Title 1, Elections
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-205 County clerk and recorder signing wrongful registration
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Every county clerk and recorder who willfully signs his or her name on the registration record opposite the name of any person knowing that said person is not legally entitled to be registered pursuant to the provisions of section 1-2-101 upon conviction shall be punished as prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-206 Disposition of mail voter registration application. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 431, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 95: Entire section repealed, p. 853, � 88, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-207 Signature on registration record is proof of oath
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Any elector, election official, or other person, by his signature on the registration record, shall be conclusively deemed in law to have duly verified such registration record. The registration record containing such signature, or a copy thereof certified by the county clerk and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-208 Deputy county clerk and recorder - influencing party affiliation
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Any deputy county clerk and recorder for voter registration purposes, or employee of the department of revenue who is authorized to conduct voter registration at local driver's license examination facilities, or employee of a voter registration agency who is authorized to conduct…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-209 High school deputy registrar - influencing party affiliation
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Any high school deputy registrar for voter registration purposes who influences or attempts to influence any person during the registration process to affiliate with a political party or to affiliate with a specific political party upon conviction shall be punished as provided in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-301 Fraud at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
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Any person in authority at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention who in any manner dishonestly, corruptly, or fraudulently performs any act devolving on him or her by virtue of the position of trust which he or she fills or knowingly aids or abets any other person to do an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-302 Fraudulent voting in precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
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Any person who fraudulently participates and votes in a precinct caucus, assembly, or convention when he or she is not a member of the political party holding the precinct caucus, assembly, or convention, as shown in the statewide voter registration system upon conviction shall b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-303 Other offenses at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
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(1) It is unlawful for any person at any precinct caucus, assembly, or convention: (a) To fraudulently vote more than once; (b) To knowingly hand in two or more ballots deceitfully folded together; (c) To knowingly procure, aid, counsel, or advise another to vote or attempt to vo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-401 Bribery of petition signers
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Any person who offers or, with knowledge of the same, permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce him or her to sign any petition or other election paper or any person who accepts any bribe or promise of gain of any kind…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-402 Tampering with nomination papers - nomination petitions
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(1) Any person who, being in possession of any petition, certificate of nomination, or letter of acceptance, declination, or withdrawal, wrongfully or willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, suppresses, neglects to file, or fails to cause to be filed the same within the prescribe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-403 Defacing of petitions other than nominating petitions
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Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses a petition; who willfully neglects to file or delays delivery of a petition; who conceals or removes a petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of it; or who aids, counsels, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-601 Tampering with notices or supplies
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Any person who, prior to an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any notice of election posted in accordance with the provisions of this code, or who, during an election, willfully defaces, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot printed or post…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-702 Interfering with watcher
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Any person who intentionally interferes with any watcher while the watcher is discharging the watcher's duties set forth in section 1-7-108 (3) upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, � 1, effective January 1,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-704 Unlawfully permitting to vote
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If at any election provided by law any judge of election knowingly and willfully permits any person to vote who is not entitled to vote at such election, such judge commits a class 1 misdemeanor. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-704.5 Voting by persons not entitled to vote - penalty
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(1) Any person voting in any election provided by law knowing that he or she is not entitled to vote in such election commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. (2) This section shall be enforced without regard to race, religion, gend…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-705 Personating elector
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Any person who falsely personates any elector and votes at any election provided by law under the name of such elector commits a class 1 misdemeanor. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, � 85, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-706 Delivering and receiving ballots at polls
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(1) No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election having charge of the ballots, nor shall any person other than such judge deliver an official ballot to such voter. (2) No person except a judge of election shall receive from any vo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-707 Inducing defective ballot
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Any person who causes any deceit to be practiced with intent to fraudulently induce a voter to deposit a defective ballot so as to have the ballot thrown out and not counted upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-707.5 Tampering with ballot box
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Any person who wilfully tampers with or who, except as provided by law, wilfully breaks open any ballot box, including a drop-off location receptacle, is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. Source: L…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-708 Tampering with voting equipment
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(1) Any person who, as determined by rules promulgated by the secretary of state in accordance with article 4 of title 24, accesses without authorization, tampers with, or facilitates the unauthorized access to or tampering with any electronic or electromechanical voting equipmen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-709 Voting in wrong polling location. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, � 86, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 748, � 119, effective May 10. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 46…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-709.5 Residence - false information - penalty
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Any person who votes by knowingly giving false information regarding the elector's place of present residence commits a class 5 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1764, � 51, effective July 1. L. 2002: En…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-709.6 Residence - conspiring to give false information - penalty
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Any person who knowingly aids or abets an elector in planning or committing the offense of knowingly giving false information regarding the elector's place of present residence described in section 1-13-709.5 commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-710 Voting twice - penalty
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(1) (a) No voter shall, with the intent of voting more than once in an election: (I) Cast more than one ballot; (II) Offer to cast a ballot knowing that a ballot the voter previously returned was received; or (III) During a federal election, vote in this state and another state. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-711 Interference with voter while voting
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Any person who interferes with any voter who is inside the immediate voting area or is marking a ballot or operating a voting device or electronic voting device at any election provided by law upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. Source: L. 80: Entir…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-712 Disclosing or identifying vote
