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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.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-1001.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Federal office" means United States senator, representative in congress, or president of the United States. (2) "Local government" means a statutory city or town or a special district created pursuant to article…
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(1) Repealed.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. § 1-7-1003 Conduct of elections using ranked voting methods - instant runoff voting - choice voting or proportional voting - reports
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(1) A ranked voting ballot shall allow an elector to rank as many choices as there are candidates. However, if the voting system cannot accommodate a number of rankings equal to the number of candidates, the designated election official may limit the number of choices an elector …

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 for a period of two hours during any day when voter service and polling centers are ope…

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. § 1-7-110 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. § 1-7-113 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. § 1-7-118 Ranked voting in a coordinated election - procedure - costs - definition

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(1) On and after January 1, 2023, a municipality located in a single county that takes formal action to conduct an election using instant runoff voting may refer the election to be conducted as part of a coordinated election, as defined in section 1-7-116, by providing written no…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-119 Voter service and polling centers - electors - use of mobile phones - printed or written materials

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(1) 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 …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-120 Voter service and polling centers - wait times - reporting

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(1) (a) On election day, a county must measure and record the wait time at each of its voter service and polling centers in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary of state. (b) Each county must report its wait time data results determined in accordance with subsection (1)…

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. § 1-7-203 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. § 1-7-307 Method of counting paper ballots

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(1) In any county in which a hand count of ballots is used or becomes necessary, as expressly permitted or required by a provision of this title 1, during an initial tabulation, post-election audit, or recount, the designated election official shall count the ballots in the manne…

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. § 1-7-403 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. § 1-7-501 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. § 1-7-504 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. § 1-7-507 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. § 1-7-509 Electronic and electromechanical vote counting - testing of equipment required - rules

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(1) (a) An electronic or electromechanical voting system shall be tested at the conclusion of maintenance and testing. The tests shall be sufficient to determine that the voting system is properly programmed, the election is correctly defined on the voting system, and all of the …

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) A…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-511 Election software - voting equipment providers - escrow - definition

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(1) When a voting system provider submits an electronic or electromechanical voting system for certification pursuant to part 6 of article 5 of this title, the voting system provider shall place in escrow with the secretary of state or an independent escrow agent approved by the …

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…

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. § 1-7-603 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. § 1-7-701 Delivery of election returns, ballot boxes, and other election papers

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When all the votes have been read and counted, the election judges selected in accordance with section 1-6-109.5 shall deliver to the designated election official the certificate and statement required by section 1-7-601, ballot boxes and all keys to the boxes, paper tapes, "prom…

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 …