Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-202 Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oath
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(1) On any question which is required by law to be submitted to qualified taxpaying electors only, if the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box reserved for that purpose. If the question is submitted on voting machines, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-203 Registration required
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(1) Except where a statute specifically provides otherwise, no person shall be permitted to vote at any municipal election without first having registered within the time and in the manner required by this section and sections 31-10-204 and 31-10-205. (2) Registration requirement…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-204 Municipal clerk as deputy county clerk and recorder
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Each clerk shall serve as a deputy county clerk and recorder for purposes of registration only in the county in which the clerk's municipality is located. The clerk shall register any qualified elector residing in any precinct in such county who appears in person at the clerk's o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-205 Registration lists
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The county clerk and recorder of each county, no later than the fifth day preceding any municipal election in his or her county or upon receipt of the notice made pursuant to section 31-4-503 (3)(b), shall prepare a complete copy of the list of the registered electors of each mun…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-206 Delivery and custody of registration book or list
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(1) Prior to the delivery of the registration books or registration lists to the judges of election for use on election day, the clerk shall attach to each book or list his certificate stating that such book or list contains the registration records or names of all registered ele…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-207 Questions answered by elector
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It is the duty of the clerk to ask each person making application for registration, and the person shall answer correctly, the matters contained in section 1-2-204, C.R.S. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1043, � 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 414, � 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-208 Change of address
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For the twenty-two days before and on the day of any municipal election, any registered elector, by appearing in person at the office of the county clerk and recorder, may complete a sworn affidavit for change of address within the county in which the elector is registered, stati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-301 Electors eligible to hold municipal office
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Every registered elector eighteen years of age or older on the date of the election may circulate a nominating petition and hold office in any municipality, unless another age is required by local charter or ordinance, if he or she has resided in the municipality or municipality …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-302 Nomination of municipal officers
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(1) Candidates for municipal offices shall be nominated, without regard to affiliation, by petition on forms supplied by the clerk. A petition of nomination may consist of one or more sheets, but it shall contain the name and address of only one candidate and shall indicate the o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-303 Withdrawal from nominations
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(1) Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted a nomination may cause his or her name to be withdrawn from such nomination at any time prior to sixty-three days before election by a written affidavit withdrawing from such nomination. The affidavit stating withdrawal s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-304 Vacancies in nominations. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1044, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1176, � 13, effective July 1. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (SB 18-107), ch. 104, p. 789, � 4, effective August 8. Editor's note: Before its repeal, this section was similar to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-305 Objections to nominations
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All petitions of nomination and affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of section 31-10-302, as determined by the clerk, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case objection is made, n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-306 Write-in candidate affidavit
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The governing body of a municipality may provide by ordinance that no write-in vote for any municipal office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent has been filed with the clerk by the person whose name is written in prior to sixty-four days before the day of the election…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-401 Appointment of election judges
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At least fifteen days before each municipal election, the governing body shall appoint the judges of election. Each judge of election shall be an elector registered to vote in Colorado and shall be at least eighteen years of age. The clerk shall make and file in his office a list…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-402 Number of judges
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The governing body, or the clerk if authorized pursuant to section 31-10-401, shall appoint for each municipal election precinct at least three judges of election and such additional judges as deemed necessary. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1045, � 1, effective July 1. L. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-403 Certificates of appointment
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Immediately after the appointment of the judges of election, the clerk shall issue certificates under his official seal certifying such appointments in each precinct. He shall mail one certificate to each person appointed. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1045, � 1, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-404 Acceptances
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With each certificate of appointment transmitted by the clerk to the judges of election, there shall be enclosed a form for acceptance of the appointment. Each person appointed as an election judge shall file his acceptance in the office of the clerk within seven days after the m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-405 Vacancies
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If for any reason any person appointed as a judge of election refuses, fails, or is unable to serve, it is the duty of the person or any other judge of election to immediately notify the clerk. The clerk shall forthwith appoint another qualified person to serve in the place of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-406 Removal of judges
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Any judge of election who has neglected his duty, or has committed, encouraged, or connived at any fraud in connection therewith, or has violated any of the election laws, or has knowingly permitted others to do so, or has been convicted of any felony, or has violated his oath, o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-407 Oath of judges
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(1) Before any votes are taken at any municipal election, the judges of election shall severally take an oath or affirmation in the following form: I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and the state of Colorado; that I am a registered el…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-408 Compensation of judges
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The judges of election at any municipal election shall receive in full compensation for their services as judges of election not less than five dollars and not more than the maximum amount allowed by statute for payment to the judges of the general election of the state of Colora…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-501 Clerk to give notice
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(1) The clerk, at least ten days before each municipal election, shall give written or printed notice of the election stating the date of the election and the hours during which the polls will be open, designating the polling place of each precinct, stating the qualifications of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-501.5 Ballot issue notice
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(1) Any ballot issue notice, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.5), C.R.S., relating to a municipal ballot issue, as defined in section 1-1-104 (2.3), C.R.S., shall be prepared and distributed in a manner consistent with part 9 of article 7 of title 1, C.R.S. (2) In addition to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-502 Establishing precincts and polling places
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(1) (a) The governing body of each municipality shall divide the municipality into as many election precincts for municipal elections as it deems expedient for the convenience of electors of said municipality and shall designate the location and address for each precinct at which…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-503 Judges may change polling places
