This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Mail Ballot Election Act”. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 752, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 1-7.5-101 as it existed prior to 1992.
(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that self-government by election is more legitimate and better accepted as voter participation increases. By enacting this article, the general assembly hereby concludes that it is appropriate to provide for mail ballot elections under specified circumstances. (2) Recognizing the continued need for in-person voting options through […]
As used in this article 7.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Designated election official” means official as defined in section 1-1-104 (8). (2) “Election” means any election under the “Uniform Election Code of 1992” or the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S. (3) “Election day” means the date […]
For all general, primary, odd-year, coordinated, recall, and congressional vacancy elections, the county clerk and recorder shall conduct the election by mail ballot under the supervision of, and subject to rules promulgated in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., by, the secretary of state. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 753, § […]
(1) The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall provide mail ballots, affidavits, certificates, envelopes, instruction cards, and other necessary supplies in the same manner as other election supplies are provided for in all elections and without cost to any eligible elector wishing to vote pursuant to this article. (2) (a) The ballots […]
(1) (a) The county clerk and recorder or designated election official responsible for conducting an election that is to be by mail ballot pursuant to section 1-7.5-104 (1) shall send a proposed election plan for conducting the mail ballot election to the secretary of state no later than ninety days prior to a nonpartisan election […]
(1) In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the secretary of state, with advice from election officials of the several political subdivisions, shall: (a) Prescribe the form of materials to be used in the conduct of mail ballot elections; except that all mail ballot packets shall include a ballot, instructions for completing the […]
(1) Before any mail ballot is delivered or mailed or before any eligible elector is permitted to cast a vote at an election where the county clerk and recorder is the designated election official, the designated election official shall record the date the ballot is delivered or mailed in the statewide voter registration database. (2) […]
(1) Official ballots shall be prepared and all other preelection procedures followed as otherwise provided by law or rules promulgated by the secretary of state; except that mail ballot packets shall be prepared in accordance with this article. (2) Repealed. (2.3) (Deleted, 2016.) (2.5) Repealed. (2.7) Subsequent to the preparation of ballots in accordance with […]
(1) An eligible elector who receives a mail ballot may cast the ballot at a voter service and polling center prior to election day. Ballot boxes must be locked and sealed each night with a numbered seal under the supervision of the election judges or watchers, and the designated election official shall retain possession of […]
(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, in every mail ballot election that is coordinated with or conducted by the county clerk and recorder, an election judge shall compare the signature on the self-affirmation on each return envelope with the signature of the eligible elector stored in the statewide voter registration […]
The election officials at the mail ballot counting place may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the designated election official for tabulation. Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election and continue until counting is completed. The election official in charge of the mail […]
In connection with any election conducted on or after May 10, 2013, if a mail ballot sent to a registered elector is returned by the United States postal service as undeliverable, the county clerk and recorder shall mark the registration record of that elector with the word “Inactive”. The clerk and recorder shall mail a […]
A write-in candidate is allowed in mail ballot elections if the candidate has filed an affidavit of intent with the designated election official pursuant to section 1-4-1101. Ballots for write-in candidates are counted pursuant to section 1-7.5-206. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 757, § 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section […]
Votes cast pursuant to this article may be challenged pursuant to and in accordance with law. Any mail ballot election held pursuant to this article shall not be invalidated on the grounds that an eligible elector did not receive a ballot so long as the designated election official for the political subdivision conducting the election […]
(1) If a group residential facility does not have mail boxes in which a representative of the United States postal service may directly deposit mail, and more than seven mail ballots are to be sent to that group residential facility, a committee consisting of one employee of the county clerk and recorder of the county […]
(1) Each county clerk and recorder shall make efforts to coordinate with the county sheriff or the county sheriff’s designee at each county jail or detention center to facilitate voting for all confined eligible electors. (2) The election plan required by section 1-7.5-105 must include the following information: (a) How the county clerk and recorder […]
Any political party, candidate, proponents, or opponents of a ballot issue entitled to have watchers at voter service and polling centers each has the right to maintain one watcher in the office of the designated election official and each voter service and polling center during the period in which mail ballots may be applied for […]
(1) An eligible elector may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot that was originally mailed to the elector was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or for some other reason not received by the elector. To obtain a replacement ballot by mail, the elector shall make a request to the county clerk and recorder for a replacement […]
(1) (a) (I) (A) If an eligible elector or a member of an eligible elector’s immediate family, related to the second degree by blood, adoption, marriage, or civil union partnership, is confined in a hospital or place of residence on election day, or if, due to emergency conditions such as natural disasters arising after the […]
