REQUIREMENTS OF PETITIONS; INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
Colorado Springs City Code § 5.1.408
in effect5.1.408: REQUIREMENTS OF PETITIONS; INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL:
A. Signing Petitions: At the top of each page of every petition circulated within the City shall be printed in plain red letters no smaller than the impression of 10-point, boldface type, the following:
WARNING:
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:
For anyone to sign any petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign such petition when not a registered elector.
DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION
UNLESS YOU ARE A
REGISTERED ELECTOR
To be a registered elector you must be a citizen of Colorado and registered to vote in the City of Colorado Springs. Do not sign this petition unless you have had an opportunity to read or have read to you the full text of the matter proposed and understand its meaning.
B. Registered Electors And Petitions: Any petition circulated within the City shall be signed only by registered electors of Colorado Springs. The signer shall print his or her name, residential address and zip code and the date of signing. Each petition shall have attached an affidavit of the circulator stating the circulator's address and stating that he or she circulated the petition, that each signature was affixed in the affiant's presence, that each signature is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be, that to the affiant's best knowledge and belief, each of the persons signing the petition was at the time of signing a registered elector of Colorado Springs and that the affiant believes that no person has paid or will pay, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to any signer for the purpose of inducing or causing the signer to affix a signature to the petition. The City Clerk shall not accept for filing any petition which does not have an attached affidavit meeting the requirements of this part.
C. Withdrawal Of Petition Signatures:
1. Any registered elector of Colorado Springs may request that his or her name be stricken from an initiated petition at any time prior to the date the petition is deemed sufficient and the protest period has passed. To withdraw a petition signature, the person must file with the City Clerk a written request stating the person's desire and intent to strike his or her name from the initiated petition.
2. If a written request in conformity with subsection C1 of this section is filed with the City Clerk, the City Clerk shall strike the signature of the person filing the request after the filing of the initiated petition and during the signature verification process. (Ord. 86-24; Ord. 88-88; Ord. 00-175; Ord. 01-42; Ord. 02-212; Ord. 04-291; Ord. 07-210; Ord. 16-102)
Notes
1 | 1. See City Charter article XII; CRS §31-2-201 et seq.
Source: City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/coloradospringsco/latest/coloradosprings_co/0-0-0-6424Fetched: 11/1/2026