§ 1-13.5-306 — Objections to nominations

Colorado § 1-13.5-306

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Colorado Local Government Election Code

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All self-nomination and acceptance
forms or letters, petitions of nomination, and affidavits of intent to be a write-in
candidate that are in apparent conformity, as determined by the designated
election official, with section 1-13.5-302, 1-13.5-303, or 1-13.5-305, are valid unless
objection thereto is duly made in writing within three days after the filing of the
same. In case an objection is made, the designated election official shall mail
forthwith notice of the objection to any candidate for the same office. The
designated election official shall decide objections within forty-eight hours after
the same are filed, and any objections upheld may be remedied or defect cured
upon the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new self-nomination and acceptance form or letter, petition of nomination, or affidavit of
intent, as applicable, within three days after the objection is upheld, but in no event
later than the fifty-eighth day before the day of election. The designated election
official shall pass upon the validity of all objections, whether of form or substance,
and the designated election official's decisions upon matters of form are final. The
designated election official's decisions upon matters of substance are open to
review if prompt application is made, as provided in section 1-13.5-1501, but the
remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of the district court is final
and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in the
exercise of its discretion, may review any proceeding in a summary way.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 14, � 6, effective February 18.