Colorado § 1-4-605 - Order of names on primary ballot.
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§ 1-4-605. Order of names on primary ballot.
Candidates designated and certified by assembly for a particular office shall be placed on the primary election ballot in the order of the vote received at the assembly. The candidate receiving the highest vote shall be placed first in order on the ballot, followed by the candidate receiving the next highest vote, and so on until all of the candidates designated have been placed on the ballot. The names of two or more candidates receiving an equal number of votes for designation by assembly shall be placed on the primary ballot in the order determined by lot in accordance with section 1-4-601 (2). Candidates by petition for any particular office shall follow assembly candidates and shall be placed on the primary election ballot in an order established by lot.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 329, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 258, § 10, effective May 31. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 683, § 6, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-14-209 as it existed prior to 1980.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.
Petitioner's name allowed to appear on ballot. Where the secretary of state accepted and approved the petition filed by petitioner and no objections were filed as to the validity of his petition, there was no issue in reference to his right to appear on the primary ballot as a candidate by petition and his name did appear. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
The fact that several candidates have been designated by the party assembly does not preclude a petition candidate from having his petition accepted by the secretary of state (or county clerk, as the case may be) and his name listed as a candidate for his party's nomination on the primary ballot. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
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CONVENTIONS - POLITICAL PARTY NOMINATIONS
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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