Colorado § 1-13.5-1102 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-13.5-1102 — Definitions

Colorado § 1-13.5-1102

Title 01Elections

Art.Colorado Local Government Election Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13.5-1102 (2026).

Text

As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Independent mail ballot election means a mail ballot election that the governing body of a local government determines will not be coordinated by the county clerk and recorder.

(2)Mail ballot packet means the packet of information provided by the designated election official to eligible electors in the independent mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a secrecy envelope, and a return envelope.

(3)Publication means one-time printing in a newspaper of general circulation in the local government or proposed special district if there is such a newspaper, or, if not, in a newspaper in the county in which the local government or proposed special district is or

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As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Independent mail ballot election means a mail ballot election that the
governing body of a local government determines will not be coordinated by the
county clerk and recorder.

(2) Mail ballot packet means the packet of information provided by the
designated election official to eligible electors in the independent mail ballot
election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a
secrecy envelope, and a return envelope.

(3) Publication means one-time printing in a newspaper of general
circulation in the local government or proposed special district if there is such a
newspaper, or, if not, in a newspaper in the county in which the local government or
proposed special district is or will be located. For a local government with territory
in more than one county, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the local
government, publication means the one-time printing in a newspaper of general
circulation in each county in which the local government is located and in which
fifty or more eligible electors of the local government resides.

(4) Return envelope means an envelope that is printed with spaces for the
name and address of, and a self-affirmation substantially in the form described in
section 1-13.5-605 (1) to be signed by, an eligible elector voting in an independent
mail ballot election, into which envelope must fit a secrecy envelope. A return
envelope must be designed to allow election officials, upon examining the
signature, name, and address on the outside of the envelope, to determine whether
the enclosed ballot is being submitted by an eligible elector who has not previously
voted in that particular election.

(5) Secrecy envelope means the envelope or sleeve used for an
independent mail ballot election that contains the eligible elector's ballot for the
election and that is designed to conceal and maintain the confidentiality of the
elector's vote until the counting of votes for that particular election.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 43, � 6, effective February 18. L. 2016: (1) amended, (HB 16-1442), ch. 313, p. 1269, � 11, effective August 10.