Colorado § 31-10-602 - Watchers at municipal elections.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-10-602 — Watchers at municipal elections., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-10-602. Watchers at municipal elections.
Each candidate for office, or interested party in case of an issue, at a municipal election is entitled to appoint some person to act in his behalf in every precinct in which he is a candidate or in which the issue is on the ballot. Such candidate or interested party shall certify the names of the persons so appointed to the clerk on forms provided by the clerk. In case a watcher must leave the polling place, he may designate an alternate to act in his behalf while he is absent, if such alternate is made known to the election judges by an affidavit of the person first named as a watcher.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1048, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-602 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-10-602 ("Watchers at municipal elections.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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