Colorado § 1-13.5-703 - Sample ballots, ballot labels, and instruction cards.
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§ 1-13.5-703. Sample ballots, ballot labels, and instruction cards.
(1) Sample ballots must be produced for display at polling places in which voting machines are used and are subject to public inspection. The sample ballots must be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballot labels are arranged on the voting machine for voting. The designated election official shall provide sample ballots for each polling place. The sample ballots must be delivered to the election judges and posted in the polling place for display on election day.
(2) The designated election official or his or her designee shall also prepare and place on each voting machine to be used in the polling place a set of official ballot labels arranged in the manner prescribed for the official election ballot to be used on voting machines. The designated election official shall deliver the required number of voting machines, equipped with the official ballot, to each polling place no later than the day prior to the day of election.
(3) Instruction cards to guide eligible electors in casting their ballots on voting machines must be supplied by the designated election official as provided in section 1-13.5-906.
Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 30, § 6, effective February 18.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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