Any person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any ballot before or after it has been cast, or who forges any name of a person as a signer or witness to a petition or nomination paper, or who forges the name of a registered elector to an absent voter's ballot commits forgery.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1070, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1027, § 57, effective August 6.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-1307 as it existed prior to 1975.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 10 - Municipal Election Code
§ 31-10-1501. District Attorney or Attorney General to Prosecute
§ 31-10-1502. Sufficiency of Complaint - Judicial Notice
§ 31-10-1503. Immunity of Witness From Prosecution
§ 31-10-1504. Penalties for Election Offenses
§ 31-10-1505. Payment of Fines
§ 31-10-1508. Tampering With Nomination Papers
§ 31-10-1508. Tampering With Nomination Papers
§ 31-10-1509. Bribery of Petition Signers
§ 31-10-1509. Bribery of Petition Signers
§ 31-10-1511. Custody and Delivery of Ballots and Other Election Papers
§ 31-10-1511. Custody and Delivery of Ballots and Other Election Papers
§ 31-10-1512. Destroying, Removing, or Delaying Delivery of Ballots and Other Election Papers
§ 31-10-1512. Destroying, Removing, or Delaying Delivery of Ballots and Other Election Papers
§ 31-10-1513. Unlawfully Refusing or Permitting to Vote
§ 31-10-1513. Unlawfully Refusing or Permitting to Vote
§ 31-10-1514. Revealing How Elector Voted
§ 31-10-1514. Revealing How Elector Voted
§ 31-10-1515. Violation of Duty
§ 31-10-1515. Violation of Duty
§ 31-10-1516. Unlawful Receipt of Money
§ 31-10-1517. Disclosing or Identifying Vote
§ 31-10-1518. Delivering and Receiving Ballots at Polls
§ 31-10-1520. Voting in the Wrong Precinct
§ 31-10-1520. Voting in the Wrong Precinct
§ 31-10-1521. Electioneering Near Polls
§ 31-10-1521. Electioneering Near Polls
§ 31-10-1522. Employer's Unlawful Acts
§ 31-10-1524. Unlawfully Giving or Promising Money
§ 31-10-1525. Corrupt Means of Influencing Vote
§ 31-10-1525. Corrupt Means of Influencing Vote
§ 31-10-1526. Interference With Voter While Voting
§ 31-10-1526. Interference With Voter While Voting
§ 31-10-1527. Introducing Liquor Into Polls - Repeal
§ 31-10-1528. Inducing Defective Ballot
§ 31-10-1528. Inducing Defective Ballot
§ 31-10-1529. Personating Elector
§ 31-10-1529. Personating Elector
§ 31-10-1530. Altering Posted Abstract of Votes
§ 31-10-1530. Altering Posted Abstract of Votes
§ 31-10-1531. Wagers With Electors
§ 31-10-1531. Wagers With Electors
§ 31-10-1532. Tampering With Notices or Supplies
§ 31-10-1532. Tampering With Notices or Supplies
§ 31-10-1533. Tampering With Registration Book, Registration List, or Pollbook
§ 31-10-1533. Tampering With Registration Book, Registration List, or Pollbook
§ 31-10-1534. Tampering With Voting Machine
§ 31-10-1534. Tampering With Voting Machine
§ 31-10-1535. Interference With Election Official
§ 31-10-1535. Interference With Election Official
§ 31-10-1536. Unlawful Qualification as Taxpaying Elector
§ 31-10-1536. Unlawful Qualification as Taxpaying Elector