Colorado § 1-11-205 - Contests for state officers.
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§ 1-11-205. Contests for state officers.
(1) Proceedings to contest the election of any person declared elected governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, member of the state board of education, or regent of the university of Colorado may be commenced by filing with the secretary of the senate, between the sixth and tenth legislative days of the first session of the general assembly after the day of the election, a notice of intention to contest the election, specifying the particular grounds on which the contestor means to rely. The contestor shall file with the secretary of the senate a bond, with sureties, running to the contestee and conditioned to pay all costs in case of failure to maintain the contest. The secretary of the senate shall determine the sufficiency of the bond, and, if it is sufficient, approve it.
(2) Upon the notice of intention being filed, and the bond being approved by the secretary of the senate, the general assembly shall determine by resolution on what day they will meet in joint session to take action in the contest.
(3) A certified copy of the notice filed by any contestor shall be served upon the contestee, together with a notice that the contestee is required to attend the joint session on the day fixed to answer the contest.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 786, § 14, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-11-203 as it existed prior to 1992.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.
Resolution that no person was elected may not be adopted. In a contest before the general assembly, the general assembly has no legal authority to adopt a resolution declaring that no person was elected and that a vacancy exists in the office. In re Senate Resolution No. 10, 33 Colo. 307, 79 P. 1009 (1905).
The provision for contesting the election of state officers does not contemplate giving any authority to the general assembly to decide anything more than the issues between the contestor and contestee and render judgment accordingly. In re Senate Resolution No. 10, 33 Colo. 307, 79 P. 1009 (1905).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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