Title 1, Elections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1001 Withdrawal or disqualification from candidacy
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(1) (a) Any person who has accepted a designation or nomination may withdraw from candidacy at any time by filing a letter of withdrawal. The withdrawing candidate shall sign and acknowledge the letter before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and shall file the letter…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1007 Vacancies in minor party designation or nomination
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Any vacancy in a nomination for a minor political party candidate occurring after the filing of the certificate of designation pursuant to section 1-4-1304 (3) and no later than seventy days before the general or congressional vacancy election, which is caused by the declination,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1008 Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination
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Any vacancy in a nomination for an unaffiliated candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition or statement of intent occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination and no later than seventy days before t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1009 Vacancies in school district director nomination
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(1) A vacancy in nomination for a school district director candidate caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of any person nominated by petition occurring after the filing of the petition for nomination may be filled by the person or persons designated o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-101 Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses - legislative declaration
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(1) Except as provided in section 1-4-104.5, a primary election shall be held on the last Tuesday in June of even-numbered years to nominate candidates of political parties to be voted for at the succeeding general election. Except as provided by section 1-4-1304 (1.5), only a ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1012 Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a member of a vacancy committee filling a vacancy pursuant to this part 10 may participate in a vacancy committee meeting remotely, including casting the member's vote by email, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based appli…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-102 Methods of placing names on primary ballot
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All candidates for nominations to be made at any primary election shall be placed on the primary election ballot either by certificate of designation by assembly or by petition. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-103 Order of names on primary ballot
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Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office shall be placed on the primary election ballot in the order of the vote received at the assembly. The candidate receiving the highest vote shall be placed first in order on the ballot, followed by the candida…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-104 Party nominees
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Candidates voted on for offices at primary elections who receive a plurality of the votes cast shall be the respective party nominees for the respective offices. If more than one office of the same kind is to be filled, the number of candidates equal to the number of offices to b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-104.5 Primary election canceled - when
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(1) If, at the close of business on the sixtieth day before the primary election, there is not more than one candidate for any political party who has been nominated in accordance with this article or who has filed a write-in candidate affidavit of intent pursuant to section 1-4-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-105 Defeated candidate ineligible
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No person who has been defeated as a candidate in a primary election shall be eligible for election to the same office by ballot or as a write-in candidate in the next general election unless the party vacancy committee nominates that person; except that this section does not app…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1101 Write-in candidate affidavit of intent
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(1) A person who wishes to be a write-in candidate for an office in an election shall file an affidavit of intent stating that he or she desires the office and is qualified to assume its duties if elected. A write-in candidate for governor shall designate in the affidavit a write…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1102 Time of filing affidavit
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the affidavit of intent shall be filed by the close of business on the sixty-seventh day before a primary election and by the close of business on the one hundred tenth day before any other election. (2) In a nonpartisan e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1103 Write-in votes for governor, president
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(1) No write-in vote for governor in a general election will be counted unless it includes a write-in vote for lieutenant governor. (2) No write-in vote for president in a general election will be counted unless it includes a write-in vote for vice-president. Source: L. 92: Entir…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1201 Declaration
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In recreating and reenacting this part 12, it is the intent of the People of the State of Colorado that the provisions of this part 12 conform to the requirements of federal law and national political party rules governing presidential primary elections, and that the Colorado Gen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1202 Definitions
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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Political party means a major political party as defined in section 1-1-104 (22). (2) Presidential primary election means a primary election conducted in a year in which a United States Presidential Election will…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1203 Presidential primary elections - when - conduct
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(1) A presidential primary election shall be held on a Tuesday on a date designated by the governor. The date selected for the primary must be no earlier than the date the national rules of the major political parties provide for state delegations to the party's national conventi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1204 Names on ballots
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(1) Not later than sixty days before the presidential primary election, the secretary of state shall certify the names and party affiliations of the candidates to be placed on any presidential primary election ballots. The only candidates whose names shall be placed on ballots fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1205 Write-in candidate affidavit for presidential primary
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A write-in vote for any candidate on the presidential primary ballot shall not be counted unless the candidate for whom the write-in vote was cast has filed a notarized candidate's statement of intent to seek the office of president of the United States. Any such affidavit must b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1206 Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns
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Each county clerk and recorder shall survey all returns received from the presidential primary election in all county precincts in accordance with article 10 of this title 1. For counties that contain more than one United States congressional district, the returns must indicate t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1207 Election results - certification - pledging of delegates
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(1) The secretary shall compile the number of votes cast for each candidate named on the presidential primary election ballot and the votes cast to send a noncommitted delegate to the political party's national convention, if applicable, and shall calculate the percentage of vote…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1301 Formation of minor political party
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(1) A minor political party shall adopt a constitution or set of bylaws to govern its organization and the conduct of its affairs and shall exercise thereunder any power not inconsistent with the laws of this state. The constitution or set of bylaws shall be filed with the secret…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1302 Petition to qualify as a minor political party
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(1) A petition to qualify as a minor political party must be signed by at least ten thousand registered electors and shall be submitted to the secretary of state no later than the close of business on the second Friday in the January of the election year for which the minor polit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1303 Qualifications to nominate by constitution or bylaws
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(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, a minor political party qualifies as a minor political party if the party satisfies the requirements of section 1-4-1302 or any one of the following conditions: (a) Any of its candidates for any office voted on stat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1304 Nomination of candidates
