Colorado § 31-10-1513 - Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-10-1513 — Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-10-1513. Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote.
Any election judge who willfully and maliciously refuses or neglects to receive the ballot of any registered elector who has taken or offered to take the oath prescribed in section 31-10-1105 or knowingly and willfully permits any person to vote who is not entitled to vote at any election commits a class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1071, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3252, § 516, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-1313 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-10-1513 ("Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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