Colorado § 1-13-401 - Bribery of petition signers.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-13-401 — Bribery of petition signers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-13-401. Bribery of petition signers.
Any person who offers or, with knowledge of the same, permits any person to offer for his or her benefit any bribe or promise of gain to an elector to induce him or her to sign any petition or other election paper or any person who accepts any bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe is offered or accepted before or after signing upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 432, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3126, § 19, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-13-121 as it existed prior to 1980.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1-13-401 ("Bribery of petition signers.") 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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