Colorado § 1-12-100.5 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-12-100.5 — Definitions

Colorado § 1-12-100.5

Title 01Elections

Art.Recall and Vacancies in Office

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-12-100.5 (2026).

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As used in this part 1, and for purposes of article XXI of the state constitution, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Approved as to form means that the appropriate designated election official has reviewed the blank form of a petition and has approved the form as meeting the standards set forth in this article.

(2)Circulated means presented to an elector for the collection of a signature and other information required by this article. (2.5) Circulator means a person who presents to other persons for possible signature a petition for recall as described in this article.

(3)Committee means the committee of signers described in section 1-12-108 (2). (3.5) Date for holding the election means the first day on which recall mail ballots are to be made available to eligible e

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As used in this part 1, and for purposes of article XXI
of the state constitution, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Approved as to form means that the appropriate designated election
official has reviewed the blank form of a petition and has approved the form as
meeting the standards set forth in this article.

(2) Circulated means presented to an elector for the collection of a
signature and other information required by this article.

(2.5) Circulator means a person who presents to other persons for possible
signature a petition for recall as described in this article.

(3) Committee means the committee of signers described in section 1-12-108 (2).

(3.5) Date for holding the election means the first day on which recall mail
ballots are to be made available to eligible electors at the county clerk and
recorder's office or other suitable location pursuant to the election plan approved
under section 1-12-114 (1)(a).

(4) Elected officer means any person elected to public office or appointed
to fill a vacancy in an elected position of public office.

(5) Designated election official means the secretary of state or a county
clerk and recorder.

(6) Fails to qualify means not satisfying the constitutional or statutory
qualifications for office, whether by reason of age, citizenship, residency, or
sufficient number of valid nomination petition signatures required by section 1-12-117 (3).

(7) Fully adjudicated means to have been decided by a final judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction and from which there can be no appeal.

(7.5) General election means an election held on the Tuesday succeeding
the first Monday of November in an even-numbered year or an election held on the
first Tuesday of November in an odd-numbered year.

(8) Recall petition entity means a person, as defined in section 2-4-401,
C.R.S., that provides compensation to a circulator to circulate a recall petition.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1293), ch. 236, p. 1038, � 1, effective May 29. L. 2014: IP amended and (2.5), (3.5), (5), (6), (7), and (8) added, (SB 14-158), ch. 170, p. 617, � 2, effective May 9. L. 2019: (7.5) added, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3034, � 45, effective August 2. L. 2021: (3.5) and (5) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1654, � 52, effective June 21.