Colorado § 1-10.5-107 Conducting a recount

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-10.5-107 — Conducting a recount

Colorado § 1-10.5-107

Title 01Elections

Art.Recounts

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-10.5-107 (2026).

Text

(1)[ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] Any county clerk and recorder required to conduct a recount shall arrange for the canvass board who officiated in certifying the official abstract of votes cast to observe the conduct of the recount. If any member of the canvass board cannot be present for the recount, another person shall be appointed in the manner provided by law for appointment of the members of the original board.

(2)[ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (2) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] A county clerk and recorder conducting a recount shall employ assistants, clerks, and election judges as necessary f

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(1) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of
this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this
section. ] Any county clerk and recorder required to conduct a recount shall arrange
for the canvass board who officiated in certifying the official abstract of votes cast
to observe the conduct of the recount. If any member of the canvass board cannot
be present for the recount, another person shall be appointed in the manner
provided by law for appointment of the members of the original board.

(2) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (2) on or after
January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] A county clerk and
recorder conducting a recount shall employ assistants, clerks, and election judges
as necessary for the conduct of the recount. The clerk and recorder shall employ a
bipartisan team of election judges to determine issues of voter intent in accordance
with rules adopted by the secretary of state. If the bipartisan team of election
judges cannot make a unanimous decision regarding an issue of voter intent, the
canvass board shall, by majority vote, make such determination.

(3) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (3) on or after
January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] The canvass board
may correct the abstract of votes cast, should a discrepancy in the vote tabulation
be discovered during the recount.

(4) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (4) on or after
January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] At the conclusion of
the recount, the county clerk and recorder shall make the returns of all partisan,
nonpartisan, ballot issue, and ballot question elections to the canvass board and
provide a copy to the persons or groups requesting the recount or notified of the
recount pursuant to sections 1-10.5-105 and 1-10.5-106. The canvass board shall
meet and issue an amended abstract of votes cast for the office, ballot issue, or
ballot question that is the subject of the recount and deliver it to the designated
election official.

(5) The designated election official shall notify the governing body of the
results of the recount.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire article added with relocations, p. 487, � 13, effective July 1. L. 2025: (1), (2), (3), and (4) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 747, � 10, effective August 6.