§ 1-13.5-612 — Defective ballots

Colorado § 1-13.5-612

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

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(1) If an elector votes for more names than
there are persons to be elected to an office, or, if it is impossible to determine the
choice of an elector for an office to be filled, the elector's ballot will not be counted
for that office. A defective or an incomplete cross marked on any ballot in a proper
place must be counted if there is no other mark or cross on such ballot indicating an
intention to vote for some person other than those indicated by the first mentioned
defective cross or mark. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as
provided in section 1-13.5-704, may be deposited in the ballot box, and only ballots
provided in accordance with this article shall be counted. If the election judges
discover in the counting of votes that the name of any candidate voted for is
misspelled or the initial letters of a candidate's given name are transposed or
omitted in part or altogether on the ballot, the vote for the candidate must be
counted if the intention of the elector to vote for the candidate is apparent.

(2) Ballots not counted must be marked defective on the back thereof and
shall be preserved for such time as is provided in section 1-13.5-616 for ballots and
destroyed as therein directed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 27, � 6, effective February 18.