§ 1-40-114. Petitions – Not Election Materials – No Bilingual Language Requirement
The general assembly hereby determines that initiative petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal “Voting Rights Act of 1965”, and therefore are not required to be printed in any language other than English to be circulated in any county in Colorado. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 685, […]
§ 1-40-131. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition
Any person who willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition or who willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition or who conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have the custody thereof, or […]
§ 1-40-115. Ballot – Voting – Publication
(1) Measures shall appear upon the official ballot by ballot title only. The measures shall be placed on the ballot in the order in which they were certified to the ballot and as provided in section 1-5-407 (5), (5.3), and (5.4). (2) (a) All ballot measures shall be printed on the official ballot in that […]
§ 1-40-116. Validation – Ballot Issues – Random Sampling – Rules
(1) For ballot issues, each section of a petition to which there is attached an affidavit of the registered elector who circulated the petition that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant each of […]
§ 1-40-117. Statement of Sufficiency – Cure
(1) After examining the petition: (a) If the petition proposes a law, the secretary of state shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures appears to have been submitted to certify the petition to the ballot; or (b) If the petition proposes an amendment to the state constitution, the secretary […]
§ 1-40-118. Protest
(1) A protest in writing, under oath, together with three copies thereof, may be filed in the district court for the county in which the petition has been filed by some registered elector, within fifteen days after the secretary of state issues a statement as to whether the petition has a sufficient number of valid […]
§ 1-40-119. Procedure for Hearings
At any hearing held under this article, the party protesting the finding of the secretary of state concerning the sufficiency of signatures shall have the burden of proof. Hearings shall be had as soon as is conveniently possible and shall be concluded within thirty days after the commencement thereof, and the result of such hearings […]
§ 1-40-120. Filing in Federal Court
In case a complaint has been filed with the federal district court on the grounds that a petition is insufficient due to failure to comply with any federal law, rule, or regulation, the petition may be withdrawn by the two persons designated pursuant to section 1-40-104 to represent the signers of the petition and, within […]
§ 1-40-121. Designated Representatives – Expenditures Related to Petition Circulation – Report – Penalty – Definitions
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Expenditure” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 2 (8) of article XXVIII of the state constitution and includes a payment to a circulator. (b) “False address” means the street address, post office box, city, state, or any other designation […]
§ 1-40-122. Certification of Ballot Titles
(1) The secretary of state, at the time the secretary of state certifies to the county clerk and recorder of each county the names of the candidates for state and district offices for general election, shall also certify to them the ballot titles and numbers of each initiated and referred measure filed in the office […]