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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 1 - Elections » Article 9 - Challenges » Part 2 - Challenges to Voting

§ 1-9-201. Right to Vote May Be Challenged

(1) (a) A person’s right to vote at a polling location or in an election may be challenged on one or more of the following grounds: (I) The person is not a citizen of the United States; (II) The person has not resided in the state for twenty-two days immediately preceding the election; (III) The […]

§ 1-9-202. Challenge to Be Made by Written Oath

Each challenge must be made by written oath on a form provided by an election judge. The form must include a space for the name of the person challenged and the specific factual basis for the challenge of the person’s right to vote as set forth in section 1-9-201 (1)(a) and must be signed by […]

§ 1-9-203. Challenge Questions Asked Person Intending to Vote

(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2005, pp. 1420, 1455, §§ 42, 42, effective June 6, 2005.) (2) If the person is challenged as not eligible because the person is not a citizen, an election judge shall ask the following question: (a) Are you a citizen of the United States? (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, […]

§ 1-9-207. Challenges of Ballots Cast by Mail

(1) The ballot of any elector that has been cast by mail may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged ballots, except those rejected for forgery of a deceased person’s signature on a […]

§ 1-9-208. Challenges of Provisional Ballots

The ballot of any provisional voter may be challenged using a challenge form signed by the challenger under penalty of perjury setting forth the name of the person challenged and the basis for the challenge. Challenged provisional ballots, except those rejected for submission of multiple ballots, must be counted if the other requirements for counting […]

§ 1-9-209. Challenges Delivered to District Attorney

The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall forthwith deliver a challenge that is not withdrawn, along with the affidavit of the elector on the mail-in, provisional ballot, or mail ballot return envelope, to the district attorney for investigation and action. When practicable, the district attorney shall complete the investigation within ten days […]

§ 1-9-210. Copy of Challenge Delivered to Elector

When a challenge is made to a person who cast a mail ballot or provisional ballot and the person was not present at the time of the challenge, the county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall notify and mail a copy of the challenge to the person challenged in accordance with the rules […]