Colorado Code
Title 1 - Elections
Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code

§ 1-13.5-104. Acts and Elections Conducted Pursuant to Provisions That Refer to Qualified Electors - Any elections, and any acts relating thereto, carried out under...

§ 1-13.5-105. Acts Legal and Valid - Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions that refer to...

§ 1-13.5-106. Applicability of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992" - (1) Any local government may provide by resolution that it...

§ 1-13.5-107. Computation of Time - (1) Calendar days shall be used in all computations of...

§ 1-13.5-108. Powers of Designated Election Official - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the designated...

§ 1-13.5-109. Construction - Substantial compliance with the provisions or intent of this article...

§ 1-13.5-110. Special Elections - Special elections must be held on such date as may...

§ 1-13.5-111. Time for Holding Elections for Special Districts - Type of Election - Manner of Election - Notice - (1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is...

§ 1-13.5-112. Commencement of Terms - Nonpartisan Officers - (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the regular term of...

Part 2 - Qualifications and Registration of Electors

§ 1-13.5-201. Registration Required - Except where a statute specifically provides otherwise, no person is...

§ 1-13.5-202. Persons Entitled to Vote at Special District Elections - No person is permitted to vote in any special district...

§ 1-13.5-203. Registration Records for Local Government Elections - Costs - (1) No later than the fortieth day preceding the date...

§ 1-13.5-204. Lists of Property Owners - Costs - (1) For elections where owning property in the local government...

§ 1-13.5-205. Delivery and Custody of Registration List and Property Owner List - At such time as may be set by the designated...

Part 3 - Nominations

§ 1-13.5-301. Eligibility for Office - Prohibitions - Exceptions - Challenges - (1) (a) No person except an eligible elector who is...

§ 1-13.5-302. Nomination of Local Government Candidates - (1) Except as provided in section 1-13.5-303 or other applicable...

§ 1-13.5-303. Candidates for Special District or Business Improvement District Director - Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no earlier...

§ 1-13.5-304. Withdrawal From Nomination - Any person who has been nominated and who has accepted...

§ 1-13.5-305. Write-in Candidate Affidavit - A write-in vote for any local government office is counted...

§ 1-13.5-306. Objections to Nominations - All self-nomination and acceptance forms or letters, petitions of nomination,...

Part 4 - Election Judges

§ 1-13.5-401. Appointment of Election Judges - (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this...

§ 1-13.5-402. Number of Judges - Appointment - The governing body, or the designated election official if authorized...

§ 1-13.5-403. Certificates of Appointment - Promptly after the appointment of the election judges, the designated...

§ 1-13.5-404. Acceptance Form - Time to File - With each certificate of appointment transmitted to the election judges,...

§ 1-13.5-405. Vacancies - Emergency Appointments - Except when section 1-13.5-404 applies, if an individual appointed as...

§ 1-13.5-406. Removal of Judges - The designated election official may summarily remove any election judge...

§ 1-13.5-407. Oath of Judges - Before any votes are taken at any local government election,...

§ 1-13.5-408. Training of Judges - The designated election official shall make available an instruction class...

§ 1-13.5-409. Compensation of Judges - The election judges at any local government election shall receive...

§ 1-13.5-410. Compensation for Delivery of Election Returns and Other Election Papers - The election judges in each polling place shall select one...

Part 5 - Notice and Preparation for Elections

§ 1-13.5-501. Call for Nominations - Definitions - (1) Between seventy-five and one hundred days before a regular...

§ 1-13.5-502. Notice of Election - (1) The designated election official, at least twenty days before...

§ 1-13.5-503. Ballot Issue Notice - (1) Any ballot issue notice relating to a local government...

§ 1-13.5-504. Establishing Precincts and Polling Places - Applicability - (1) This section applies to local government elections that are...

§ 1-13.5-504.5. Accessibility of Polling Places to Persons With Disabilities - (1) Each polling place shall comply fully with the current...

§ 1-13.5-505. Judges May Change Polling Places - (1) When it becomes impossible or inconvenient to hold an...

§ 1-13.5-506. Number of Voting Booths, Voting Machines, or Voting Systems - (1) In local governments that use paper ballots, the governing...

§ 1-13.5-507. Arrangement of Voting Machines or Voting Booths and Ballot Boxes - The voting machines or the voting booths and ballot box...

§ 1-13.5-508. Election Expenses to Be Paid by Local Government - The cost of conducting a local government election, including the...

§ 1-13.5-509. Failure to Receive Mailed Notice - Any election for which a notice was mailed shall not...

§ 1-13.5-510. Court-Ordered Elections - (1) When an election is ordered by the court for...

§ 1-13.5-511. Certification of Ballot - (1) No later than sixty days before any election, the...

§ 1-13.5-512. Correction of Errors - The designated election official shall, on his or her own...

§ 1-13.5-513. Election May Be Canceled - When - (1) If the only matter before the electors in a...

Part 6 - Conduct of Elections

§ 1-13.5-601. Hours of Voting - At all elections held under this article, the polls shall...

§ 1-13.5-602. Watchers - Definition - (1) (a) (I) Each candidate for office, or interested party...