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(1) When it becomes impossible or inconvenient to hold an election at the place designated therefor, the judges of election, after notifying the clerk and after having assembled at or as near as practicable to such place and before receiving any vote, may move to the nearest conv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-504 Number of voting booths or voting machines
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(1) In municipalities which use paper ballots, the governing body shall provide in each polling place a sufficient number of voting booths. Each voting booth shall be situated so as to permit voters to prepare their ballots screened from observation and shall be furnished with su…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-506 Election expenses to be paid by municipality
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The cost of conducting a municipal election, including the cost of printing and supplies, shall be paid by the municipality in which such election is held. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1048, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 31-10-5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-507 Election may be canceled - when
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In any ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality requiring an affidavit of intent for write-in candidates as provided in section 31-10-306, the governing body may also provide that, if the only matter before the voters is the election of persons to office and if…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-601 Hours of voting
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At all elections held under this article, the polls shall be opened at 7 a.m. and remain open until 7 p.m. of the same day. If a full set of judges of election do not attend at the hour of 7 a.m., an alternate election judge shall be appointed as provided in section 31-10-405. Th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-602 Watchers at municipal elections
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Each candidate for office, or interested party in case of an issue, at a municipal election is entitled to appoint some person to act in his behalf in every precinct in which he is a candidate or in which the issue is on the ballot. Such candidate or interested party shall certif…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-603 Employee entitled to vote
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(1) Any registered elector entitled to vote at any municipal election held within this state is entitled to absent himself from any service or employment in which he is then engaged or employed on the day of such election for a period of two hours between the time of opening and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-604 Judges open ballot box first
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In precincts which use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, it is the duty of the judges of the election, immediately before the opening of the polls, to open the ballot box in the presence of the people there assembled and turn it upside down so as to empty it of everyt…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-605 Judge to keep pollbook
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A judge of election shall keep a pollbook, which shall contain one column headed names of voters and one column headed number on ballot. The name and number on the ballot of each registered elector voting shall be entered in regular succession under the headings in the pollbook. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-606 Preparing to vote
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(1) Any registered elector desiring to vote shall write his name and address on a form available at the polling place and shall give the form to one of the judges of election, who shall thereupon announce the same clearly and audibly. If said elector is unable to write, he may re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-607 Manner of voting in precincts which use paper ballots
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(1) In precincts which use paper ballots, upon receiving his ballot, the registered elector shall immediately retire alone to one of the voting booths provided and shall prepare his ballot by marking or stamping in ink or indelible pencil, in the appropriate margin or place, a cr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-608 Disabled voter - assistance
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(1) If, at any regular or special election, any voter declares under oath to the judges of election of the precinct where he is entitled to vote that, by reason of blindness or other physical disability or inability to read or write, he is unable to prepare his ballot or operate …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-609 Spoiled ballots
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In precincts which use an electronic voting system or paper ballots, no person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls. If any voter spoils a ballot, he may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in all, upon re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-610 Counting paper ballots
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(1) In precincts which use paper ballots, as soon as the polls at any election have finally closed, the judges shall immediately open the ballot box and proceed to count the votes polled, and the counting thereof shall be continued until finished before the judges of election adj…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-611 Tally sheets
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As the judges of election open and read the ballots, the votes each of the candidates have received shall be carefully marked down, upon tally sheets prepared by the clerk for that purpose, by any appropriate election official. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1052, � 1, effe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-612 Defective ballots
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If a voter marks in ink or indelible pencil more names than there are persons to be elected to an office or if, for any reason, it is impossible to determine the choice of any voter for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. A defective or an in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-613 Judges' certificate
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(1) As soon as all the votes have been read and counted, the judges of election shall make a certificate, stating the name of each candidate, designating the office for which such person received votes, and stating the number of votes he received, the number being expressed in wo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-615 Judges to post returns
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In addition to all certificates otherwise required to be made of the count of votes polled at any election, the judges of election are hereby required to make out an abstract of the count of votes, which abstract shall contain the names of the offices, names of the candidates, ba…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-616 Preservation of ballots and election records
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(1) The ballots, when not required to be taken from the ballot box for the purpose of election contests, shall remain in the ballot box in the custody of the clerk until six months after the election at which such ballots were cast or until the time has expired for which the ball…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-617 Ranked voting methods
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, a municipality may use a ranked voting method, as defined in section 1-1-104 (34.4), C.R.S., to conduct a regular election to elect the mayor or members of the governing body of the municipality in accordance with…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-701 Use of voting machines
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Voting machines may be used in any municipal election if the governing body, by resolution, authorizes their use. The adoption and use of voting machines for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of voting machines for general and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-702 Judges to inspect machines
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The judges of election of each precinct using voting machines shall meet at the polling place therein at least three-quarters of an hour before the time set for the opening of the polls at each election. Before the polls are open for an election, each judge shall carefully examin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-703 Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction
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(1) Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. The sample ballots shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the officia…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-704 Instructions to vote
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In case any voter after entering the voting machine asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instruction to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall enter the voting machine, except as provided …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-705 Length of time to vote
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No voter shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes. If he refuses to leave after a lapse of three minutes, he shall be removed by the judges, but the judges in their discretion may permit a voter to remain longer than three minutes. Source: L. 75: Ent…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-706 Judge to watch voting machines
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The judges shall designate at least one of their number to be stationed beside the entrance to the voting machine during the entire period of the election to see that it is properly closed after a voter has entered to vote. At such intervals as he deems proper or necessary, the j…