Colorado § 1-47-108 - Prohibition on additional voting prerequisites and burdens based on confinement in local jail.
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§ 1-47-108. Prohibition on additional voting prerequisites and burdens based on confinement in local jail.
(1) A political subdivision shall not implement, impose, or enforce an additional qualification for eligibility to be an elector or another prerequisite to voting based on an individual's confinement to a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 (7).
(2) A political subdivision shall not impose unnecessary burdens on an elector's access to election information, voter registration, or a ballot based on that elector's confinement to a local jail, as defined in section 17-1-102 (7).
(3) Nothing in this section affects the existing qualifications for eligibility as described in sections 1-2-103 (4) and 31-10-201 (3).
Source: L. 2025: Entire article added, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 751, § 11, effective August 6.
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Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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