Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-707 Clerk to supply seals for voting machines
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The clerk shall supply each election precinct with a seal for each voting machine to be used in the precinct for the purpose of sealing the machine after the polls are closed and with an envelope for the return of the keys to the machine along with the election returns. Source: L…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-708 Close of polls and count of votes
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As soon as the polls are closed, the judges of election shall immediately lock and seal each voting machine against further voting, and it shall so remain for a period of thirty days unless otherwise ordered by the court. Immediately after each machine is locked and sealed, the j…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-709 Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
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All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where voting machines are used. Nothing in sections 31-10-701 to 31-10-708 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-801 Use of electronic system
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An electronic voting system may be used in any municipal election if the governing body authorizes its use. The adoption and use of an electronic voting system for municipal elections shall be in accordance with the provisions for the adoption and use of such system for general a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-802 Sample ballots
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Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. Such ballots shall be in the form of the official ballot but shall be printed on paper of a different color from the official ballot. The cle…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-803 Ballots - electronic voting
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(1) Ballot pages or ballot cards placed upon voting devices shall be, so far as practicable, in the same order of arrangement as provided by section 31-10-902 for paper ballots; except that they shall be of the size and design required by the vote recorder or the electronic vote …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-804 Preparation for use - electronic voting
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(1) Prior to an election in which an electronic voting system is to be used, the clerk shall have the vote recorders or punching devices, or both the vote recorders and punching devices, prepared for voting and shall inspect and determine that each such recorder or device is in p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-805 Instructions to vote
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In case any voter, after commencing to vote, asks for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, a judge shall give such instructions to him; but no judge or other election officer or person assisting such voter shall request, suggest, or seek to persuade or induce any…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-806 Ballots
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The clerk of each municipality using an electronic voting system shall provide sufficient ballots for every municipal election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk at least ten days before the election. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 105…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-807 Distribution of ballots
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In municipalities using an electronic voting system, the clerk shall distribute to the election judges in the respective precincts a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each precinct with marks on the outside of each stating …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-808 Cards of instruction
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(1) The clerk shall furnish to the judges of election of each precinct a sufficient number of instruction cards for the guidance of voters in preparing their ballots. The election judges shall post at least one card in each polling place on the day of election. Such cards shall b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-809 Close of polls - count and seals in electronic voting
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After the polls have been closed, the election judges shall secure the vote recorders or the voting devices, or both the vote recorders and the voting devices, against further use and prepare a ballot return in duplicate showing the number of voters as indicated by the pollbook w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-810 Electronic vote counting - test
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(1) The clerk shall have the electronic ballot counting equipment tested in the manner prescribed in this section to ascertain that it will accurately count the votes cast for all offices and all measures. The electronic equipment shall be tested at least three times, once on the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-811 Electronic vote counting - procedure
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(1) All proceedings at the counting center shall be under the direction of the clerk and shall be conducted under the observation of watchers, so far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of part 6 of this article; but no persons except those authorized for the purpos…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-812 Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted
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All of the provisions of this article not inconsistent with the provisions of this part 8 shall apply to all elections held in precincts where an electronic voting system is used. Nothing in this part 8 shall prohibit the use of a separate paper ballot by absentee voters or for c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-901 Ballot boxes
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The governing body of each municipality using paper ballots shall provide one ballot box for each polling place. Each ballot box shall be strongly constructed so as to prevent tampering, with a small opening at the top thereof and with a lid to be locked. The ballot boxes and key…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-902 Ballots
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(1) The clerk of each municipality using paper ballots shall provide printed ballots for every municipal election. The official ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk at least ten days before the election. In addition, sample ballots shall be printed and in t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-903 Ballots changed if candidate dies or withdraws
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If any person duly nominated dies before the day fixed for the election and the fact of such death becomes known to the clerk or withdraws by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the clerk before the date fixed for election, the name of the deceased or withdrawn candidate shall…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-904 Printing and distribution of ballots
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In municipalities using paper ballots, the clerk shall cause to be printed and distributed to the election judges in the respective precincts a sufficient number of ballots. The ballots shall be sent in one or more sealed packages for each precinct with marks on the outside of ea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-905 Substitute ballots
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If the ballots to be furnished to any election judge are not delivered by 8 p.m. on the Monday before election day or if after delivery they are destroyed or stolen, the clerk shall cause other ballots to be prepared, as nearly in the form prescribed as practicable, with the word…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-906 Cards of instruction
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(1) The clerk shall furnish to the judges of election of each precinct a sufficient number of instruction cards for the guidance of voters in preparing their ballots. The election judges shall post at least one card in each polling place upon the day of the election. Such cards s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-907 Definitions
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As used in sections 31-10-908 to 31-10-913, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Eligible elector means a person who is a registered elector, as defined in section 31-1-101 (9). (2) Mail ballot election means an election for which eligible electors may cast ballots by mail …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-908 Mail ballot elections - preelection process
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(1) If the governing body of a municipality determines that an election is to be conducted by mail ballot, the clerk shall supervise the distributing, handling, counting of ballots, and the survey of returns and shall take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-909 Nomination of candidates in mail ballot elections
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(1) Any person who desires to be a candidate for a municipal office in a mail ballot election conducted pursuant to this part 9 after May 1, 2014, shall comply with the nominating procedures set forth in this article 10; except that: (a) Any nominating petition in a mail ballot e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-910 Procedures for conducting mail ballot election
