§ 1-13.5-606 — Manner of voting in precincts using paper ballots

Colorado § 1-13.5-606

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

Text

(1) In
precincts that use paper ballots, upon receiving his or her ballot, an eligible elector
shall immediately retire alone to one of the voting booths provided and shall
prepare the ballot by marking or stamping in ink or indelible pencil, in the
appropriate margin or place, a cross mark (x) opposite the name of the candidate of
the elector's choice for each office to be filled; except that no cross mark (x) is
required opposite the name of a write-in candidate. In case of a question submitted
to a vote of the people, the elector shall mark or stamp, in the appropriate margin or
place, a cross mark (x) opposite the answer that he or she desires to give. Before
leaving the voting booth, the elector shall fold the ballot without displaying the
marks thereon so that the contents of the ballot are concealed and the stub can be
removed without exposing any of the contents of the ballot, and the elector must
keep the ballot folded until the elector deposits the ballot in the ballot box.

(2) Each eligible elector who has prepared a ballot and is ready to cast his or
her vote shall then leave the voting booth and approach the election judge in
charge of the ballot box. The elector shall give his or her name to that judge, who
shall announce the name of such elector and the number upon the duplicate stub of
the ballot, which number must correspond with the stub number previously placed
on the registration list or pollbook. If the stub number of the ballot corresponds and
is identified by the initials of the election judge placed thereupon, the election
judge shall then remove the duplicate stub from the ballot. The ballot must then be
returned to the eligible elector, who shall, in full view of the election judges, cast
his or her vote by depositing the ballot in the ballot box.

(3) Each eligible elector shall mark and deposit his or her ballot without
undue delay and shall leave the immediate voting area as soon as the elector votes.
No elector shall occupy a voting booth already occupied by another, nor remain
within the immediate voting area for more than ten minutes, nor occupy a voting
booth for more than five minutes if all such booths are in use and other electors are
waiting to occupy the same. No eligible elector whose name has been entered on
the pollbook is allowed to reenter the immediate voting area during the election
except when accompanied by an election judge.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 25, � 6, effective February 18.