Title 1, Elections
0 chapters · 550 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-513 Voting equipment - records
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(1) The designated election official shall maintain separate, detailed records for each component of a voting system used in an election. Such records shall include, but not be limited to, the manufacturer, make, model, serial number, hardware, firmware, software version or relea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-513.5 Voting equipment - security
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section, no later than June 30, 2023, the designated election official shall keep all components of a voting system in a location where entry is controlled by use of a key card access system. The designated election offic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-514 Random audit
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(1) (a) (I) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, following each primary, general, coordinated, or congressional district vacancy election, the secretary of state shall publicly initiate a manual random audit to be conducted by each county. Unless the se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-515 Risk-limiting audits - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the auditing of election results is necessary to ensure effective election administration and public confidence in the election process. Further, risk-limiting audits provide a more effective manner of condu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-601 Judges' certificate and statement
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(1) As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, either at the precincts or at the electronic balloting counting centers, the election judges shall make a certificate for each precinct, stating the name of each candidate, the office for which that candidate received votes…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-602 Judges to post returns. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 750, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1359, � 23, effective May 28. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-603 Alternative preparation of election returns - procedures
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If any designated election official wishes to count the votes cast at a location or by a method other than authorized by this code, the designated election official may present a plan, for approval by the secretary of state, that delineates the process for assuring accuracy and c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-801 Ballots preserved
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The designated election official shall remove the ballots from the ballot box after the time period for election contests has passed and preserve the ballots as election records pursuant to section 1-7-802. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 751, � 9, effective January 1, 199…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-802 Preservation of election records
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The designated election official shall be responsible for the preservation of any election records for a period of at least twenty-five months after the election or until time has expired for which the record would be needed in any contest proceedings, whichever is later. Unused …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-901 Receipt of comments concerning ballot issues
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(1) Each political subdivision shall accept written comments concerning ballot issues in accordance with this section. (2) All comments filed in writing will be received and kept on file with the designated election official for the political subdivision submitting to its eligibl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-902 Preparation of fiscal information
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A governing body submitting a referred measure, or its designee, shall be responsible for providing to its designated election official the fiscal information that must be included in the ballot issue notice. For political subdivisions, the governing body shall be the board that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-903 Preparation of written comments
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(1) For referred measures, the designated election official shall summarize the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice. (2) For initiated measures, the petition representatives shall be solely responsible for summarizing all c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-904 Transmittal of notices
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Notwithstanding the provision for independent mail ballot elections in section 1-7-116 (1), the designated election official or the official's designee for a political subdivision conducting an election in November shall prepare and deliver to the county clerk and recorder for th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-905 Preparation of notices
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(1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder is responsible for placing the ballot issue notices received from the various political subdivisions participating in the election in the proper order in the ballot issue notice packet. As nearly as practicable, the not…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-905.5 Form of notice
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(1) The ballot issue notice must begin with the words All registered voters, regardless of whether the electors of the political subdivision must be registered electors to be eligible to vote in the election, and ends at the conclusion of the summary of comments. Any information …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-906 Mailing of notices
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(1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder as coordinated election official shall mail the ballot issue notice packet to each address of one or more active registered electors who reside in the county or portions of the county in which registered voters of those…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-907 Ballot issue notice
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The ballot issue notice shall be prepared and mailed in substantial compliance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the provisions of this title, and the rules and regulations of the secretary of state. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 17…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-908 Additional notice - election to create financial obligation
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(1) (a) A district submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the district shall post notice of the following information on the district's website or, if the district does not maintain a website, at the district'…