Title 1, Elections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-1001 Short title
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This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the Voter Choice Act. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1249, � 2, effective August 5. 1-7-1001.3. Definitions. [Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2026.] As used in this part 10, unless the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-1002 Ranked voting methods - report - legislative declaration
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(1) Repealed. (2) A local government may conduct an election using a ranked voting method if: (a) The use of the ranked voting method in the local government is not prohibited by the charter of the local government; and (b) The election is conducted with a system of casting, reco…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-1004 Secretary of state - rules - guidance to local governments
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(1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with section 1-7-1003 and in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., on the conduct of elections using ranked voting methods. The rules shall prescribe the methods and procedures for tabulating, auditing, and reportin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-101 Hours of voting on election day
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(1) (a) All polling locations must be open continuously from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day. If a full set of election judges is not present at the hour of 7 a.m. and it is necessary for judges to be appointed to conduct the election as provided in section 1-6-113, the elect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-102 Employees entitled to vote
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(1) Eligible electors entitled to vote at an election shall be entitled to absent themselves for the purpose of voting from any service or employment in which they are then engaged or employed on the day of the election for a period of two hours during the time the polls are open…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-104 Affidavits of eligibility
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In any election where the list of registered electors and property owners is not divided by precinct or where an elector's name is not on the list of registered electors or property owners, an affidavit signed by the eligible elector stating that the elector has not previously vo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-105 Watchers at primary elections
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(1) (a) (I) Each political party participating in a primary election is entitled to have watchers as follows: (A) In a central count facility, one watcher per central count process, but in any case not less than one watcher for every ten election judges; (B) During signature veri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-106 Watchers at general and congressional vacancy elections
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(1) Each participating political party or issue committee whose candidate or issue is on the ballot, and each unaffiliated and write-in candidate whose name is on the ballot for a general or congressional vacancy election, is entitled to have watchers as specified in subsection (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-107 Watchers at nonpartisan elections
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Candidates for office in nonpartisan elections, and proponents and opponents of a ballot issue, are each entitled to appoint one person to act as a watcher in every polling place in which they are a candidate or in which the issue is on the ballot. The candidates or proponents an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-108 Requirements of watchers
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(1) Watchers shall take an oath administered by one of the election judges that they are eligible electors, that their name has been submitted to the designated election official as a watcher for this election, and that they will not in any manner make known to anyone the result …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-109 Judges to keep pollbooks. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 734, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 162, � 16, effective August 4. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repealed by the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-110 Preparing to vote in person
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(1) (a) When an elector appears in person to vote, a signature card containing the elector's name and residential address, as they appear in the statewide voter registration system created in section 1-2-301, shall be completed. Unless an elector is registering for the first time…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-111 Electors requiring assistance
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(1) (a) If at any election, any registered elector declares to the election judges that, by reason of disability, inability to read or write, or difficulties with the English language, he or she is unable to prepare the ballot or operate the voting device or electronic voting dev…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-112 Non-English speaking electors - assistance. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 736, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1418, � 69, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1358, � 18, effective May 28. L. 2012: (1)(a) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 685, � 27, effective May 17. L. 2014: Enti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-113 Influencing electors
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No person who assists an elector as authorized by this title shall seek to persuade or induce the eligible elector to vote in a particular manner. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 737, � 9, effective January 1, 1993.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-114 Write-in votes
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(1) Eligible electors may cast a write-in vote for a candidate who has filed an affidavit of intent of write-in candidacy pursuant to section 1-4-1101 by writing the name of the person in the blank space provided for write-in candidates on the ballot. Each write-in vote may inclu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-115 Time in voting area
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Eligible electors shall cast their ballots without undue delay and shall leave the immediate voting area as soon as voting is complete. An eligible elector shall not enter a voting booth already occupied by another eligible elector. An eligible elector shall not occupy a voting b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-116 Coordinated elections - definition
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(1) (a) If more than one political subdivision holds an election on the same day in November and the eligible electors for each such election are the same or the boundaries overlap, the county clerk and recorder is the coordinated election official and, pursuant to section 1-5-40…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-117 Joint elections. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 738, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section repealed, p. 1420, � 72, effective July 1. 1-7-118. Ranked voting in a coordinated election - procedure - costs - definition. (1) On and after January 1, 2023, a municipality located…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-119 Voter service and polling centers - electors - use of mobile phones
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An elector may take a mobile phone or other electronic device into a voter service and polling center so long as the elector does not make or receive any phone calls, except for calls to or from the multilingual ballot hotline established pursuant to section 1-5-904, or take any …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-201 Voting at primary election
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(1) Any registered elector including a preregistrant who is eligible under section 1-2-101 (2)(c), who has declared an affiliation with a political party that is participating in a primary election and who desires to vote for candidates of that party at a primary election shall s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-202 Count and certification. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 739, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 259, � 13, effective April 13. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: (1) For current procedures in c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-203 Accounting forms
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The county clerk and recorder shall furnish each precinct with two sets of accounting forms for each major political party having candidates at the primary election. The forms shall be furnished at the same time and in the same manner as ballots. All accounting forms shall have t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-301 Judges open ballot box first
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Immediately before proclamation is made of the opening of the polls, the election judges shall open the ballot box in the presence of those assembled and shall turn it upside down so as to empty it of anything that may be in it and then shall lock it securely. No ballot box shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-302 Electors given only one ballot
