Colorado § 1-13-706 - Delivering and receiving ballots at polls.
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§ 1-13-706. Delivering and receiving ballots at polls.
(1) No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election having charge of the ballots, nor shall any person other than such judge deliver an official ballot to such voter.
(2) No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot prepared for voting.
(3) Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him or her shall return his or her ballot to the judge from whom he or she received the same before leaving the polling location; except that nothing in this section prohibits an elector from obtaining an original or replacement ballot pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(j).
(4) Each violation of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2013: (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 747, § 118, effective May 10. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3128, § 28, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-139 and 1-30-114 (2) as they existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: In 2013, subsection (3) was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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