Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1510 Statements of expenses. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, � 1, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section repealed, p. 273, � 7, effective April 30. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to former � 31-10-1310 as it existed prior to 1975.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1511 Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers
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(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 wh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1513 Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1514 Revealing how elector voted
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2014: Entire section amen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1515 Violation of duty
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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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1516 Unlawful receipt of money
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1517 Disclosing or identifying vote
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(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 b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1518 Delivering and receiving ballots at polls
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(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 fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1519 Voting twice
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, � 1, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 858, � 10…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1520 Voting in the wrong precinct
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1072, � 1, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 858, � 106, effect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1521 Electioneering near polls
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1522 Employer's unlawful acts
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(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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1523 Intimidation
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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 an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1524 Unlawfully giving or promising money
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(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 per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1525 Corrupt means of influencing vote
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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 fre…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1526 Interference with voter while voting
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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. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1527 Introducing liquor into polls - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section repealed, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3254, � 530, effective March 1, 2022. Editor's note: (1) This section was similar to former � 31-10-1327 as it existed prior to 1975. (2) Subsection (2) pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1528 Inducing defective ballot
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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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1529 Personating elector
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Any person who falsely personates any registered elector and votes under the name of such elector commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: 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 secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1530 Altering posted abstract of votes
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Any person who defaces, mutilates, alters, or unlawfully removes the abstract of votes posted outside of a polling place commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1074, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3255…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1531 Wagers with electors
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It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for public office, before or during any municipal election, to make any bet or wager with a qualified 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 pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1532 Tampering with notices or supplies
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Any person who, prior to a municipal election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice of election posted in accordance with the provisions of this article 10, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1534 Tampering with voting machine
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Any person who tampers with a voting machine before, during, or after any municipal election with intent to change the tabulation of votes thereon to reflect other than an accurate accounting commits a class 1 misdemeanor. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1075, � 1, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1535 Interference with election official
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Any person who at any municipal election intentionally interferes with any election official in the discharge of the election official's duty, or who induces any election official to violate or refuse to comply with the election official's duty, or who aids, counsels, procures, a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1536 Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector
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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 qualified taxpaying elector, or to aid or assist any person to do so. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1537 Absentee voting
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Any election official or other person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this article 10 relative to the casting of absent voters' ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any absent vote cast or to be cast commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 75: E…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1538 Article to be liberally construed
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This article shall be liberally construed so that all legally registered electors may be permitted to vote and so that fraud and corruption in municipal elections may be prevented. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1076, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is si…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1539 Applicability
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(1) This article shall apply to regular and special municipal elections. (2) This article shall not apply to cities, towns, or cities and counties having home rule, but any such city, town, or city and county may adopt all or any part of this article by reference. Source: L. 75: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1540 Political campaign signs - restrictions. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1076, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section repealed, p. 293, � 1, effective June 7. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to former � 31-10-1340 as it existed prior to 1975.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-201 Qualifications of municipal electors
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(1) Every person who has attained the age of eighteen years possessing the following qualifications is entitled to register to vote at all municipal elections: (a) He is a citizen of the United States. (b) The person is a resident of the municipal precinct and has resided in this…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-202 Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oath
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(1) On any question which is required by law to be submitted to qualified taxpaying electors only, if the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box reserved for that purpose. If the question is submitted on voting machines, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-203 Registration required
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(1) Except where a statute specifically provides otherwise, no person shall be permitted to vote at any municipal election without first having registered within the time and in the manner required by this section and sections 31-10-204 and 31-10-205. (2) Registration requirement…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-204 Municipal clerk as deputy county clerk and recorder
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Each clerk shall serve as a deputy county clerk and recorder for purposes of registration only in the county in which the clerk's municipality is located. The clerk shall register any qualified elector residing in any precinct in such county who appears in person at the clerk's o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-205 Registration lists
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The county clerk and recorder of each county, no later than the fifth day preceding any municipal election in his or her county or upon receipt of the notice made pursuant to section 31-4-503 (3)(b), shall prepare a complete copy of the list of the registered electors of each mun…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-206 Delivery and custody of registration book or list
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(1) Prior to the delivery of the registration books or registration lists to the judges of election for use on election day, the clerk shall attach to each book or list his certificate stating that such book or list contains the registration records or names of all registered ele…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-207 Questions answered by elector
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It is the duty of the clerk to ask each person making application for registration, and the person shall answer correctly, the matters contained in section 1-2-204, C.R.S. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1043, � 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 414, � 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-208 Change of address
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For the twenty-two days before and on the day of any municipal election, any registered elector, by appearing in person at the office of the county clerk and recorder, may complete a sworn affidavit for change of address within the county in which the elector is registered, stati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-301 Electors eligible to hold municipal office
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Every registered elector eighteen years of age or older on the date of the election may circulate a nominating petition and hold office in any municipality, unless another age is required by local charter or ordinance, if he or she has resided in the municipality or municipality …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-302 Nomination of municipal officers
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(1) Candidates for municipal offices shall be nominated, without regard to affiliation, by petition on forms supplied by the clerk. A petition of nomination may consist of one or more sheets, but it shall contain the name and address of only one candidate and shall indicate the o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-303 Withdrawal from nominations
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(1) Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time prior to sixty-three days before election by a written affidavit withdrawing from such nomination. The affidavit stating withdrawal s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-304 Vacancies in nominations. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1044, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1176, � 13, effective July 1. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (SB 18-107), ch. 104, p. 789, � 4, effective August 8. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-305 Objections to nominations
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All petitions of nomination and affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of section 31-10-302, as determined by the clerk, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case objection is made, n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-306 Write-in candidate affidavit
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The governing body of a municipality may provide by ordinance that no write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been filed with the clerk by the person whose name is written in prior to sixty-four days before the day of the election…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-401 Appointment of election judges
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At least fifteen days before each municipal election, the governing body shall appoint the judges of election. Each judge of election shall be an elector registered to vote in Colorado and shall be at least eighteen years of age. The clerk shall make and file in his office a list…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-402 Number of judges
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The governing body, or the clerk if authorized pursuant to section 31-10-401, shall appoint for each municipal election precinct at least three judges of election and such additional judges as deemed necessary. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1045, � 1, effective July 1. L. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-403 Certificates of appointment
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Immediately after the appointment of the judges of election, the clerk shall issue certificates under his official seal certifying such appointments in each precinct. He shall mail one certificate to each person appointed. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1045, � 1, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-404 Acceptances
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With each certificate of appointment transmitted by the clerk to the judges of election, there shall be enclosed a form for acceptance of the appointment. Each person appointed as an election judge shall file his acceptance in the office of the clerk within seven days after the m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-405 Vacancies
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If for any reason any person appointed as a judge of election refuses, fails, or is unable to serve, it is the duty of the person or any other judge of election to immediately notify the clerk. The clerk shall forthwith appoint another qualified person to serve in the place of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-406 Removal of judges
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Any judge of election who has neglected his duty, or has committed, encouraged, or connived at any fraud in connection therewith, or has violated any of the election laws, or has knowingly permitted others to do so, or has been convicted of any felony, or has violated his oath, o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-407 Oath of judges
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(1) Before any votes are taken at any municipal election, the judges of election shall severally take an oath or affirmation in the following form: I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and the state of Colorado; that I am a registered el…