Colorado § 1-11-201 Causes of contest

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-11-201 — Causes of contest

Colorado § 1-11-201

Title 01Elections

Art.Certificates of Election and Election Contests

This text of Colorado § 1-11-201 (Causes of contest) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Colorado primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-11-201 (2026).

Text

(1)The election of any candidate to any office may be contested on any of the following grounds:

(a)That the candidate elected is not eligible to hold the office for which elected;

(b)That illegal votes were received or legal votes rejected at the polls in sufficient numbers to change the result of the election;

(c)That an election judge or canvass board has made an error in counting or declaring the result of an election that changed the result of the election;

(d)That an election judge, canvass board, or member of a canvass board has committed malconduct, fraud, or corruption that changed the result of the election; or

(e)That, for any reason, another candidate was legally elected to the office.

(2)For the purpose of this part 2, if the election or nomination of either

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(1) The election of any candidate to any office
may be contested on any of the following grounds:

(a) That the candidate elected is not eligible to hold the office for which
elected;

(b) That illegal votes were received or legal votes rejected at the polls in
sufficient numbers to change the result of the election;

(c) That an election judge or canvass board has made an error in counting or
declaring the result of an election that changed the result of the election;

(d) That an election judge, canvass board, or member of a canvass board has
committed malconduct, fraud, or corruption that changed the result of the election;
or

(e) That, for any reason, another candidate was legally elected to the office.

(2) For the purpose of this part 2, if the election or nomination of either the
governor or lieutenant governor is found to be invalid for any reason, the finding
shall not in any way be construed to invalidate the election or nomination of the
other joint candidate.

(3) The result of any election to determine a ballot issue or ballot question
may be contested on any of the following grounds:

(a) That illegal votes were received or legal votes were rejected at the polls
in sufficient numbers to change the result of the election;

(b) That an election judge or canvass board has made an error in counting or
declaring the result of an election that changed the result of the election; or

(c) That an election judge, canvass board, or member of a canvass board has
committed misconduct, fraud, or corruption that changed the result of the election.

(4) In addition to the grounds set forth in subsection (3) of this section, the
result of any election to determine a ballot issue that includes approval of the
creation of any debt or other financial obligation may be contested if the notice
required by section 1-7-908 is not provided in accordance with that section or
contains any material misstatement of the information required to be set forth in
the notice.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 785, � 14, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (3) added, p. 1175, � 62, effective July 1. L. 99: (1)(c), (1)(d), (3)(b), and (3)(c) amended, p. 490, � 19, effective July 1. L. 2003: (4) added, p. 749, � 2, effective August 6.