Colorado § 1-13-710 - Voting twice - penalty.
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§ 1-13-710. Voting twice - penalty.
(1) (a) No voter shall, with the intent of voting more than once in an election:
(I) Cast more than one ballot;
(II) Offer to cast a ballot knowing that a ballot the voter previously returned was received; or
(III) During a federal election, vote in this state and another state.
(b) A voter who violates this subsection (1) upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits a voter from voting in a special district election as a property owner in accordance with article 13.5 of this title or part 8 of article 1 of title 32, C.R.S.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 434, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, § 87, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 748, § 120, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 589, § 71, effective May 18. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1667, § 68, effective June 21; (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3129, § 32, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former §§ 1-13-137 and 1-30-101 as they existed prior to 1980.
(2) Amendments to subsection (1) by SB 21-250 and SB 21-271 were harmonized, effective March 1, 2022.
Cross references: In 2013, this section 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.
ANNOTATION
Casting the first vote is an "act in furtherance of" committing the offense of voting twice, so venue is proper in both the county where the first vote was cast and the county where the offense actually occurred. People v. Shackley, 248 P.3d 1204 (Colo. 2011).
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