …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-808 Cards of instruction
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(1) The clerk shall furnish to the judges of election of each precinct a sufficient number of instruction cards for the guidance of voters in preparing their ballots. The election judges shall post at least one card in each polling place on the day of election. Such cards shall b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-809 Close of polls - count and seals in electronic voting
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After the polls have been closed, the election judges shall secure the vote recorders or the voting devices, or both the vote recorders and the voting devices, against further use and prepare a ballot return in duplicate showing the number of voters as indicated by the pollbook w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-810 Electronic vote counting - test
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(1) The clerk shall have the electronic ballot counting equipment tested in the manner prescribed in this section to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and all measures. The electronic equipment shall be tested at least three times, once on the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-811 Electronic vote counting - procedure
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(1) All proceedings at the counting center shall be under the direction of the clerk and shall be conducted under the observation of watchers, so far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of part 6 of this article; but no persons except those authorized for the purpos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-812 Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
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All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of this part 8 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where an electronic voting system is used. Nothing in this part 8 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballot by absentee voters or for c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-901 Ballot boxes
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The governing body of each municipality using paper ballots shall provide one ballot box for each polling place. Each ballot box shall be strongly constructed so as to prevent tampering, with a small opening at the top thereof and with a lid to be locked. The ballot boxes and key…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-902 Ballots
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(1) The clerk of each municipality using paper ballots shall provide printed ballots for every municipal election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk at least ten days before the election. In addition, sample ballots shall be printed and in t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-903 Ballots changed if candidate dies or withdraws
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If any person duly nominated dies before the day fixed for the election and the fact of such death becomes known to the clerk or withdraws by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the clerk before the date fixed for election, the name of the deceased or withdrawn candidate shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-904 Printing and distribution of ballots
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In municipalities using paper ballots, the clerk shall cause to be printed and distributed to the election judges in the respective precincts a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each precinct with marks on the outside of ea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-905 Substitute ballots
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If the ballots to be furnished to any election judge are not delivered by 8 p.m. on the Monday before election day or if after delivery they are destroyed or stolen, the clerk shall cause other ballots to be prepared, as nearly in the form prescribed as practicable, with the word…