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(1) (a) No voter shall place any mark upon his or her ballot by means of which it can be identified as the one voted by him or her, and no other mark shall be placed on the ballot by any person to identify it after it has been prepared for voting. (b) Any voter may show his or he…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-713 Intimidation
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It is unlawful for any person directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or by any other person in his or her behalf, to impede, prevent, or otherwise interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise of any elector or to compel, induce, or prevail upon any elector ei…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-714 Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition
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(1) (a) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1)(a) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section.] A person shall not do any electioneering on the day of any election, or during the time when voting is permitted for any election, w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-715 Liquor in or near voter service and polling center
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(1) It is unlawful for any election official or other person to introduce into any polling location, or to use therein, or to offer to another for use therein, at any time while any election is in progress or the result thereof is being ascertained by the counting of the ballots,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-716 Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of election records
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(1) No person shall willfully destroy, deface, or alter any ballot or any election records or willfully delay the delivery of any such ballots or election records, or take, carry away, conceal, or remove any ballot, ballot box, or election records from the polling location or dro…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-717 Penalty for destruction of supplies
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Any person who, during an election, willfully defaces, tears down, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or sample ballot printed or posted for the instruction of voters or who, during an election, willfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-718 Release of information concerning count
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Any election official, watcher, or other person who releases information concerning the count of ballots cast at polling locations or of mail-in or mail voters' ballots prior to 7 p.m. on the day of the election upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. S…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-719 Employer's unlawful acts
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(1) It is unlawful for any employer, whether corporation, association, company, firm, or person, or any officer or agent of such employer: (a) In any manner to control the action of his employees in casting their votes for or against any person or measure at any precinct caucus, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-721 Receipt of money or jobs
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(1) A person who directly or indirectly, by himself or herself or through any other person shall not: (a) Before or during an election provided by law, to receive, agree to accept, or contract for any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration, office, place, or employmen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-722 Defacing or removing abstract of votes. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 437, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 492, � 23, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 616, � 1, effective August 4. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 752, � 138, effective Ma…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-725 False slate of presidential electors - penalties
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(1) (a) A person who knowingly enters into an agreement, including a written agreement, oral agreement, or agreement using electronic communications, with one or more individuals to commit offering of a false instrument for recording or forgery commits conspiring to commit offeri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-801 Mailing other materials with mail ballot
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It is unlawful for any county clerk and recorder to deliver or mail to a registered elector, as a part of or in connection with the mail ballot, anything other than the voting material as provided in article 7.5 of this title 1. Any person who violates this section upon convictio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-803 Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot
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Any election official or other person who knowingly violates article 7.5 or 13.5 of this title 1 relative to the casting of mail ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast by a mail voter upon conviction shall be punis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-804 Duty to report lost, stolen, or late ballots - penalty
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Any person responsible for preparing, issuing, transporting, or mailing ballots who has personal knowledge that mail ballots under that person's care have been either lost or stolen or will, for any reason, not be timely delivered to electors, shall report the issue to the county…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly declares that it is not the intention of this article to limit or abridge in any manner the powers reserved to the people in the initiative and referendum, but rather to properly safeguard, protect, and preserve inviolate for them these modern instrumenta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 40, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Ballot issue means a nonrecall, citizen-initiated petition or legislatively-referred measure which is authorized by the state constitution, including a question as defined in sections 1-41-102 (3) and 1-41-103…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-103 Applicability of article
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(1) This article shall apply to all state ballot issues that are authorized by the state constitution unless otherwise provided by statute, charter, or ordinance. (2) The laws pertaining to municipal initiatives, referenda, and referred measures are governed by the provisions of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-104 Designated representatives
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At the time of any filing of a draft as provided in this article, the proponents shall designate the names and mailing addresses of two persons who shall represent the proponents in all matters affecting the petition and to whom all notices or information concerning the petition …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-105.5 Initial fiscal impact statement - fiscal summary - definition
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, director means the director of research of the legislative council of the general assembly. (1.5) (a) For every initiated measure properly submitted to the title board, the director shall prepare a fiscal summary…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-107 Rehearing - appeal - fees - signing
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(1) (a) (I) Any person presenting an initiative petition or any registered elector who is not satisfied with a decision of the title board with respect to whether a petition contains more than a single subject pursuant to section 1-40-106.5, or who is not satisfied with the title…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-108 Petition - time of filing
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(1) No petition for any ballot issue is of any effect unless filed with the secretary of state within six months from the date that the titles and submission clause have been fixed and determined pursuant to the provisions of sections 1-40-106 and 1-40-107 and unless filed with t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-109 Signatures required - withdrawal
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(1) (a) No petition for any initiated law is of any force or effect, nor shall the proposed law be submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated law is si…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-110 Warning - ballot title
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(1) At the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, the following: WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW: For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-112 Circulators - requirements - training
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(1) No person shall circulate a petition for an initiative or referendum measure unless the person is a citizen of the United States and at least eighteen years of age at the time the petition is circulated. (2) (a) A circulator who is not to be paid for circulating a petition co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-113 Form - representatives of signers
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(1) (a) Each section of a petition shall be printed on a form as prescribed by the secretary of state. No petition shall be printed, published, or otherwise circulated unless the form and the first printer's proof of the petition have been approved by the secretary of state. The …