[ Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] It is unlawful for any person, including any candidate for public office, before or during any municipal election, to make any bet or wager with a qualified elector or take a share or interest in, or in any manner become a party to, any such bet or wager or provide or agree to provide any money to be used by another in making such bet or wager upon any event or contingency whatever arising out of such election. For each such offense, the offender commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 31-10-1504.
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