Colorado Code — 01
Browse 878 sections in division 01 of the Colorado code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1-1-101. Short title.
- § 1-1-102. Applicability.
- § 1-1-103. Election code liberally construed.
- § 1-1-104. Definitions.
- § 1-1-105. Elections conducted pursuant to provisions that refer to qualified electors.
- § 1-1-105.5. District elections conducted on or prior to May 3, 2016 - limitations on contests based on elector qualifications - exceptions - validation - definitions.
- § 1-1-106. Computation of time.
- § 1-1-107. Powers and duties of secretary of state - penalty - repeal.
- § 1-1-108. Copies of election laws and manual provided.
- § 1-1-109. Forms prescribed - rules.
- § 1-1-110. Powers of county clerk and recorder and deputy - communication to electors.
- § 1-1-111. Powers and duties of governing boards.
- § 1-1-112. Powers and duties of election commission. (Repealed)
- § 1-1-113. Neglect of duty and wrongful acts - procedures for adjudication of controversies - review by supreme court.
- § 1-1-114. Registration deadline. (Repealed)
- § 1-1-115. Colorado voter access and modernized elections commission - creation - composition - terms - duties - report - definition - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-1-116. Access to precinct caucus - party assembly.
- § 1-1-117. Party member access to methods of selecting candidates for the general election.
- § 1-1-201. Commencement of terms - state, congressional district, and county officers.
- § 1-1-202. Commencement of terms - nonpartisan officers.
- § 1-1-203. End of term.
- § 1-1-301. Certification program.
- § 1-1-302. Persons required to complete certification - deadline.
- § 1-1-303. Certification courses.
- § 1-1-304. Qualifications and conduct of election officials.
- § 1-1.5-101. Legislative declaration.
- § 1-1.5-102. Definitions.
- § 1-1.5-103. Conflict with federal law.
- § 1-1.5-104. Powers and duties of secretary of state.
- § 1-1.5-105. Complaint procedure.
- § 1-1.5-106. Federal elections assistance fund - match requirements - maintenance of effort - grants and loans to counties.
- § 1-2-101. Qualifications for registration - preregistration.
- § 1-2-102. Rules for determining residence.
- § 1-2-103. Military service - students - inmates - persons with behavioral or mental health disorders - confinement.
- § 1-2-104. Additional qualifications.
- § 1-2-201. Registration required - deadlines - additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants.
- § 1-2-202. Registration by county clerk and recorder.
- § 1-2-202.5. Online voter registration - online changes in elector information.
- § 1-2-203. Registration on Indian reservations.
- § 1-2-204. Questions answered by elector - rules.
- § 1-2-205. Self-affirmation made by elector.
- § 1-2-206. Declaration of party affiliation. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-207. Affidavit registration. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-208. Registration by federal postcard application - definitions. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-209. Registration of citizens who reside outside the United States - federal law. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-209.5. Absent uniformed services and overseas electors - simultaneous voter registration and absentee ballot application - designated office - cooperation with military units. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-210. Registration for congressional vacancy elections.
- § 1-2-210.5. Registration of and voting by persons in custody of division of youth services - definitions.
- § 1-2-211. Establishment and conduct of branch registration sites. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-212. Mobile registration sites - definitions - establishment and conduct. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-213. Registration at driver's license examination facilities.
- § 1-2-213.3. Transfer of new voter registration records from department of revenue.
- § 1-2-213.5. Institutions of higher education - electronic voter registration option - information to students - rules.
- § 1-2-214. Withdrawal of registration. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-215. Certificate of registration.
- § 1-2-216. Change of address.
- § 1-2-216.5. Verification of change of address. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-217. Change in residence after close of registration. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-217.5. Change in residence before close of registration - emergency registration at office of county clerk and recorder. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-217.7. Registration on or immediately prior to election day - locations - rules - legislative declaration.
- § 1-2-218. Change of name.
- § 1-2-218.5. Declaration of affiliation.
- § 1-2-219. Changing or withdrawing declaration of affiliation.
- § 1-2-220. Loss of party affiliation. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-221. Continuation of affiliation. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-222. Errors in recording of affiliation.
- § 1-2-223. Names transferred when precinct boundaries changed.
- § 1-2-224. Canceling registration. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-225. Change of polling place - accessibility for persons with disabilities. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-226. Deceased electors - purging of registration book. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-227. Custody and preservation of records.
- § 1-2-228. Residence - false information - penalty.
- § 1-2-229. Change in status of electors deemed "Inactive - failed to vote" - update to active status - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-300.3. Definitions.
