Title 1, Elections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-904 Multilingual ballot hotline - creation - secretary of state - rules
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(1) The secretary of state shall establish a multilingual ballot hotline to provide access to a qualified translator or interpreter in each of the languages in the state that has at least two thousand citizens age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-906 Minority language sample ballots - county clerk
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(1) The county clerk of any county that satisfies the criteria specified in section 1-5-905 (1) shall, in coordination with the secretary of state, create a minority language sample ballot in any minority language spoken in the county that satisfies the following: (a) The minorit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-908 State assistance to counties for implementation costs
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Subject to available resources, the state shall endeavor to provide financial assistance to counties that are subject to the requirements of this part 9 to offset the costs incurred by the counties in complying with this part 9. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1011), c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this article 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Election judge means a registered elector appointed by the county clerk and recorder or designated elected official to perform the election duties assigned by the county clerk and recorder or designated electio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-102 List furnished by precinct committeepersons
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(1) No later than ten days after the precinct caucus in even-numbered years, the committeepersons of each precinct from each major political party shall submit to the county chairpersons of their respective political parties a list that was initiated at the precinct caucus and th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-103 Recommendations by county chairperson
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(1) (a) No later than the first Tuesday of April in even-numbered years, the county chairperson of each major political party in the county shall certify to the county clerk and recorder the names and addresses of registered electors recommended to serve as election judges from t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-103.5 Recommendations by minor political parties
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No later than sixty days before a primary or general election, the county chairperson or other authorized official of a minor political party may certify to the county clerk and recorder an initial list of the names and addresses of registered electors recommended to serve as ele…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-103.7 Unaffiliated voters - self-nomination
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No later than sixty days before a primary or general election, any registered elector who is unaffiliated with a political party or political organization may give notice in writing to the clerk and recorder of the county in which such elector resides offering to serve as an elec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-106 Confirmation and acceptance of election judge appointment
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(1) The designated election official shall confirm the appointments of election judges by mailing each appointed election judge a certification of appointment and an acceptance form. (2) The acceptance form shall contain: (a) The statement of qualifications as prescribed in secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-108 Lists of election judges
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(1) The designated election official shall make and maintain a master list of election judges who have filed an acceptance form in accordance with section 1-6-101 (4). The master list shall include the name, affiliation, and precinct number of each election judge who has filed an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-109.5 Appointment and duties of supervisor judge - definition
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(1) The designated election official shall appoint at least one election judge in each voter service and polling center as supervisor judge. To the extent possible, supervisor judges must be from a major political party, and if more than one supervisor judge is serving at a voter…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-110 Judges at primary elections. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 727, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 584, � 20, effective April 30.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-111 Number of election judges
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(1) For partisan elections, the county clerk and recorder of a county with fifteen thousand or more active electors as of the date of the previous general election shall appoint at least three election judges to serve as judges for each voter service and polling center to perform…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-112 Number of judges in nonpartisan elections. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 727, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 584, � 21, effective April 30.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-113 Vacancies
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(1) If for any reason any person selected to serve as an election judge fails to attend the class of instruction for election judges, or refuses, fails, or is unable to serve, or is removed by preemption in accordance with section 1-6-119 (1) or for cause in accordance with secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-114 Judges - oath required - electioneering prohibited
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(1) Before beginning the duties of an election judge, each person appointed as an election judge must take a self-affirming oath or affirmation in substantially the following form: I, ..................., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-115 Compensation of judges
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(1) In all elections, including primary and general elections, each election judge serving in the precincts on election day shall receive not less than five dollars as compensation for services provided as judge at any election. At the discretion of the county clerk and recorder …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-117 Judges for new or changed precincts. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 729, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 585, � 23, effective April 30.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-118 Judges may change polling place. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 729, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1416, � 63, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section repealed, p. 585, � 24, effective April 30.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-119 Removal of election judge by designated election official
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(1) (a) If a county chairperson of a major political party or the county chairperson or other authorized official of a minor political party believes that an election judge appointed to represent that party is not faithfully or fairly representing the party or that an election ju…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-120 Removal of election judges by the court
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(1) Upon the failure or neglect of any election judge to perform the duties of the office, any other election judge, the designated election official, the county chairperson of a political party, or an eligible elector of the political subdivision for which the election judge is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-121 Election judge vacancies. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 582, � 14, effective April 30. L. 2002: Entire section repealed, p. 1642, � 39, effective June 7.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-122 State employees - leave to serve as election judge
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(1) An employee of a state agency, as defined in section 24-18-102 (9), C.R.S., shall be entitled to take administrative leave with pay on election day for the purpose of serving as an election judge, unless the employee's supervisor determines that the employee's attendance at w…
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 …