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Title 1, Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-604 Filing of petitions and certificates of designation by assembly - legislative declaration
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(1) (a) Every petition or certificate of designation by assembly in the case of a candidate for nomination for any national or state office specified in section 1-4-502 (1), or for member of the general assembly, district attorney, or district office greater than a county office,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-605 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. § 1-4-701 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 candidates for vacancies to unexpired terms of representatives in congress and for presidential electors and also may select delegates to national politic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-702 Nominations of candidates for general election by convention

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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political party may choose to change from the nomination of candidates by primary election to the nomination of candidates by assembly or convention for all offices including, but not limited to, united states senator, representat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-801 Designation of party candidates by petition

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(1) Candidates for political party nominations to be made by primary election may be placed on the primary election ballot by petition. Every petition to nominate candidates for a primary election shall state the name of the office for which the person is a candidate and the cand…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-802 Petitions for nominating minor political party and unaffiliated candidates for a partisan office

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(1) Candidates for partisan public offices to be filled at a general election who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party, and candidates for a congressional vacancy election who do not wish to affiliate with any political party, may be nominated, other than by a pr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-803 Petitions for nominating school district directors

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(1) (a) Any person who desires to be a candidate for the office of school director in a school district in which fewer than one thousand students are enrolled shall file a nomination petition signed by at least twenty-five eligible electors from throughout the school district, re…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-805 Petitions for nominating municipal candidates in coordinated elections

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Any person who desires to be a candidate for a municipal office in a coordinated election shall, in lieu of the requirements of this article, comply with the nominating petition procedure set forth in the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", article 10 of title 31, C.R.S.;…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-806 Preregistrants eligible to sign petitions

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A preregistrant who is eligible to vote in a primary election under section 1-2-101 (2)(c) is eligible to sign a petition under this part 8 to nominate a candidate for the primary election or for the next general election. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1278), ch. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-901 Designation of petition

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(1) The petition for a candidate may consist of one or more sheets, to be fastened together in the form of one petition section, but each sheet shall contain the same heading and each petition section shall contain one sworn affidavit of the circulator. Except for the joint candi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-902 Form of petition

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(1) The signatures to a petition need not all be appended to one paper, but no petition is legal that does not contain the requisite number of names of eligible electors whose names do not appear on any other petition previously filed for the same office under this section. (2) A…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-903 Approval of petition

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No petition shall be circulated until it has been approved as meeting the requirements of this section as to form. The secretary of state or the official with whom the petitions are to be filed shall approve or disapprove a petition as to form by the close of the second business …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-904 Signatures on the petitions

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(1) Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors. (2) (a) For petitions to nominate candidates from a major political party in a partisan election, each signer must be affiliated with the major political party named in the petition and shall state the following to the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-905 Circulators - requirements - affidavits - notarization - training

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(1) A person shall not circulate a petition to nominate a candidate unless the person is a citizen of the United States and at least eighteen years of age. (2) (a) Each petition section must have attached a signed, notarized, and dated affidavit executed by the person who circula…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-905.5 Petition entities - requirements - violations - definitions

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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Candidate" has the same meaning as set forth in section 2 (2) of article XXVIII of the state constitution. (b) "Candidate committee" has the same meaning as set forth in section 2 (3) of article XXVIII of the state constitution. (c) "Petition ent…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-905.7 Expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Expenditure" means a payment to a circulator. (b) "False address" means a street address, post office box, city, state, or any other designation of place used in a circulator's affidavit that does not repres…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-906 Candidate's acceptance

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Every nominating petition before it is filed shall have attached to it a notarized acceptance of the nomination of the candidate or notarized acceptances by both of the joint candidates. Each acceptance of nomination shall contain the full name of the candidate or joint candidate…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-907 Filing of petition

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The petition, when executed and acknowledged as prescribed in this part 9, shall be filed as follows: With the secretary of state if it is for an office that is voted on by the electors of the entire state or of a congressional district or for the offices of members of the genera…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-908 Review of petition - signature verification - notification - cure - rules

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(1) Upon filing, the designated election official for the political subdivision shall review all petition information and verify the information against the registration records, and, where applicable, the county assessor's records. The secretary of state shall establish guidelin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-909 Protest of designations and nominations

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(1) A petition or certificate of designation or nomination that has been verified and appears to be sufficient under this code shall be deemed valid unless a petition for a review of the validity of the petition pursuant to section 1-1-113 is filed with the district court within …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-911 Review of a protest

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The party filing a protest has the burden of sustaining the protest by a preponderance of the evidence. The decision upon matters of substance is open to review, if prompt application is made, as provided in section 1-1-113. The remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decis…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-4-912 Cure - rules

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(1) Repealed. (2) During the review of any candidate's petition that is required to be filed with the secretary of state's office, the secretary of state shall notify the candidate of any errors and insufficiencies regarding circulator affidavits. Upon the receipt of such a notif…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-101 Establishing precincts and polling places for partisan elections

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(1) Subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, the county clerk and recorder of each county shall divide the county into as many election precincts for all general, primary, and congressional vacancy elections as is convenient for the eligible electors of the count…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-101.5 Precinct numbering

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(1) There is hereby created a precinct numbering system that shall be used by the county clerk and recorder of each county of the state in numbering election precincts established in accordance with section 1-5-101. The precinct numbering system created pursuant to this section s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-102 Establishing precincts and voter service and polling centers for nonpartisan elections

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(1) For nonpartisan elections other than coordinated elections, no later than twenty-five days prior to the election, the designated election official, with the approval of the governing body with authority to call elections, shall divide the jurisdiction into as many election pr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-102.9 Voter service and polling centers - number required - services provided - drop-off locations - definition

