Colorado § 1-7-304 - Manner of voting in person.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-7-304 — Manner of voting in person., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-7-304. Manner of voting in person.
(1) Each eligible elector, upon receiving a ballot, shall immediately proceed unaccompanied to one of the voting booths provided. To cast a vote, the eligible elector shall clearly fill the oval, connect the arrow, or otherwise appropriately mark the name of the candidate or the names of the joint candidates of the elector's choice for each office to be filled. In the case of a ballot issue, the elector shall clearly fill the oval, connect the arrow, or otherwise appropriately mark the appropriate place opposite the answer that the elector desires to give.
(2) Each eligible elector who has completed the ballot and is ready to vote shall then leave the voting booth and approach the election judges having charge of the ballot box. The elector shall, in full view of the election judges, deposit it in the ballot box.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 740, § 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 685, § 28, effective May 17. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 720, § 68, effective May 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-7-304 as it existed prior to 1992.
Cross references: (1) For ballots for general and congressional vacancy elections, see § 1-5-403; for method of counting paper ballots, see § 1-7-307; for ballots improperly marked, see § 1-7-309.
(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.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under former provisions similar to this section.
A voter is required to express his choice by making an "X" in the space left, for the purpose, opposite the name of the candidate for whom he desires to vote. Riley v. Trainor, 57 Colo. 155, 140 P. 469 (1914).
And a cross mark has to be made when voters write in more than one name. Riley v. Trainor, 57 Colo. 155, 140 P. 469 (1914).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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