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Election judges shall give to each eligible elector a single ballot after issuing vote credit to the elector in the statewide voter registration system created in section 1-2-301. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 739, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section am…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-303 Spoiled ballots
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No person, except an election judge as authorized by the designated election official, shall remove any ballot from the polling place or voter service and polling center before the close of the polls. Any eligible elector who spoils a ballot may obtain others, one at a time, not …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-304 Manner of voting in person
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(1) Each eligible elector, upon receiving a ballot, shall immediately proceed unaccompanied to one of the voting booths provided. To cast a vote, the eligible elector shall clearly fill the oval, connect the arrow, or otherwise appropriately mark the name of the candidate or the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-305 Counting by counting judges
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(1) In precincts having counting judges, the receiving judges, at 8 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the counting judges request the ballot box, shall deliver to the counting judges the ballot box containing all ballots that have been cast up to that time, and the receiving judges …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-306 Counting by receiving judges. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 741, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1420, � 74, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repeal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-307 Method of counting paper ballots
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(1) The election judges shall first count the number of ballots in the box. If the ballots are found to exceed the number of names entered on each of the pollbooks, the election judges shall then examine the official endorsements. If, in the unanimous opinion of the judges, any o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-308 Judges to keep accounting forms. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 742, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repealed by the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. For the sho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-309 Determination of improperly marked ballots
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(1) Votes cast for an office to be filled or a ballot issue to be decided shall not be counted if an elector marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the elector's choice of candidate or vote concerning …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-401 Judges to inspect machines
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In each voter service and polling center, the election judges shall meet before the time set for the opening of the voter service and polling center on each day of voting at that location. The judges shall carefully examine each electromechanical voting system component and ballo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-402 Sample ballots - ballot labels. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 743, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 775, � 51, effective May 20. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 721, � 70, effective May 10. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3252,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-403 Instruction to electors
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In case any elector, after entering the immediate voting area, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, an election judge shall give instructions to the elector. No election judge or other election official or person assisting an elector shall enter the imme…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-404 Judge to inspect voting machine
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No person shall deface or damage any electromechanical voting system component. At such intervals as may be deemed necessary, an election judge shall examine each component to ascertain whether it has been defaced or damaged to ensure that seals are intact and to detect any wrong…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-405 Seal on voting machine. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3252, � 29, effective June 6. Editor's note: Prior to its repeal, this section was similar to former � 1-7-405 as it existed prior to 1992.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-406 Close of polls and count - seals. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1621, � 3, effective May 31. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 722, � 71, effective May 10. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 46…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-407 Close of polls - primary. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1767, � 8, effective June 6. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3253, � 31, effective June 6. Editor's note: Prior to its repeal, this section was…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-408 Judges to keep accounting forms. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repealed by the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. For the sho…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-501 Judges open ballot box first
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Immediately before proclamation is made of the opening of the polls, the election judges shall open the ballot box in the presence of those assembled and shall turn it upside down so as to empty it of anything that may be in it and then shall lock it securely. No ballot box shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-502 Elector given only one ballot or ballot card. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 745, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 185, � 4, effective August 6. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repeal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-503 Manner of voting. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 745, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: (1) and (2) amended, p. 185, � 5, effective August 6. L. 2007: (4) added, p. 1979, � 27, effective August 3. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 685, � 29, effective May 17. L. 2013: (4…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-504 Spoiled ballot or ballot card
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In polling locations in which voting is on a ballot or ballot card, no person, except an election judge as authorized by the designated election official, shall remove a spoiled ballot or ballot card from the polling location before the close of the polls. Any eligible elector wh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-505 Close of polls - security of voting machinery. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 746, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1767, � 9, effective June 6; (2) amended, p. 1421, � 77, effective July 1. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 586, � 26, effective April 30. L. 2013: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-506 Electronic vote-counting - test. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 747, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 840, � 59, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1746, � 43, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1634, � 16, effective June 7. L. 2004: (1)(b) amended, p. 1358, � 19, effe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-507 Electronic vote-counting - procedure
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(1) All proceedings at the counting centers shall be under the direction of the designated election official and the representatives of the political parties, if a partisan election, or watchers, if a nonpartisan election. No persons, except those authorized for the purpose, shal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-508 Determination of improperly marked ballots
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(1) If any ballot is damaged or defective so that it cannot properly be counted by the electronic vote-counting equipment, a true duplicate copy shall be made of the damaged ballot by a bipartisan team of election judges. The duplicate ballot shall be substituted for the damaged …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-510 Election software code - escrow - definition
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, election setup records means the electronic records generated by election tabulation software during election setup to define ballots, tabulation instructions, and other functions related to the election. (2) At …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-512 Voting system providers - duties - definition
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(1) A voting system provider under contract to provide a voting system to a political subdivision in this state shall: (a) Coordinate with the secretary of state to support the installation of any hardware, firmware, or software or of any change in the election software in any co…