§ 1-13.5-603. Judges Open Ballot Box First - In polling places that use an electronic voting system or...

§ 1-13.5-604. Judge to Keep Pollbook - An election judge shall keep a pollbook, which shall contain...

§ 1-13.5-605. Preparing to Vote - (1) Any eligible elector desiring to vote shall write his...

§ 1-13.5-606. Manner of Voting in Precincts Using Paper Ballots - (1) In precincts that use paper ballots, upon receiving his...

§ 1-13.5-607. Eligible Elector Requiring Assistance - (1) Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-13.5-606 to the contrary,...

§ 1-13.5-608. Spoiled Ballots - In polling places that use an electronic voting system or...

§ 1-13.5-609. Counting Paper Ballots - (1) As soon as the polls at any election are...

§ 1-13.5-610. Counting by Counting Judges - (1) In precincts with counting judges, the receiving judges as...

§ 1-13.5-611. Tally Sheets - As the election judges open and read the ballots, the...

§ 1-13.5-612. Defective Ballots - (1) If an elector votes for more names than there...

§ 1-13.5-613. Judges' Certificate - Statement on Ballots - (1) As soon as all the votes have been read...

§ 1-13.5-614. Delivery of Election Returns, Ballot Boxes, and Other Election Papers - When all the votes have been read and counted, an...

§ 1-13.5-615. Abstract of Votes - Judges to Post Returns - (1) (a) In addition to all certificates otherwise required to...

§ 1-13.5-616. Preservation of Ballots and Election Records - (1) The ballots, when not required to be taken from...

§ 1-13.5-617. Ranked Voting Methods - (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary,...

§ 1-13.5-618. Covered Voters to Receive Mail Ballots - Notwithstanding any provision of this article 13.5 to the contrary,...

Part 7 - Voting Machines

§ 1-13.5-701. Use of Voting Machines - Voting machines may be used in any local government election...

§ 1-13.5-702. Judges to Inspect Machines - When - The election judges of each polling place at which voting...

§ 1-13.5-703. Sample Ballots, Ballot Labels, and Instruction Cards - (1) Sample ballots must be produced for display at polling...

§ 1-13.5-704. Instructions to Vote - In case an eligible elector, after entering the voting machine...

§ 1-13.5-705. Length of Time to Vote - No eligible elector shall remain within the voting machine booth...

§ 1-13.5-706. Judge to Watch Voting Machines - The election judges shall designate at least one judge to...

§ 1-13.5-707. Designated Election Official to Supply Seals for Voting Machines - The designated election official shall supply each polling place with...

§ 1-13.5-708. Close of Polls and Count of Votes - As soon as the polls are closed, the election judges...

§ 1-13.5-709. Election Laws Apply - Separate Absentee Ballots Permitted - Nothing in this part 7 prohibits the use and acceptance...

Part 8 - Electronic Voting Systems

§ 1-13.5-801. Use of Electronic Voting System - An electronic voting system may be used in any local...

§ 1-13.5-802. Sample Ballots - Sample ballots shall be printed and in the form of...

§ 1-13.5-803. Ballots - Electronic Voting - (1) Ballot pages or ballot cards placed upon voting devices...

§ 1-13.5-804. Preparation for Use - Electronic Voting - (1) Prior to an election in which an electronic voting...

§ 1-13.5-805. Instructions to Vote - In case any eligible elector, after commencing to vote, asks...

§ 1-13.5-806. Ballots - The designated election official shall provide sufficient ballots for every...

§ 1-13.5-807. Distribution of Ballots - Receipt - Filing - In a local government election in which an electronic voting...

§ 1-13.5-808. Instruction Cards - Posting - Content - (1) The designated election official shall furnish to the election...

§ 1-13.5-809. Close of Polls - Ballot Return - Transfer Box - Delivery - (1) After the polls close, the election judges shall secure...

§ 1-13.5-810. Testing of Electronic Ballot Counting Equipment - (1) The designated election official shall have the electronic ballot...

§ 1-13.5-811. Electronic Vote Counting - Procedure - (1) All proceedings at the counting center must be under...

§ 1-13.5-812. Election Laws Pertaining to Use of Electronic Voting Systems - Separate Absentee Ballots Permitted - A local government may use the provisions of part 6...

Part 9 - Paper Ballots

§ 1-13.5-901. Ballot Boxes - The governing body of each local government using paper ballots...

§ 1-13.5-902. Ballots and Sample Ballots - Delivery - Format - (1) (a) The designated election official of each local government...

§ 1-13.5-903. Correction of Errors - (1) The designated election official shall correct, without delay, any...

§ 1-13.5-904. Printing and Distribution of Ballots - In local government elections in which paper ballots are used,...

§ 1-13.5-905. Substitute Ballots - If the ballots to be furnished to any election judge...

§ 1-13.5-906. Instruction Cards - Content - (1) The designated election official shall furnish to the election...

Part 10 - Absentee Voting

§ 1-13.5-1001. When Absentee Electors May Vote - Any eligible elector of a local government may cast an...

§ 1-13.5-1002. Application for Absentee Voter's Ballot - Delivery - List - (1) (a) (I) Requests for an application for an absentee...

