Colorado Code
Part 4 - Offenses - Access to Ballot by Candidate
§ 1-13-403. Defacing of Petitions Other Than Nominating Petitions

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, procures, or assists any person in doing any of the above acts upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 852, § 84, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1764, § 49, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3127, § 21, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.