Colorado § 1-5-501 - Sufficient voting booths, voting machines, or electronic voting equipment.
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§ 1-5-501. Sufficient voting booths, voting machines, or electronic voting equipment.
(1) At all elections in political subdivisions that use paper ballots, the governing body shall provide in each polling location a sufficient number of voting booths. Each voting booth shall be situated so as to permit eligible electors to prepare their ballots screened from observation and shall be furnished with supplies and conveniences necessary for voting.
(2) At all elections in political subdivisions that use electronic or electromechanical voting systems, the designated election official shall supply each polling location with sufficient voting equipment.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 716, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1344, § 7, effective May 28. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 712, § 43, effective May 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-6-501 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
(2) 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.
ANNOTATION
Mere irregularities in the conduct of an election which do not deprive any legal voter of the elective franchise, and from which no injury results to anyone, do not warrant the rejection of the official returns of a precinct, although such irregularities may include a failure to strictly comply with certain statutory regulations, such as, for example, the failure to provide a guard rail. Baldauf v. Gunson, 90 Colo. 243, 8 P.2d 265 (1932) (decided under former law).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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