Colorado § 1-5-401 - Method of voting.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-5-401 — Method of voting., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-5-401. Method of voting.
(1) For all general, primary, congressional vacancy, coordinated, odd-year, and recall elections, and for any election in which the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county determines that an election shall be by mail ballot, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official for the political subdivision, as applicable, shall conduct the election by mail ballot; except that votes cast at voter service and polling centers may be by paper ballots or by electronic or electromechanical voting systems.
(2) For any election that the governing body of a political subdivision determines will be an independent mail ballot election, the designated election official for that political subdivision shall conduct the election by mail ballot in accordance with article 13.5 of this title.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 707, § 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 1343, § 5, effective May 28. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 710, § 40, effective May 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 3, § 2, effective February 18.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-6-401 (1) as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2004 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 334, Session Laws of Colorado 2004. For the legislative declaration in HB 14-1164, see section 1 of chapter 2, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
(2) In 2013, this section was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
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