The general assembly hereby determines that initiative petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", and therefore are not required to be printed in any language other than English to be circulated in any county in Colorado.
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 685, § 1, effective May 4.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-40-107.5 (3) as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 1-40-114 was relocated. For a detailed comparison, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 40 - Initiative and Referendum
§ 1-40-101. Legislative Declaration
§ 1-40-103. Applicability of Article
§ 1-40-104. Designated Representatives
§ 1-40-105.5. Initial Fiscal Impact Statement - Definition
§ 1-40-106. Title Board - Meetings - Ballot Title - Initiative and Referendum - Definitions
§ 1-40-107. Rehearing - Appeal - Fees - Signing
§ 1-40-108. Petition - Time of Filing
§ 1-40-109. Signatures Required - Withdrawal
§ 1-40-110. Warning - Ballot Title
§ 1-40-111. Signatures - Affidavits - Notarization - List of Circulators and Notaries
§ 1-40-112. Circulators - Requirements - Training
§ 1-40-113. Form - Representatives of Signers
§ 1-40-114. Petitions - Not Election Materials - No Bilingual Language Requirement
§ 1-40-115. Ballot - Voting - Publication
§ 1-40-116. Validation - Ballot Issues - Random Sampling - Rules
§ 1-40-117. Statement of Sufficiency - Cure
§ 1-40-119. Procedure for Hearings
§ 1-40-120. Filing in Federal Court
§ 1-40-122. Certification of Ballot Titles
§ 1-40-123. Counting of Votes - Effective Date - Conflicting Provisions
§ 1-40-124.5. Ballot Information Booklet
§ 1-40-125. Mailing to Electors
§ 1-40-130. Unlawful Acts - Penalty
§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition
§ 1-40-133. Retention of Petitions
§ 1-40-134. Withdrawal of Initiative Petition