- § 1-2-301. Centralized statewide registration system - secretary of state to maintain computerized statewide voter registration list - county computer records - agreement to match information - definition - rules.
- § 1-2-302. Maintenance of computerized statewide voter registration list - confidentiality.
- § 1-2-302.5. Change of address search - rules.
- § 1-2-303. Multiple registration - most recent date of registration determines precinct in which allowed to vote.
- § 1-2-304. Multiple registration - procedure. (Repealed)
- § 1-2-305. Postelection procedures - voting history - definitions.
- § 1-2-401. Legislative declaration.
- § 1-2-402. Registration by high school liaisons - rules.
- § 1-2-403. Training and registration materials for high school liaisons - processing applications.
- § 1-2-501. Form for mail and agency registration - procedures for registration by mail for first-time electors - additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants.
- § 1-2-502. Form for agency registration.
- § 1-2-502.5. Transfer of voter registration information to secretary of state.
- § 1-2-502.7. Voter registration agencies - reports - transfer of records for voter registration.
- § 1-2-503. Availability of forms.
- § 1-2-504. Voter registration agencies.
- § 1-2-505. Services at voter registration agencies - services to persons with disabilities.
- § 1-2-506. Prohibitions.
- § 1-2-507. Transmittal of voter registration applications - when.
- § 1-2-508. Receipt of voter registration applications - effective dates - legislative intent.
- § 1-2-509. Reviewing voter registration applications - notification.
- § 1-2-510. Public disclosure of voter registration activities.
- § 1-2-511. Prosecutions of violations.
- § 1-2-601. Withdrawal of registration.
- § 1-2-602. Deceased electors.
- § 1-2-603. Notification that elector has moved and registered in different county.
- § 1-2-604. Cancellation of electors with multiple registrations.
- § 1-2-605. Canceling registration - procedures.
- § 1-2-606. Cancellation by reason of criminal conviction in federal court.
- § 1-2-701. Registration of voter registration drive - training - rules.
- § 1-2-702. Conducting a voter registration drive.
- § 1-2-703. Violations - penalties.
- § 1-3-100.3. Definitions.
- § 1-3-101. Party affiliation required - residence.
- § 1-3-102. Precinct caucuses.
- § 1-3-103. Party committees.
- § 1-3-104. Political party vacancy committees.
- § 1-3-105. Powers of central committees.
- § 1-3-106. Control of party controversies.
- § 1-3-107. Party platforms.
- § 1-3-108. Use of party name.
- § 1-4-101. Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses - legislative declaration.
- § 1-4-102. Methods of placing names on primary ballot.
- § 1-4-103. Order of names on primary ballot.
- § 1-4-104. Party nominees.
- § 1-4-104.5. Primary election canceled - when.
- § 1-4-105. Defeated candidate ineligible.
- § 1-4-201. Time of holding general election.
- § 1-4-202. United States senators.
- § 1-4-203. Representatives in congress.
- § 1-4-204. State and district officers.
- § 1-4-205. County commissioners.
- § 1-4-206. Other county officers.
- § 1-4-301. Time of holding presidential elections.
- § 1-4-302. Party nominations to be made by convention.
- § 1-4-303. Nomination of unaffiliated candidates - fee. (Repealed)
- § 1-4-304. Presidential electors.
- § 1-4-305. Compensation.
- § 1-4-401. Time of congressional vacancy elections.
- § 1-4-401.5. Special congressional vacancy election - continuity in representation - rules.
- § 1-4-402. Nominations of political party candidates.
- § 1-4-403. Nomination of unaffiliated candidates for congressional vacancy election.
- § 1-4-404. Nomination and acceptance of candidate - arrangement of names on ballots.
- § 1-4-501. Only eligible electors eligible for office.
- § 1-4-502. Methods of nomination for partisan candidates.
- § 1-4-503. Method of nomination for nonpartisan candidates.
- § 1-4-504. Documents are public records.
- § 1-4-601. Designation of candidates for primary election - definition.
- § 1-4-602. Delegates to party assemblies - definition.
- § 1-4-603. Designation of major political party candidates by petition.
- § 1-4-604. Filing of petitions and certificates of designation by assembly - legislative declaration.
- § 1-4-605. Order of names on primary ballot.
- § 1-4-701. Party nominations to be made by convention.
- § 1-4-702. Nominations of candidates for general election by convention.
- § 1-4-801. Designation of party candidates by petition.
- § 1-4-802. Petitions for nominating minor political party and unaffiliated candidates for a partisan office.
- § 1-4-803. Petitions for nominating school district directors.
- § 1-4-804. Petitions for nominating nonpartisan special district directors. (Repealed)
- § 1-4-805. Petitions for nominating municipal candidates in coordinated elections.
