Colorado § 31-10-1007 - Casting and counting absentee ballots.
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§ 31-10-1007. Casting and counting absentee ballots.
(1) If the self-affirmation on the envelope containing the absentee voter's ballot is properly sworn to, one of the judges shall open such voter's identification envelope in the presence of a majority of the judges, and, after announcing in an audible voice the name of such absentee voter, he or she shall tear open such envelope without defacing the self-affirmation printed thereon or mutilating the enclosed ballot. Such ballot must then be cast and counted in the same manner as if such absentee voter had been present in person; except that one of the judges shall deposit the ballot in the ballot box without unfolding it. If the absentee voters' ballots are delivered to the judges of one precinct selected by the clerk as provided by section 31-10-1006, the absentee vote must be certified separately from the vote of the precinct where it is counted.
(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 91, p. 642, § 90, effective May 1, 1991.)
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1063, § 1, effective July 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1180, § 25, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 331, § 92, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 642, § 90, effective May 1. L. 2014: (1) amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 67, § 23, effective February 18.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-807 as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
ANNOTATION
The procedures governing detachable stubs on ballots have long been governed by statute, not article VII, § 8, of the state constitution. Jones v. Samora, 2014 CO 4M, 318 P.3d 462.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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