Colorado § 1-13-706 Delivering and receiving ballots at polls

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-13-706 — Delivering and receiving ballots at polls

Colorado § 1-13-706

Title 01Elections

Art.Election Offenses

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-706 (2026).

Text

(1)No voter shall receive an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election having charge of the ballots, nor shall any person other than such judge deliver an official ballot to such voter.

(2)No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot prepared for voting.

(3)Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him or her shall return his or her ballot to the judge from whom he or she received the same before leaving the polling location; except that nothing in this section prohibits an elector from obtaining an original or replacement ballot pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(j).

(4)Each violation of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.

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(1) No voter shall receive
an official ballot from any person except one of the judges of election having
charge of the ballots, nor shall any person other than such judge deliver an official
ballot to such voter.

(2) No person except a judge of election shall receive from any voter a ballot
prepared for voting.

(3) Any voter who does not vote the ballot received by him or her shall return
his or her ballot to the judge from whom he or she received the same before leaving
the polling location; except that nothing in this section prohibits an elector from
obtaining an original or replacement ballot pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(j).

(4) Each violation of the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be
punished as provided in section 1-13-111.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 433, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 2013: (3) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 747, � 118, effective May 10. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3128, � 28, effective March 1, 2022.