Colorado § 1-13-201 - Interfering with or impeding registration.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-13-201 — Interfering with or impeding registration., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-13-201. Interfering with or impeding registration.
Any person who intentionally interferes with or impedes the registration of electors, whether by act of commission or by failure to perform any act or duty imposed or required for the proper administration of parts 2 and 3 of article 2 of this title 1, or who knowingly permits or encourages another to do so upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. A person who collects a voter registration application from an eligible elector for mailing or delivery to the county clerk and recorder and who fails to mail or deliver the application to the proper county clerk and recorder within five business days after the application is signed is guilty of a violation of this section; except that this section shall not apply to a voter registration drive circulator or voter registration drive organizer, who shall be subject to the penalties described in part 7 of article 2 of this title 1.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1425, § 54, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1460, § 54, effective June 6. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 839, § 27, effective May 5. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3124, § 10, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-13-108 as it existed prior to 1980.
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Section 1-13-201 ("Interfering with or impeding registration.") 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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