- § 1-4-806. Preregistrants eligible to sign petitions.
- § 1-4-901. Designation of petition.
- § 1-4-902. Form of petition.
- § 1-4-903. Approval of petition.
- § 1-4-904. Signatures on the petitions.
- § 1-4-905. Circulators - requirements - affidavits - notarization - training.
- § 1-4-905.5. Petition entities - requirements - violations - definitions.
- § 1-4-905.7. Expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions.
- § 1-4-906. Candidate's acceptance.
- § 1-4-907. Filing of petition.
- § 1-4-908. Review of petition - signature verification - notification - cure - rules.
- § 1-4-909. Protest of designations and nominations.
- § 1-4-910. Protest to a recall petition. (Repealed)
- § 1-4-911. Review of a protest.
- § 1-4-912. Cure - rules.
- § 1-4-913. Defacing of petitions. (Repealed)
- § 1-4-1001. Withdrawal or disqualification from candidacy.
- § 1-4-1002. Vacancies in major party designation up to the sixty-eighth day before primary election day.
- § 1-4-1003. Vacancies in major party designation occurring between the sixty-seventh day before a primary election and the earliest day to mail primary election ballots.
- § 1-4-1004. Vacancies in major party designation occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail primary election ballots through primary election day.
- § 1-4-1005. Vacancies in major party nomination occurring from the day after primary election day through the earliest day to mail general election ballots.
- § 1-4-1006. Vacancies in major party nomination occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail general election ballots through general election day.
- § 1-4-1007. Vacancies in minor party designation or nomination.
- § 1-4-1008. Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination.
- § 1-4-1009. Vacancies in school district director nomination.
- § 1-4-1010. Vacancies in office occurring from the sixty-eighth day prior to primary election day through the earliest day to mail general election ballots.
- § 1-4-1011. Vacancies of joint gubernatorial candidates - process for filling vacancy in nomination for office of lieutenant governor.
- § 1-4-1012. Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings.
- § 1-4-1101. Write-in candidate affidavit of intent.
- § 1-4-1102. Time of filing affidavit.
- § 1-4-1103. Write-in votes for governor, president.
- § 1-4-1201. Declaration.
- § 1-4-1202. Definitions.
- § 1-4-1203. Presidential primary elections - when - conduct.
- § 1-4-1204. Names on ballots.
- § 1-4-1205. Write-in candidate affidavit for presidential primary.
- § 1-4-1206. Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns.
- § 1-4-1207. Election results - certification - pledging of delegates.
- § 1-4-1301. Formation of minor political party.
- § 1-4-1302. Petition to qualify as a minor political party.
- § 1-4-1303. Qualifications to nominate by constitution or bylaws.
- § 1-4-1304. Nomination of candidates.
- § 1-4-1305. Disqualification of minor political party.
- § 1-4-1401. Legislative declaration.
- § 1-4-1402. Applicability of part.
- § 1-4-1403. Referral of question in single-county judicial districts.
- § 1-4-1404. Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts.
- § 1-4-1405. Coordinated or general election ballot.
- § 1-4-1406. County clerk and recorder designated election official - certification of results to secretary of state.
- § 1-4-1407. Initiative - petition.
- § 1-4-1408. Prior actions not affected.
- § 1-5-101. Establishing precincts and polling places for partisan elections.
- § 1-5-101.5. Precinct numbering.
- § 1-5-102. Establishing precincts and voter service and polling centers for nonpartisan elections.
- § 1-5-102.5. Establishing polling places for coordinated elections. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-102.7. Combining precincts and polling places - vote centers. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-102.9. Voter service and polling centers - number required - services provided - drop-off locations - definition.
- § 1-5-103. Changes in boundaries - partisan elections.
- § 1-5-104. Changes in boundaries - nonpartisan elections.
- § 1-5-105. Restrictions.
- § 1-5-106. Polling location or drop-off location - designation by sign.
- § 1-5-107. Polling places for disabled electors - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-108. Election judges may change polling locations and drop-off locations.
- § 1-5-201. Notice of presidential primary election. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-201.5. Legislative declaration - purpose.
- § 1-5-202. Notice of presidential primary and primary election by secretary of state and county clerk and recorder. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-203. Certification of ballot.
- § 1-5-204. Call for nominations for nonpartisan elections. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-205. Published and posted notice of election - content.
- § 1-5-206. Postcard notice - reimbursement of mailing cost - definition. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-206.5. Ballot issue notice. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-206.7. Failure to receive mailed notice.
- § 1-5-207. Court-ordered elections.
- § 1-5-208. Election may be canceled - when.
