Colorado § 1-13-714 Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-13-714 — Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition

Colorado·Title 01 Elections·Art. Election Offenses

(1)(a) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1)(a) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] A person shall not do any electioneering on the day of any election, or during the time when voting is permitted for any election, within any polling location or in any public street or room or in any public manner within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located, as publicly posted by the designated election official, or within one hundred feet of a drop box.

(b)(I) As used in this section, the term electioneering includes:

(A)Campaigning for or against any candidate who is on the ballot or any ballot issue or ballot question that is on the ballot.

(B)The distribution or display

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(1) (a) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1)(a) on or after January 1,
2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] A person shall not do any
electioneering on the day of any election, or during the time when voting is
permitted for any election, within any polling location or in any public street or room
or in any public manner within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling
location or drop-off location is located, as publicly posted by the designated
election official, or within one hundred feet of a drop box.

(b) (I) As used in this section, the term electioneering includes:

(A) Campaigning for or against any candidate who is on the ballot or any
ballot issue or ballot question that is on the ballot.

(B) The distribution or display of campaign posters, signs, or other campaign
materials or apparel, including materials or apparel promoting or opposing a
candidate or displaying a candidate's name, likeness, or campaign slogan.

(C) Soliciting signatures for a candidate petition, a recall petition, or a
petition to place a ballot issue or ballot question on a subsequent ballot.

(II) Electioneering does not include a respectful display of the American
flag.

(c) Nothing in this section limits or prohibits the incidental display of buttons,
shirts, hats, or other apparel that support various causes or political issues by
individuals who are traveling through corridors subject to the one-hundred-foot
electioneering restriction specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section seeking
access to areas other than polling locations on campuses of institutions of higher
education.

(2) Except as necessary for ballot counting, no person may remove any
official ballot from the polling location before the closing of the polls.

(3) Any person who violates any provision of this section upon conviction
shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 435, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1179, � 72, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 853, � 88, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 2035, � 23, effective June 6. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 748, � 121, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 589, � 72, effective May 18. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1667, � 69, effective June 21; (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3129, � 36, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2023: (1)(c) amended, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, p. 2393, � 44, effective June 6. L. 2025: (1)(a) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 746, � 8, effective August 6.