Colorado § 1-13-708 - Tampering with voting equipment.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-13-708 — Tampering with voting equipment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-13-708. Tampering with voting equipment.
(1) Any person who, as determined by rules promulgated by the secretary of state in accordance with article 4 of title 24, accesses without authorization, tampers with, or facilitates the unauthorized access to or tampering with any electronic or electromechanical voting equipment or an election-night reporting system before, during, or after any election provided by law is guilty of a class 5 felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.
(2) Any person who knowingly publishes or causes to be published passwords or other confidential information relating to a voting system shall immediately have their authorized access revoked and is guilty of a class 5 felony.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2004: Entire section amended, pp. 1361, 1213, §§ 28, 108, effective May 28. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1982, § 33, effective August 3. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-153), ch. 322, p. 2283, § 16, effective June 2.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-13-132 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004.
(2) For the short title ("Colorado Election Security Act") and the legislative declaration in SB 22-153, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 322, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
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Section 1-13-708 ("Tampering with voting equipment.") 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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