Colorado § 31-10-703 - Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction.
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§ 31-10-703. Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction.
(1) Sample ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the clerk ten days before the election and shall be subject to public inspection. The sample ballots shall be arranged in the form of a diagram showing the front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballot labels are arranged thereon for voting on election day. Such sample ballots may be either in full or reduced size. The clerk shall provide at least two sample ballots for each election precinct, to be delivered to the judges of election and posted in the polling place on election day.
(2) The clerk shall also prepare and place on each voting machine to be used in election precincts under the clerk's supervision a set of official ballot labels arranged in the manner prescribed for the official election ballot to be used on voting machines. When there is more than one person to be elected to an office, there shall be provided two, and only two, spaces for write-in purposes for each different office. No cross mark (X) shall be required opposite the name of a write-in candidate. Candidate names shall be arranged by lot as prescribed by the municipal clerk under the designation of the office. The clerk shall deliver the required number of voting machines, equipped with the official ballot, to each election precinct no later than the day prior to the day of election.
(3) Cards of instruction for the guidance of voters in casting their ballots on voting machines shall also be supplied by the clerk as provided in section 31-10-906.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1054, § 1, effective July 1. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1709, § 8, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-10-703 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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