Colorado § 31-12-307 - Ballots.
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§ 31-12-307. Ballots.
All ballots or voting machine tabs prepared for use pursuant to this part 3 shall contain the propositions "For Annexation" and "Against Annexation". If the question is submitted on paper ballots, such ballots shall be deposited in a separate ballot box used for that purpose only.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1095, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-8-205 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-307 is similar to former § 31-8-205 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.
This section prescribes the only method in which the ballots can be prepared, evidently two simple tickets, one for, the other against, annexation. Phillips v. Corbin, 8 Colo. App. 346, 46 P. 224 (1896).
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