Colorado § 31-10-1001 - When absent electors may vote.
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§ 31-10-1001. When absent electors may vote.
Any registered elector of a municipality may cast a ballot at the election in the manner provided in sections 31-10-1001 to 31-10-1007.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1060, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 329, § 88, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1669, § 85, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1710, § 10, effective July 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 31-10-801 as it existed prior to 1975.
(2) This section was amended in Senate Bill 93-242. Those amendments were superseded by the amendment of the section in House Bill 93-1063.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 31-10-1001 is similar to former § 31-10-801 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, a relevant case construing a prior provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
Strict construction. The general rule is that absentee voter statutes should be strictly construed, and that the voter who wishes to cast an absentee ballot must comply with all the statutory requirements. City of Aspen v. Howell, 170 Colo. 82, 459 P.2d 764 (1969).
Absentee ballot authorized in annexation election. Since the general assembly intended to make the municipal election code, which expressly provides for absentee ballots, applicable generally to municipal elections, and since the municipal election code provides that the municipal election code should be construed liberally so that all legally qualified electors may be permitted to vote, we hold that the municipal election code by its terms authorized the absentee ballots in an annexation election. City of Aspen v. Howell, 170 Colo. 82, 459 P.2d 764 (1969).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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