Colorado § 1-13-803 - Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-13-803 — Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-13-803. Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot.
Any election official or other person who knowingly violates article 7.5 or 13.5 of this title 1 relative to the casting of mail ballots or who aids or abets fraud in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to be cast by a mail voter upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 438, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1436, § 125, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 854, § 89, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1797, § 69, effective June 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 749, § 127, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 74, § 43, effective February 18. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3131, § 47, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-13-148 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: (1) 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.
(2) For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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