Colorado § 1-13.5-603 Judges open ballot box first

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-13.5-603 — Judges open ballot box first

Colorado § 1-13.5-603

Title 01Elections

Art.Colorado Local Government Election Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13.5-603 (2026).

Text

In polling places that use an
electronic voting system or paper ballots, the election judges, immediately before
the opening of the polls, shall open the ballot box in the presence of the people
assembled in the polling place, turn it upside down so as to empty it of all of its
contents, and then lock it securely. The ballot box must not be reopened until the
time for counting the ballots it contains.

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In polling places that use an
electronic voting system or paper ballots, the election judges, immediately before
the opening of the polls, shall open the ballot box in the presence of the people
assembled in the polling place, turn it upside down so as to empty it of all of its
contents, and then lock it securely. The ballot box must not be reopened until the
time for counting the ballots it contains.