Colorado § 1-4-903 - Approval of petition.
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§ 1-4-903. Approval of petition.
No petition shall be circulated until it has been approved as meeting the requirements of this section as to form. The secretary of state or the official with whom the petitions are to be filed shall approve or disapprove a petition as to form by the close of the second business day following submission of the proposed petition. The secretary of state or official, as applicable, shall mail or email written notice of the action taken to the person who submitted the petition on the day the action is taken.
Source: L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective January 1, 1993. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 832, § 34, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1740, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1641, § 19, effective June 21.
Cross references: For filing a certificate of designation, see § 1-4-604; for convention nominations, see § 1-4-701.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations are taken from a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.
The "vacancy" section must be construed in the light of the two-pronged framework for the designation and nomination of candidates either by the party assembly or by petition. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
A vacancy comes into being when a party assembly fails to designate any candidate for nomination to a particular office. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
And such "vacancy" continues to exist until it is filled by the party central committee or the time for filing it expires by the term of the statute. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
The "vacancy" created by the party assembly's failure to designate a candidate for nomination may be filled by the subsequent action of the appropriate party central committee. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
This is true even though a candidate for party nomination has in the interim between the assembly and the action of the central committee been placed on the primary ballot by petition. Anderson v. Mullaney, 166 Colo. 533, 444 P.2d 878 (1968).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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