Colorado § 1-12-202 - Vacancies in office of representative in congress.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-12-202 — Vacancies in office of representative in congress., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-12-202. Vacancies in office of representative in congress.
Except as provided in section 1-4-401.5, when any vacancy occurs in the office of representative in congress from this state, the governor shall set a day to hold a congressional vacancy election to fill the vacancy and cause notice of the election to be given as required in part 2 of article 5 of this title; but congressional vacancy elections shall not be held within the ninety-day period preceding a general election.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 800, § 15, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 410, § 5, effective August 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-12-102 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: For registration for congressional vacancy elections, see § 1-2-210; for power of the county central committee to fill vacancies, see § 1-3-104.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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