Colorado § 1-7-903 - Preparation of written comments.
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§ 1-7-903. Preparation of written comments.
(1) For referred measures, the designated election official shall summarize the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice.
(2) For initiated measures, the petition representatives shall be solely responsible for summarizing all comments filed in favor of the ballot issue. The designated election official shall summarize all comments filed in opposition to the ballot issue.
(3) Petition representatives required to summarize favorable comments in favor of their petition shall submit the summary in typewritten form to the designated election official for the jurisdiction in which the petition is presented no later than forty-four days before the election. If a summary is not filed by the petition representatives within the time allowed, the designated election official shall print the following in the ballot issue notice where the summary would appear: "No summary was filed by the statutory deadline."
(3.5) For political subdivisions of the state, including but not limited to special districts, that have no designated election official, the governing body of a political subdivision shall be solely responsible for preparing the summary of the filed comments in favor of and in opposition to the ballot issue for the ballot issue notice required by section 20 (3)(b)(v) of article X of the state constitution.
(4) If no comments are filed in opposition to or in support of a ballot issue, the designated election official shall not prepare any summaries and shall state substantially the following in the ballot issue notice where the summary or summaries would appear: "No comments were filed by the constitutional deadline."
(5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a statewide ballot issue that is subject to the provisions of section 1 (7.5) of article V of the state constitution.
Source: L. 96: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 1747, § 44, effective July 1. L. 97: (3) amended, p. 1099, § 2, effective May 27. L. 99: (3) amended, p. 776, § 55, effective May 20. L. 2010: (3.5) added, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 833, § 17, effective May 5. L. 2018: (3) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1611, § 23, effective May 29.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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