Title 1, Elections
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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. § 1-7-306 Counting by receiving judges. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 741, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1420, � 74, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repeal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-307 Method of counting paper ballots
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(1) The election judges shall first count the number of ballots in the box. If the ballots are found to exceed the number of names entered on each of the pollbooks, the election judges shall then examine the official endorsements. If, in the unanimous opinion of the judges, any o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-308 Judges to keep accounting forms. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 742, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repealed by the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. For the sho…
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. § 1-7-402 Sample ballots - ballot labels. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 743, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 775, � 51, effective May 20. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 721, � 70, effective May 10. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3252,…
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. § 1-7-405 Seal on voting machine. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3252, � 29, effective June 6. Editor's note: Prior to its repeal, this section was similar to former � 1-7-405 as it existed prior to 1992.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-406 Close of polls and count - seals. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1621, � 3, effective May 31. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 722, � 71, effective May 10. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 46…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-407 Close of polls - primary. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1767, � 8, effective June 6. L. 2024: Entire section repealed, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3253, � 31, effective June 6. Editor's note: Prior to its repeal, this section was…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-408 Judges to keep accounting forms. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 744, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. 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 Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. For the sho…
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. § 1-7-502 Elector given only one ballot or ballot card. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 745, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 185, � 4, effective August 6. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repeal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-503 Manner of voting. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 745, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 97: (1) and (2) amended, p. 185, � 5, effective August 6. L. 2007: (4) added, p. 1979, � 27, effective August 3. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 685, � 29, effective May 17. L. 2013: (4…
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. § 1-7-505 Close of polls - security of voting machinery. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 746, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1767, � 9, effective June 6; (2) amended, p. 1421, � 77, effective July 1. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 586, � 26, effective April 30. L. 2013: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-506 Electronic vote-counting - test. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 747, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 840, � 59, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1746, � 43, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1634, � 16, effective June 7. L. 2004: (1)(b) amended, p. 1358, � 19, effe…
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. § 1-7-510 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) At …
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. § 1-7-602 Judges to post returns. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 750, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1359, � 23, effective May 28. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective May 10. Cross references: In 2013, this section was repe…
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. § 1-7-801 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 …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-901 Receipt of comments concerning ballot issues
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(1) Each political subdivision shall accept written comments concerning ballot issues in accordance with this section. (2) All comments filed in writing will be received and kept on file with the designated election official for the political subdivision submitting to its eligibl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-902 Preparation of fiscal information
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A governing body submitting a referred measure, or its designee, shall be responsible for providing to its designated election official the fiscal information that must be included in the ballot issue notice. For political subdivisions, the governing body shall be the board that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-903 Preparation of written comments
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(1) For referred measures, the designated election official shall summarize the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice. (2) For initiated measures, the petition representatives shall be solely responsible for summarizing all c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-904 Transmittal of notices
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Notwithstanding the provision for independent mail ballot elections in section 1-7-116 (1), the designated election official or the official's designee for a political subdivision conducting an election in November shall prepare and deliver to the county clerk and recorder for th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-905 Preparation of notices
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(1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder is responsible for placing the ballot issue notices received from the various political subdivisions participating in the election in the proper order in the ballot issue notice packet. As nearly as practicable, the not…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-905.5 Form of notice
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(1) The ballot issue notice must begin with the words All registered voters, regardless of whether the electors of the political subdivision must be registered electors to be eligible to vote in the election, and ends at the conclusion of the summary of comments. Any information …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-906 Mailing of notices
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(1) For coordinated elections, the county clerk and recorder as coordinated election official shall mail the ballot issue notice packet to each address of one or more active registered electors who reside in the county or portions of the county in which registered voters of those…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-907 Ballot issue notice
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The ballot issue notice shall be prepared and mailed in substantial compliance with section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the provisions of this title, and the rules and regulations of the secretary of state. Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 17…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-908 Additional notice - election to create financial obligation
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(1) (a) A district submitting a ballot issue concerning the creation of any debt or other financial obligation at an election in the district shall post notice of the following information on the district's website or, if the district does not maintain a website, at the district'…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-101 Challenge of illegal or fraudulent registration
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(1) (a) Any registered elector may, by written challenge, protest against the registration of any person whose name appears in a county registration record. The written challenge shall state the precinct number, the name of the challenged registrant, the basis for such challenge,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-201 Right to vote may be challenged
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(1) (a) A person's right to vote at a polling location or in an election may be challenged on one or more of the following grounds: (I) The person is not a citizen of the United States; (II) The person has not resided in the state for twenty-two days immediately preceding the ele…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-202 Challenge to be made by written oath
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Each challenge must be made by written oath on a form provided by an election judge. The form must include a space for the name of the person challenged and the specific factual basis for the challenge of the person's right to vote as set forth in section 1-9-201 (1)(a) and must …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-203 Challenge questions asked person intending to vote
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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, pp. 1420, 1455, �� 42, 42, effective June 6, 2005.) (2) If the person is challenged as not eligible because the person is not a citizen, an election judge shall ask the following question: (a) Are you a citizen of the United States? (b) (Delete…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-204 Oath of challenged elector. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 383, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 91: (1) amended, p. 638, � 78, effective May 1. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 774, � 12, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1771, � 33, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: (1) amended,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-205 Refusal to answer questions or take oath. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 383, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 774, � 12, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2005: Entire section repealed, p. 1425, � 56, effective June 6; entire section repealed, p. 1461, � 56, effective June 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-206 Challenges of absentee ballots. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 383, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 775, � 12, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1432, � 110, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1636, � 21, effective June 7. L…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-207 Challenges of ballots cast by mail
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(1) The ballot of any elector that has been cast by mail may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged ballots, except those rejected for forge…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-9-208 Challenges of provisional ballots
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The ballot of any provisional voter may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged provisional ballots, except those rejected for submission of …