Colorado § 1-40-122 - Certification of ballot titles.
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§ 1-40-122. Certification of ballot titles.
(1) The secretary of state, at the time the secretary of state certifies to the county clerk and recorder of each county the names of the candidates for state and district offices for general election, shall also certify to them the ballot titles and numbers of each initiated and referred measure filed in the office of the secretary of state to be voted upon at such election.
(2) Repealed.
Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 690, § 1, effective May 4. L. 95: (2) repealed, p. 436, § 16, effective May 8.
Editor's note: Subsection (1) is similar to former § 1-40-112 as it existed prior to 1993.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.
Secretary of state properly certified initiated measure for general election ballot, even though a challenge to the measure had been filed with the secretary pursuant to former § 1-40-109 (2). Montero v. Meyer, 795 P.2d 242 (Colo. 1990).
Secretary of state has sole authority to set election dates or place initiated measures on ballot, and title setting board has no such authority. Matter of Title, Ballot Title, Etc., 850 P.2d 144 (Colo. 1993).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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