- § 1-5-301. Registration record for partisan elections.
- § 1-5-302. Computer lists may be used in lieu of original registration records.
- § 1-5-303. Registration records for nonpartisan elections.
- § 1-5-304. Lists of property owners.
- § 1-5-401. Method of voting.
- § 1-5-402. Primary election ballots.
- § 1-5-403. Content of ballots for general and congressional vacancy elections.
- § 1-5-404. Arrangement of names on ballots for partisan elections.
- § 1-5-405. Arrangement of names on voting machines - testing of machines - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-406. Content of ballots for nonpartisan elections.
- § 1-5-407. Form of ballots.
- § 1-5-408. Form of ballots - electronic voting. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-409. Single cross mark for party slate not permitted.
- § 1-5-410. Printing and distribution of ballots.
- § 1-5-411. Substitute ballots.
- § 1-5-412. Correction of errors.
- § 1-5-413. Sample ballots.
- § 1-5-501. Sufficient voting booths, voting machines, or electronic voting equipment.
- § 1-5-502. Ballot boxes for nonmachine voting.
- § 1-5-503. Arrangement of voting equipment or voting booths and ballot boxes.
- § 1-5-504. Instruction cards.
- § 1-5-504.5. Items to be posted at polling locations.
- § 1-5-505. Election expenses to be paid by county - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-505.5. State reimbursement to counties for elections with state certified ballot content.
- § 1-5-506. Election expenses in nonpartisan elections.
- § 1-5-507. County clerk and recorder to give estimate.
- § 1-5-600.3. Definitions.
- § 1-5-601. Use of voting systems.
- § 1-5-601.5. Compliance with federal requirements.
- § 1-5-602. Requirements for voting machines - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-603. Adoption and payment for voting machines. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-604. Experimental use - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-605. Other laws apply - paper ballots permitted for absentee voting - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-605.5. Custody of voting system.
- § 1-5-605.7. Mechanical lever voting machines - prohibited.
- § 1-5-606. Election officials and employees not to have interest in voting equipment or devices.
- § 1-5-607. Elected officials not to handle voting equipment or devices.
- § 1-5-608. Requirements - electronic voting systems - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-608.2. Punch card voting systems - prohibited.
- § 1-5-608.5. Electromechanical voting systems - testing by federally accredited labs - certification and approval of purchasing of electromechanical voting systems by secretary of state - conditions of use by secretary of state - testing.
- § 1-5-609. Acquisition and use authorized - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-610. Preparation for use - electromechanical voting.
- § 1-5-611. Requirements - nonpunch card electronic voting systems.
- § 1-5-612. Use of electronic and electromechanical voting systems.
- § 1-5-613. Purchase and sale of voting equipment.
- § 1-5-614. Certification of electronic and electromechanical voting systems - standards. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-615. Electromechanical voting systems - requirements.
- § 1-5-616. Electromechanical voting systems - standards - procedures.
- § 1-5-617. Examination - testing - certification.
- § 1-5-618. Modification of electronic and electromechanical voting systems - definition.
- § 1-5-619. Temporary use of electronic and electromechanical voting systems.
- § 1-5-620. Electronic or electromechanical voting system information - software. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-621. Compliance - definitions.
- § 1-5-622. Special rules applicable to 2007 retesting of voting systems - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 1-5-623. Purchase of new electromechanical voting systems - approval of secretary of state - rules.
- § 1-5-701. Legislative declaration - federal funds.
- § 1-5-702. Definitions.
- § 1-5-703. Accessibility of polling locations to persons with disabilities.
- § 1-5-704. Standards for accessible voting systems.
- § 1-5-705. Accessible voter interface devices - minimum requirement.
- § 1-5-706. Ballot access for voters with a disability - definition.
- § 1-5-707. Voting notice required - covered entities.
- § 1-5-801. Acquisition of voting systems - voter-verified paper record.
- § 1-5-802. Use of voting systems - voter-verified paper record.
- § 1-5-901. Short title.
- § 1-5-902. Legislative declaration - intent.
- § 1-5-903. Definitions.
- § 1-5-904. Multilingual ballot hotline - creation - secretary of state - rules.
- § 1-5-905. Multilingual ballot access - general provisions - requirements of secretary of state - county clerks.
- § 1-5-906. Minority language sample ballots - county clerk.
- § 1-5-907. In-person minority language ballot - county clerk - voter service and polling centers.
- § 1-5-908. State assistance to counties for implementation costs.
- § 1-5.5-101. Pilot program - internet voting system - absent uniformed services elector - secretary of state - fund - rules.
- § 1-6-100.3. Definitions.