Colorado Code
Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations
§ 1-4-1011. Vacancies of Joint Gubernatorial Candidates - Process for Filling Vacancy in Nomination for Office of Lieutenant Governor

(1) For the purposes of this part 10, no vacancy in designation or nomination for the office of governor or the office of lieutenant governor in any way affects the candidacy of the other joint candidate.
(2) Any vacancy in a nomination for the office of lieutenant governor must be filled by appointment by the vacating candidate's joint candidate for governor.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a vacancy is caused by the declination, death, disqualification, or withdrawal of the candidate designated or nominated for governor or lieutenant governor.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part amended with relocated provisions, (SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 961, § 5, effective August 9.
Editor's note: Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-4-1003 as it existed prior to 2017. Subsection (2) is similar to former § 1-4-1002 (7.3) as it existed prior to 2017.

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Title 1 - Elections

Article 4 - Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates

Part 10 - Withdrawals and Disqualifications From, and Vacancies In, Nominations and Designations

§ 1-4-1001. Withdrawal or Disqualification From Candidacy

§ 1-4-1002. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Up to the Sixty-Eighth Day Before Primary Election Day

§ 1-4-1003. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Occurring Between the Sixty-Seventh Day Before a Primary Election and the Earliest Day to Mail Primary Election Ballots

§ 1-4-1004. Vacancies in Major Party Designation Occurring From the Day After the Earliest Day to Mail Primary Election Ballots Through Primary Election Day

§ 1-4-1005. Vacancies in Major Party Nomination Occurring From the Day After Primary Election Day Through the Earliest Day to Mail General Election Ballots