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(1) A minor political party may nominate candidates in accordance with sections 1-4-302, 1-4-402 (1)(a), 1-4-502 (1), and 1-4-802 and this article. (1.5) (a) A minor political party may nominate candidates for offices to be filled at a general election by petition in accordance w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1305 Disqualification of minor political party
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(1) In the event a minor political party ceases to qualify as such a party pursuant to section 1-4-1303 (2) and fails to subsequently qualify as such a party pursuant to section 1-4-1303, the secretary of state shall notify the chairperson of such party and the clerk and recorder…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, affirms, and declares that: (a) District attorneys are nonjudicial elected officials subject to the limitations on terms of office imposed by section 11 of article XVIII of the state constitution; (b) Judicial districts are polit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1402 Applicability of part
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This part 14 shall apply to any ballot question that seeks to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for a district attorney pursuant to section 11 (2) of article XVIII of the state constitution. Elections in which such ballot questions appear on the b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1403 Referral of question in single-county judicial districts
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For a judicial district whose territory is comprised entirely of one county, the board of county commissioners for that county shall be the governing body to refer any ballot question to the eligible electors of the judicial district regarding the lengthening, shortening, or elim…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1404 Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts
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(1) For a judicial district whose territory is comprised of more than one county, the boards of county commissioners of each county situated within the judicial district shall be the governing bodies to refer any ballot question to the eligible electors of their respective counti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1405 Coordinated or general election ballot
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(1) Any ballot question that seeks to lengthen, shorten, or eliminate the limitations on terms of office for a district attorney shall only be submitted to the voters of a judicial district at a coordinated or general election. (2) Any such ballot question shall appear on the off…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1407 Initiative - petition
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the registered electors of a county may submit to the board of county commissioners of the county a proposed ballot question regarding lengthening, shortening, or eliminating the limitation on terms of office for the district at…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-1408 Prior actions not affected
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District attorney term limit ballot questions approved by the voters of any judicial district prior to May 20, 2010, are not affected by the enactment of this part 14 and shall remain valid. Source: L. 2010: Entire part added, (SB 10-070), ch. 238, p. 1046, � 1, effective May 20.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-201 Time of holding general election
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A general election shall be held in all precincts in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in every even-numbered year. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, � 4, effective Janua…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-202 United States senators
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At the general election in 1984 and every six years thereafter, one United States senator shall be elected for the next term; and, at the general election in 1986 and every six years thereafter, one United States senator shall be elected for the next term. Source: L. 80: Entire a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-203 Representatives in congress
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At every general election, the number of representatives in congress to which the state is entitled shall be elected. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 322, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 673, � 4, effective January 1, 1993. Editor's note: Thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-204 State and district officers
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At the general election in 1982 and every fourth year thereafter, the following state officers shall be elected: One governor, one lieutenant governor, one secretary of state, one state treasurer, and one attorney general. The lieutenant governor shall be elected jointly with the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-205 County commissioners
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(1) (a) Members of the board of county commissioners shall be elected in each county, excluding a city and county, for a term of four years. (b) No person shall be a county commissioner unless that person is a registered elector and has resided in the district for at least one ye…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-206 Other county officers
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At the general election in 1982 and every four years thereafter, one county clerk and recorder, who shall be ex officio recorder of deeds and clerk of the board of county commissioners; one sheriff qualified pursuant to section 30-10-501.5, C.R.S.; one coroner qualified pursuant …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-301 Time of holding presidential elections
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At the general election in 1984 and every fourth year thereafter, the number of presidential electors to which the state is entitled shall be elected. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 323, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 674, � 4, effective Ja…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-302 Party nominations to be made by convention
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(1) Any convention of delegates of a political party or any committee authorized by resolution of the convention may nominate presidential electors. (2) All nominations for vacancies for presidential electors made by the convention or a committee authorized by the convention shal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-303 Nomination of unaffiliated candidates - fee. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 324, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 675, � 4, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 885, � 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 860, � 114, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-304 Presidential electors
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(1) The presidential electors shall convene at the capital of the state, in the office of the governor at the capitol building, on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in the first December following their election at the hour of 12 noon and take the oath required by law …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-305 Compensation
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Every presidential elector of this state who attends and votes for those officers at the time and place appointed by law is entitled to receive the sum of five dollars per day for each day's attendance at the election and fifteen cents per mile for each mile traveled in going to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-401 Time of congressional vacancy elections
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(1) Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, when any vacancy occurs in the office of representative in congress from this state, the governor shall set a day to hold an election to fill the vacancy and cause notice of the election to be given as required in part 2 of article 5 o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-402 Nominations of political party candidates
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(1) (a) Any convention of delegates of a political party or any committee authorized by resolution of the convention shall nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy in the unexpired term of a representative in congress. A state central committee, its managing or executive committee …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-404 Nomination and acceptance of candidate
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Any person nominated in accordance with this article 4 shall file a written acceptance with the secretary of state by mail or hand delivery. The written acceptance must be postmarked or received by the secretary of state within four business days after the adjournment of the asse…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-501 Only eligible electors eligible for office
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(1) No person except an eligible elector who is at least eighteen years of age, unless another age is required by law, is eligible to hold any office in this state. No person is eligible to be a designee or candidate for office unless that person fully meets the qualifications of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-502 Methods of nomination for partisan candidates
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of this section, nominations for United States senator, representative in congress, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, member of the state board of educ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-503 Method of nomination for nonpartisan candidates
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Nominations for all elected nonpartisan local government officials must be by petition for nomination as provided in part 8 of this article. Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 678, � 5, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 450, � 4, effective August 4. L.…