§ 31-11-115. Tampering With Initiative or Referendum Petition
Any person commits a class 2 misdemeanor who: Willfully destroys, defaces, mutilates, or suppresses any initiative or referendum petition; Willfully neglects to file or delays the delivery of the initiative or referendum petition; Conceals or removes any initiative or referendum petition from the possession of the person authorized by law to have custody of the […]
§ 31-11-116. Enforcement
Any person may file with the district attorney an affidavit stating the name of any person who has violated any of the provisions of this article and stating the facts that constitute the alleged offense. Upon the filing of such affidavit, the district attorney shall forthwith investigate, and, if reasonable grounds appear therefor, the district […]
§ 31-11-117. Retention of Petitions
After a period of three years from the time of submission of the petitions to the clerk, if it is determined that the retention of the petitions is no longer necessary, the clerk may destroy the petitions. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 430, § 1, effective May 8.
§ 31-11-118. Powers of Clerk and Deputy
Except as otherwise provided in this article, the clerk shall render all interpretations and shall make all initial decisions as to controversies or other matters arising in the operation of this article. All powers and authority granted to the clerk by this article may be exercised by a deputy clerk in the absence of the […]
§ 31-11-107. Circulators – Requirements
The circulation of any petition section other than personally by a circulator is prohibited. No section of a petition for any initiative or referendum measure shall be circulated by any person who is not at least eighteen years of age at the time the section is circulated. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 426, […]
§ 31-11-108. Signatures
Any initiative or referendum petition shall be signed only by registered electors who are eligible to vote on the measure. Each registered elector shall sign his or her own signature and shall print his or her name, the address at which he or she resides, including the street number and name, the city or town, […]
§ 31-11-109. Signature Verification – Statement of Sufficiency
The clerk shall inspect timely filed initiative or referendum petitions and the attached affidavits, and may do so by examining the information on signature lines for patent defects, by comparing the information on signature lines against a list of registered electors provided by the county, or by other reasonable means. After examining the petition, the […]
§ 31-11-110. Protest
Within forty days after an initiative or referendum petition is filed, a protest in writing under oath may be filed in the office of the clerk by any registered elector who resides in the municipality, setting forth specifically the grounds for such protest. The grounds for protest may include, but shall not be limited to, […]
§ 31-11-111. Initiatives, Referenda, and Referred Measures – Ballot Titles
After an election has been ordered pursuant to section 31-11-104 or 31-11-105, the legislative body of the municipality or its designee shall promptly fix a ballot title for each initiative or referendum. The legislative body of any municipality may, without receipt of any petition, submit any proposed or adopted ordinance or resolution or any question […]
§ 31-11-112. Petitions – Not Election Materials – No Bilingual Requirement
The general assembly hereby determines that initiative and referendum petitions are not election materials or information covered by the federal “Voting Rights Act of 1965”, and are therefore not required to be printed in any language other than English in order to be circulated in any municipality in Colorado. Source: L. 95: Entire article added, […]