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(1) (a) For general elections, each county clerk and recorder shall designate a minimum number of voter service and polling centers, as follows: (I) For counties with at least two hundred fifty thousand active electors: (A) During the period from the fifteenth day before the elec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-103 Changes in boundaries - partisan elections

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(1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation of new precincts for partisan elections must be completed no later than twenty-nine days prior to the first Tuesday in March, except in cases of precinct changes resulting from changes in county boundaries. (2) Subject to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-104 Changes in boundaries - nonpartisan elections

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(1) Changes in the boundaries of precincts or the creation of new precincts for nonpartisan elections shall be completed no later than twenty-five days prior to scheduled elections, except in cases of precinct changes resulting from changes in the jurisdiction's boundaries. (2) A…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-105 Restrictions

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(1) No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located or within one hundred feet of a drop box, except that of the conduct of the election at the polling location, drop-off location, o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-106 Polling location or drop-off location - designation by sign

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(1) (a) All polling locations must be designated by signs conspicuously posted pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section at least twenty days before each election and during the period polling locations are open. The sign shall be substantially in the following form: "Polling…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-108 Election judges may change polling locations and drop-off locations

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(1) (a) If it becomes impossible or impracticable to hold an election because of an emergency at the designated polling location, the election judges, after assembling at or as near as practicable to the original designated polling location, may move to the nearest convenient pla…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-201.5 Legislative declaration - purpose

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The general assembly declares that the purpose of this part 2 is to provide adequate notice of elections at a reasonable cost to the taxpayers of the state and its political subdivisions. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1155, § 20, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-203 Certification of ballot

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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(c) of this section, no later than sixty days before any primary election, and no later than fifty-seven days before any general or odd-year November election or congressional vacancy election, the secretary of state shall deliver by el…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-205 Published and posted notice of election - content

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(1) The designated election official, or the coordinated election official if so provided by an intergovernmental agreement, no later than twenty days before each election, shall provide notice by publication of the election as described by section 1-1-104 (34), which notice must…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-206.7 Failure to receive mailed notice

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Any election for which a notice was mailed shall not be invalidated on the grounds that an eligible elector did not receive the ballot issue notice, mailed information, or mailed notification of the election required by this code or the state constitution if the designated electi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-207 Court-ordered elections

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(1) When an election is ordered by the court for a special district, the court shall authorize the designated election official to give notice as provided in the order. (2) For an organizational election, the notice by publication shall include the purposes of the election, the e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-208 Election may be canceled - when

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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 832, § 11, effective May 5, 2010.) (1.5) Except as provided in section 1-4-104.5, if the only matter before the electors in a nonpartisan election is the election of persons to office and if, at the close of business o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-301 Registration record for partisan elections

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(1) Digital registration records shall be maintained in the centralized statewide registration system created pursuant to section 1-2-301. (2) The county clerk and recorder shall provide the voter registration and voting records information to election judges for use at voter ser…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-302 Computer lists may be used in lieu of original registration records

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For the purposes of all elections, the county clerk and recorder may substitute and supply computer lists of registered electors within the political subdivision for the original registration record. Following a primary, general, or congressional vacancy election, the county cler…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-303 Registration records for nonpartisan elections

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(1) No later than the fortieth day preceding the date of the scheduled nonpartisan election, the designated election official shall order the registration records. The designated election official may order a complete list of the registered electors as of the thirtieth day prior …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-304 Lists of property owners

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(1) For elections where owning property in the political subdivision is a requirement for voting in the election, no later than the fortieth day preceding the date of the election, the designated election official, in addition to using the affidavit prescribed in section 32-1-806…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-401 Method of voting

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(1) For all general, primary, congressional vacancy, coordinated, odd-year, and recall elections, and for any election in which the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county determines that an election shall be by mail ballot, the county clerk and recorder or …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-402 Primary election ballots

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(1) No later than thirty-two days before the primary election, the county clerk and recorder shall prepare a separate ballot for each political party. The county clerk and recorder shall ensure that the ballots are printed in the following manner: (a) The county clerk and recorde…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-403 Content of ballots for general and congressional vacancy elections

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(1) The county clerk and recorder of each county using paper ballots or electronically counted ballot cards shall provide printed ballots for every odd-numbered year, general, or congressional vacancy election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-404 Arrangement of names on ballots for partisan elections

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(1) In all partisan elections, the names of all candidates and joint candidates who have been duly nominated for office shall be arranged on the ballot under the designation of the office in three groups as follows: (a) The names of the candidates of the major political parties s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-406 Content of ballots for nonpartisan elections

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The designated election official shall provide printed ballots for every election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the designated election official at least thirty days before the election. Every ballot shall contain the names of all duly nominated …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-407 Form of ballots

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(1) (a) All ballots must be uniform and of sufficient length and width to allow for the names of candidates, officers, ballot issues, and ballot questions to be printed in clear, plain type, with a space between the different columns on the ballot. On each ballot the endorsement …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-409 Single cross mark for party slate not permitted

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Each office in every election shall be voted upon separately, and no emblem, device, or political party designation shall be used on the official ballot at any election by which an eligible elector may vote for more than one office by placing a single cross mark on the ballot or …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-410 Printing and distribution of ballots

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(1) In political subdivisions using paper ballots or electronic ballot cards, the designated election official shall have a sufficient number of ballots printed and distributed to the election judges in the respective polling locations. (2) This section does not apply to any elec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-411 Substitute ballots

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If the ballots to be furnished to any election judges are not delivered at the time and in the manner required in section 1-5-410 or if after delivery they are destroyed or stolen, it shall be the duty of the designated election official to cause other ballots to be prepared, as …