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(1) (a) No later than thirty days prior to election day, the county clerk and recorder shall submit to the clerk conducting the mail ballot election a complete preliminary list of registered electors. (b) No later than twenty days prior to election day, the county clerk and recor…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-911 Counting mail ballots
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The election officials at the mail ballot counting center may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the clerk for counting. Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and continue until counting is completed. The elec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-912 Write-in candidate affidavit in mail ballot elections
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No write-in vote for any office shall be counted unless an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate has been filed with the clerk by the person wishing to be a write-in candidate not later than sixty-four days before the day of the election. The affidavit of intent must ind…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-913 Challenges
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Any mail ballot election held pursuant to this part 9 shall not be invalidated on the grounds that an eligible elector did not receive a ballot so long as the clerk acted in good faith in complying with the provisions of this part 9. Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-101 Legislative declaration
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It is the intention of the general assembly to set forth in this article the procedures for exercising the initiative and referendum powers reserved to the municipal electors in subsection (9) of section 1 of article V of the state constitution. It is not the intention of the gen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-102 Applicability of article
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This article shall apply to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures unless alternative procedures are provided by charter, ordinance, or resolution. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 422, � 1, effective May 8.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-103 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Ballot title means the language that is printed on the ballot that is comprised of the submission clause and the title. (2) Final determination of petition sufficiency means the date following passage of the peri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-103.5 Computation of time
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, calendar days shall be used in all computations of time made under the provisions of this article. In computing time for any act to be done before any municipal election, the first day shall be included, and the last or election day s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-104 Ordinances - initiative - conflicting measures
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(1) Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the legislative body of any municipality by filing written notice of the proposed ordinance with the clerk and, within one hundred eighty days after approval of the petition pursuant to section 31-11-106 (1), by filing a petition sig…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-105 Ordinances - when effective - referendum
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(1) No ordinance passed by the legislative body of any municipality shall take effect before thirty days after its final passage and publication, except an ordinance calling for a special election or necessary to the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-106 Form of petition sections
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(1) Each petition section shall be printed in a form consistent with the requirements of this article. No petition section shall be printed or circulated unless the form and the first printer's proof of the petition section have first been approved by the clerk. The clerk shall a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-107 Circulators - requirements
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The circulation of any petition section other than personally by a circulator is prohibited. No section of a petition for any initiative or referendum measure shall be circulated by any person who is not at least eighteen years of age at the time the section is circulated. Source…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-108 Signatures
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Any initiative or referendum petition shall be signed only by registered electors who are eligible to vote on the measure. Each registered elector shall sign his or her own signature and shall print his or her name, the address at which he or she resides, including the street num…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-109 Signature verification - statement of sufficiency
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(1) The clerk shall inspect timely filed initiative or referendum petitions and the attached affidavits, and may do so by examining the information on signature lines for patent defects, by comparing the information on signature lines against a list of registered electors provide…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-110 Protest
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(1) Within forty days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, a protest in writing under oath may be filed in the office of the clerk by any registered elector who resides in the municipality, setting forth specifically the grounds for such protest. The grounds for p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-111 Initiatives, referenda, and referred measures - ballot titles
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(1) After an election has been ordered pursuant to section 31-11-104 or 31-11-105, the legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall promptly fix a ballot title for each initiative or referendum. (2) The legislative body of any municipality may, without receipt of an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-112 Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual requirement
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The general assembly hereby determines that initiative and referendum petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, and are therefore not required to be printed in any language other than English in order to be circulated in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-113 Receiving money to circulate petitions - filing
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The proponents of the petition shall file with the clerk a report disclosing the amount paid per signature and the total amount paid to each circulator. The filing shall be made at the same time the petition is filed with the clerk. Any payment made to circulators is an expenditu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-114 Unlawful acts - penalty
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(1) It is unlawful: (a) For any person willfully and knowingly to circulate or cause to be circulated or sign or procure to be signed any petition bearing the name, device, or motto of any person, organization, association, league, or political party, or purporting in any way to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-115 Tampering with initiative or referendum petition
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(1) Any person commits a class 2 misdemeanor who: (a) Willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition; (b) Willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition; (c) Conceals or removes any initiativ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-116 Enforcement
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(1) Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts that constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-117 Retention of petitions
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After a period of three years from the time of submission of the petitions to the clerk, if it is determined that the retention of the petitions is no longer necessary, the clerk may destroy the petitions. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 430, � 1, effective May 8.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-11-118 Powers of clerk and deputy
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk shall render all interpretations and shall make all initial decisions as to controversies or other matters arising in the operation of this article. (2) All powers and authority granted to the clerk by this article may b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-12-101 Short title
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This part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1076, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 31-8-101 as it existed prior to 1975. Cross references: For the annexation of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-12-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby declares that the policies and procedures in this part 1 are necessary and desirable for the orderly growth of urban communities in the state of Colorado, and to these ends this part 1 shall be liberally construed. The general assembly further decl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-12-103 Definitions
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As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Adult means any person who has attained his twenty-first birthday. (2) Agricultural land means land used for the growing of crops, truck gardening, the grazing of farm animals, and other agricultural pursuits in c…