§ 1-13.5-1003. Application for Permanent Absentee Voter Status - (1) Any eligible elector of a political subdivision may apply...

§ 1-13.5-1004. List of Absentee Voters' Ballots - Removal From List - (1) The designated election official shall keep a list of...

§ 1-13.5-1005. Self-Affirmation on Return Envelope - (1) The return envelope for an absentee voter's ballot must...

§ 1-13.5-1006. Manner of Absentee Voting by Paper Ballot - (1) Any eligible elector applying for and receiving an absentee...

§ 1-13.5-1007. Absentee Voters' Voting Machines - Electronic Voting Systems - (1) Any local government using voting machines in a local...

§ 1-13.5-1008. Delivery to Judges - Not later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of any...

§ 1-13.5-1009. Casting and Counting Absentee Voters' Ballots - If the self-affirmation on the envelope containing an absentee voter's...

§ 1-13.5-1010. Challenge of Absentee Voters' Ballots - Rejection - Record - (1) The vote of any absentee voter may be challenged...

§ 1-13.5-1011. Emergency Absentee Voting - Definition - (1) (a) If an eligible elector is confined in a...

Part 11 - Independent Mail Ballot Elections

§ 1-13.5-1101. Independent Mail Ballot Elections - Any local government may conduct an independent mail ballot election...

§ 1-13.5-1102. Definitions - As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise...

§ 1-13.5-1103. Independent Mail Ballot Elections - Optional - Cooperation With County Clerk and Recorder Permitted - Exception - (1) If the governing body of any local government determines...

§ 1-13.5-1104. Preelection Process - Notification of Independent Mail Ballot Election - Plan Required - Duties of Designated Election Official - (1) The designated election official responsible for conducting an election...

§ 1-13.5-1105. Procedures for Conducting Independent Mail Ballot Election - (1) Official ballots must be prepared and all other preelection...

§ 1-13.5-1105.5. Voting by Electors at Group Residential Facilities - For independent mail ballot elections conducted under this part 11,...

§ 1-13.5-1106. Delivery of Misdelivered Ballots - (1) If an elector delivers a ballot, mail ballot, or...

§ 1-13.5-1107. Counting Mail Ballots - The election officials at the mail ballot counting place shall...

§ 1-13.5-1108. Write-in Candidates - Any write-in candidate is allowed in independent mail ballot elections...

§ 1-13.5-1109. Challenges - Votes cast pursuant to this part 11 may be challenged...

Part 12 - Challenge of Persons Voting

§ 1-13.5-1201. No Voting Unless Eligible - Unless otherwise permitted pursuant to section 1-13.5-605, no person is...

§ 1-13.5-1202. Right to Vote May Be Challenged - (1) When any person whose name appears on the registration...

§ 1-13.5-1203. Challenge to Be Made by Written Oath - Each challenge must be made by written oath, signed by...

§ 1-13.5-1204. Challenge Questions Asked - (1) If a person offering to vote is challenged as...

§ 1-13.5-1205. Oath of Person Challenged - (1) If the challenge is not withdrawn after the person...

§ 1-13.5-1206. Refusal to Answer Questions or Take Oath - If the challenged person refuses to answer fully any question...

Part 13 - Survey of Returns

§ 1-13.5-1301. Survey of Returns - Canvass Board - (1) At least fifteen days before any election, the designated...

§ 1-13.5-1302. Imperfect Returns - If the canvass board finds that the returns from any...

§ 1-13.5-1303. Corrections - If, upon proceeding to canvass the votes, it clearly appears...

§ 1-13.5-1304. Tie - Lots - Notice to Candidates - If any two or more candidates receive an equal and...

§ 1-13.5-1305. Statement - Certificates of Election - (1) No later than the fourteenth day following the election,...

§ 1-13.5-1306. Recount - (1) The designated election official shall order a recount of...

Part 14 - Contests

§ 1-13.5-1401. Person Elected - Contest - Causes - (1) The election of any person declared duly elected to...

§ 1-13.5-1402. District Judge to Preside - Bond - (1) All contested election cases of local government officers shall...

§ 1-13.5-1403. Filing Statement - Contents - The contestor shall file in the office of the clerk...

§ 1-13.5-1404. Summons - Answer - (1) If the clerk of the district court receives a...

§ 1-13.5-1405. Trial and Appeals - Immediately after the joining of issue, the district court shall...

§ 1-13.5-1406. Recount - If, upon the trial of any contested election under this...

§ 1-13.5-1407. Judgment - The court shall pronounce judgment whether the contestee or any...

§ 1-13.5-1408. Ballot Questions and Ballot Issues - How Contested - (1) The results of an election on any ballot question...

Part 15 - Other Judicial Proceedings

§ 1-13.5-1501. Controversies - (1) When any controversy arises between any official charged with...

Part 16 - Election Offenses

§ 1-13.5-1601. Applicability of Criminal Penalties - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, except for...

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Colorado Code Title 1 - Elections Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code

Colorado Code
Title 1 - Elections
Article 13.5 - Colorado Local Government Election Code