The general assembly hereby determines that initiative and referendum petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", and are therefore not required to be printed in any language other than English in order to be circulated in any municipality in Colorado.
Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 428, § 1, effective May 8.
Cross references: For the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", see Pub.L. 89-110.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Article 11 - Municipal Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures
§ 31-11-101. Legislative Declaration
§ 31-11-102. Applicability of Article
§ 31-11-103.5. Computation of Time
§ 31-11-104. Ordinances - Initiative - Conflicting Measures
§ 31-11-105. Ordinances - When Effective - Referendum
§ 31-11-106. Form of Petition Sections
§ 31-11-107. Circulators - Requirements
§ 31-11-109. Signature Verification - Statement of Sufficiency
§ 31-11-111. Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures - Ballot Titles
§ 31-11-112. Petitions - Not Election Materials - No Bilingual Requirement
§ 31-11-113. Receiving Money to Circulate Petitions - Filing
§ 31-11-114. Unlawful Acts - Penalty
§ 31-11-115. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition