§ 1-11-301 — Legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and
declares that:

(a) Section 10 of article V of the Colorado constitution provides that each
house of the general assembly shall judge the election and qualification of its
members;

(b) Section 11 of article VII of the Colorado constitution authorizes the
general assembly to pass laws to secure the purity of elections;

(c) In furtherance of these constitutional provisions and the plenary power of
the general assembly, the general assembly may enact laws to enable a house of
the general assembly to call a special legislative election in the event such house is
unable to declare a person duly elected in a district as a member of the state
senate or the state house of representatives because an accurate and verifiable
vote count showing that the person has the highest number of votes cast in such
district cannot be obtained from the general election returns.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1386, � 4, effective June 4.