Colorado § 30-10-529 - Coordinator for voting at county jails or detention centers - definitions.

§ 30-10-529. Coordinator for voting at county jails or detention centers - definitions.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Ballot information booklet" means the ballot information booklet published and distributed pursuant to section 1-40-124.5.

(b) "Designee" means an individual designated pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Each sheriff shall designate at least one individual to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors at a county jail or detention center.

(3) The designee shall:

(a) Coordinate with the county clerk and recorder pursuant to section 1-7.5-113.5;

(b) Ensure that all confined eligible electors have reasonable access to the ballot information booklet, the information required by section 1-40-125, and any election-related materials that are prepared and provided to the designee in support of or in opposition to any candidate or issue on the ballot;

(c) Ensure that notice of the date and time for in-person voting at the jail or detention center pursuant to section 1-7.5-113.5 (4)(a) is provided to confined individuals, including notice that, if eligible to vote, confined individuals may register to vote during the in-person voting;

(d) Provide to confined individuals information regarding eligibility to vote, how confined individuals can verify or change their voter registration, and how confined individuals, if eligible to vote, can register to vote;

(e) Ensure that confined individuals who want to verify or change their voter registration or register to vote have reasonable access to resources to do so;

(f) Establish a location at the county jail or detention center for confined eligible electors to return their ballots for collection by a team of bipartisan election judges acting at the direction of the clerk and recorder pursuant to section 1-7.5-113.5 (3)(c)(I), and provide information to confined individuals concerning the methods by which ballots can be returned, the location in the county jail or detention center where ballots can be returned, and the deadlines for returning ballots; and

(g) Establish a process for a confined eligible elector to have the opportunity to cure a deficiency on their ballot pursuant to sections 1-7.5-107 (3.5) and 1-7.5-107.3 (1.5).

(4) Information provided by the designee and actions taken by the designee pursuant to this section must be in accordance with any applicable provisions concerning elections set forth in title 1.

(5) Any failure by the sheriff or the designee to comply with the requirements of this section is subject to assessment of a civil penalty to be determined by the district court for the judicial district in which the county jail or detention center is located, payable by the county. The civil penalty is in the amount of five thousand dollars per violation. The office of court executive of the judicial district shall transmit fines collected pursuant to this subsection (5) to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b).

Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (SB 24-072), ch. 298, p. 2034, § 4, effective May 31.