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: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1361, § 29, effective May 28. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3129, § 33, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-138 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) 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.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 13 - Election Offenses
Part 7 - Offenses - Conduct of Elections
§ 1-13-701. Interference With Election Official
§ 1-13-702. Interfering With Watcher
§ 1-13-703. Tampering With Statewide Voter Registration System, Registration List, or Pollbook
§ 1-13-704. Unlawfully Refusing Ballot or Permitting to Vote
§ 1-13-704.5. Voting by Persons Not Entitled to Vote - Penalty
§ 1-13-705. Personating Elector
§ 1-13-706. Delivering and Receiving Ballots at Polls
§ 1-13-707. Inducing Defective Ballot
§ 1-13-707.5. Tampering With Ballot Box
§ 1-13-708. Tampering With Voting Equipment
§ 1-13-709. Voting in Wrong Polling Location
§ 1-13-709.5. Residence - False Information - Penalty
§ 1-13-709.6. Residence - Conspiring to Give False Information - Penalty
§ 1-13-710. Voting Twice - Penalty
§ 1-13-711. Interference With Voter While Voting
§ 1-13-712. Disclosing or Identifying Vote
§ 1-13-714. Electioneering - Removing and Return of Ballot - Definition
§ 1-13-715. Liquor in or Near Voter Service and Polling Center
§ 1-13-716. Destroying, Removing, or Delaying Delivery of Election Records
§ 1-13-717. Penalty for Destruction of Supplies
§ 1-13-718. Release of Information Concerning Count
§ 1-13-719. Employer's Unlawful Acts
§ 1-13-720. Unlawfully Giving or Promising Money or Employment or Facilitating the Trading of Votes
§ 1-13-721. Receipt of Money or Jobs
§ 1-13-723. Penalty for Neglect of Duty - Destruction of Ballots - Breaking Seal