Colorado § 1-5-106 - Polling location or drop-off location - designation by sign.

§ 1-5-106. Polling location or drop-off location - designation by sign.

(1) (a) All polling locations must be designated by signs conspicuously posted pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section at least twenty days before each election and during the period polling locations are open. The sign shall be substantially in the following form: "Polling place/voter service and polling center for county ....". The lettering on the sign must be black on a white background. The letters and numerals of the title must be at least four inches in height. In addition, the sign must state the hours the polling location will be open.

(b) At a minimum, each polling location must be marked by at least one outdoor sign at each entrance to the parking lot or building where the polling location is located and indoor signs sufficient to locate the polling location once inside the building.

(c) A voter service and polling center on the campus of an institution of higher education designated pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (1)(b.5)(I) must be:

(I) Designated by one or more signs posted in accordance with subsection (1)(a) of this section;

(II) Identified and described, including by building name and address and hours of operation, in signs conspicuously posted inside and at each entrance of the student center or other common area of the institution of higher education at least twenty days before each election and during the period polling locations are open; and

(III) Identified and described, including by building name and address and hours of operation, in an email sent to all enrolled students by the institution of higher education during the period ballots are mailed for the election pursuant to section 1-7.5-107 (3).

(2) All stand-alone drop-off locations must be designated by a sign conspicuously posted during the time that drop-off locations are available to receive mail ballots.

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 702, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 836, § 49, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1975, § 16, effective August 3. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 708, § 34, effective May 10. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1646, § 30, effective June 21. L. 2026: (1)(c) added, (HB 26-1113), ch. 267, p. 1500, § 35, effective June 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-6-102 as it existed prior to 1992.

Cross references: In 2013, this section was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.