Colorado § 31-2-211 - Elections - general.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-2-211 — Elections - general., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-2-211. Elections - general.
(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided, all elections held pursuant to this part 2 shall be conducted as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965".
(2) All necessary expenses for elections conducted pursuant to this part 2 for existing municipalities or for municipalities incorporated pursuant to part 1 of this article shall be paid out of the treasury of the municipality.
(3) A special election shall be called for any election held pursuant to this part 2 when a regular election is not scheduled within the time period provided for such election.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1017, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-2-111 as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of this title.
ANNOTATION
Charter provision granting the right to vote to nonresident property owners does not violate the municipal home rule act. May v. Town of Mtn. Vill., 969 P.2d 790 (Colo. App. 1998).
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