Municipal Election Code

C.R.S. tit. 31, art. 10
in effect

Contents

section31-10-101. Short titlesection31-10-102. Definitionssection31-10-102.5. Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified electorssection31-10-102.7. Applicability of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992"section31-10-102.8. Active military or overseas voters - timely mailing, casting, and receipt of ballot - definitionsection31-10-103. Computation of timesection31-10-104. Powers of clerk and deputysection31-10-105. Election commissionsection31-10-106. Copies of election laws and manual providedsection31-10-107. Forms prescribedsection31-10-108. Special electionssection31-10-109. Submission of question on regular election date for municipalitiessection31-10-201. Qualifications of municipal electorssection31-10-202. Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oathsection31-10-203. Registration requiredsection31-10-204. Municipal clerk as deputy county clerk and recordersection31-10-205. Registration listssection31-10-206. Delivery and custody of registration book or listsection31-10-207. Questions answered by electorsection31-10-208. Change of addresssection31-10-301. Electors eligible to hold municipal officesection31-10-302. Nomination of municipal officerssection31-10-303. Withdrawal from nominationssection31-10-304. Vacancies in nominationssection31-10-305. Objections to nominationssection31-10-306. Write-in candidate affidavitsection31-10-401. Appointment of election judgessection31-10-402. Number of judgessection31-10-403. Certificates of appointmentsection31-10-404. Acceptancessection31-10-405. Vacanciessection31-10-406. Removal of judgessection31-10-407. Oath of judgessection31-10-408. Compensation of judgessection31-10-409. Compensation for delivery of election returns and other election paperssection31-10-501. Clerk to give noticesection31-10-501.5. Ballot issue noticesection31-10-502. Establishing precincts and polling placessection31-10-503. Judges may change polling placessection31-10-504. Number of voting booths or voting machinessection31-10-505. Arrangement of voting machines or voting booths and ballot boxessection31-10-506. Election expenses to be paid by municipalitysection31-10-507. Election may be canceled - whensection31-10-601. Hours of votingsection31-10-602. Watchers at municipal electionssection31-10-603. Employee entitled to votesection31-10-604. Judges open ballot box firstsection31-10-605. Judge to keep pollbooksection31-10-606. Preparing to votesection31-10-607. Manner of voting in precincts which use paper ballotssection31-10-608. Disabled voter - assistancesection31-10-609. Spoiled ballotssection31-10-610. Counting paper ballotssection31-10-611. Tally sheetssection31-10-612. Defective ballotssection31-10-613. Judges' certificatesection31-10-614. Delivery of election returns, ballot boxes, and other election paperssection31-10-615. Judges to post returnssection31-10-616. Preservation of ballots and election recordssection31-10-617. Ranked voting methodssection31-10-701. Use of voting machinessection31-10-702. Judges to inspect machinessection31-10-703. Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instructionsection31-10-704. Instructions to votesection31-10-705. Length of time to votesection31-10-706. Judge to watch voting machinessection31-10-707. Clerk to supply seals for voting machinessection31-10-708. Close of polls and count of votessection31-10-709. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permittedsection31-10-801. Use of electronic systemsection31-10-802. Sample ballotssection31-10-803. Ballots - electronic votingsection31-10-804. Preparation for use - electronic votingsection31-10-805. Instructions to votesection31-10-806. Ballotssection31-10-807. Distribution of ballotssection31-10-808. Cards of instructionsection31-10-809. Close of polls - count and seals in electronic votingsection31-10-810. Electronic vote counting - testsection31-10-811. Electronic vote counting - proceduresection31-10-812. Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permittedsection31-10-901. Ballot boxessection31-10-902. Ballotssection31-10-903. Ballots changed if candidate dies or withdrawssection31-10-904. Printing and distribution of ballotssection31-10-905. Substitute ballotssection31-10-906. Cards of instructionsection31-10-907. Definitionssection31-10-908. Mail ballot elections - preelection processsection31-10-909. Nomination of candidates in mail ballot electionssection31-10-910. Procedures for conducting mail ballot electionsection31-10-910.3. Verification of signatures - signature verification devices - procedures - training - definitionssection31-10-911. Counting mail ballotssection31-10-912. Write-in candidate affidavit in mail ballot electionssection31-10-913. Challengessection31-10-1001. When absent electors may votesection31-10-1002. Application for absentee voter's ballot - permanent absentee voter status - ballot delivery - list of absentee voterssection31-10-1003. Self-affirmation on return envelopesection31-10-1004. Manner of absentee voting by paper ballotsection31-10-1005. Absent voters' voting machines - electronic voting systemssection31-10-1006. Delivery to judgessection31-10-1007. Casting and counting absentee ballotssection31-10-1008. Challenge of absentee ballots - rejection - recordsection31-10-1009. Oaths for absentee ballotssection31-10-1010. Emergency absentee voting - definitionsection31-10-1101. No voting unless registeredsection31-10-1102. Right to vote may be challengedsection31-10-1103. Challenge to be made by written oathsection31-10-1104. Challenge questions asked votersection31-10-1105. Oath of challenged votersection31-10-1106. Refusal to answer questions or take oathsection31-10-1201. Returns - canvasssection31-10-1202. Imperfect returnssection31-10-1203. Correctionssection31-10-1204. Tie - lots - notice to candidatessection31-10-1205. Statement - certificates of electionsection31-10-1206. Fees of municipal judgesection31-10-1207. Recountsection31-10-1301. Who may contest - causessection31-10-1302. District judge to preside - bondsection31-10-1303. Filing statement - contentssection31-10-1304. Summons - answersection31-10-1305. Trial and appealssection31-10-1306. Recountsection31-10-1307. Judgmentsection31-10-1308. Ballot questions and ballot issues - how contestedsection31-10-1401. Controversiessection31-10-1402. Correction of errorssection31-10-1501. District attorney or attorney general to prosecutesection31-10-1502. Sufficiency of complaint - judicial noticesection31-10-1503. Immunity of witness from prosecutionsection31-10-1504. Penalties for election offensessection31-10-1505. Payment of finessection31-10-1506. Perjurysection31-10-1507. Forgerysection31-10-1508. Tampering with nomination paperssection31-10-1509. Bribery of petition signerssection31-10-1510. Statements of expensessection31-10-1511. Custody and delivery of ballots and other election paperssection31-10-1512. Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of ballots and other election paperssection31-10-1513. Unlawfully refusing or permitting to votesection31-10-1514. Revealing how elector votedsection31-10-1515. Violation of dutysection31-10-1516. Unlawful receipt of moneysection31-10-1517. Disclosing or identifying votesection31-10-1518. Delivering and receiving ballots at pollssection31-10-1519. Voting twicesection31-10-1520. Voting in the wrong precinctsection31-10-1521. Electioneering near pollssection31-10-1521.5. Anonymous statements concerning candidates or issues - penaltiessection31-10-1522. Employer's unlawful actssection31-10-1523. Intimidationsection31-10-1524. Unlawfully giving or promising moneysection31-10-1525. Corrupt means of influencing votesection31-10-1526. Interference with voter while votingsection31-10-1527. Introducing liquor into polls - repealsection31-10-1528. Inducing defective ballotsection31-10-1529. Personating electorsection31-10-1530. Altering posted abstract of votessection31-10-1531. Wagers with electorssection31-10-1532. Tampering with notices or suppliessection31-10-1533. Tampering with registration book, registration list, or pollbooksection31-10-1534. Tampering with voting machinesection31-10-1535. Interference with election officialsection31-10-1536. Unlawful qualification as taxpaying electorsection31-10-1537. Absentee votingsection31-10-1538. Article to be liberally construedsection31-10-1539. Applicabilitysection31-10-1540. Political campaign signs - restrictions
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