§ 1-2-219 — Changing or withdrawing declaration of affiliation

Colorado § 1-2-219

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Qualifications and Registration of Electors

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(1) Any eligible
elector desiring to change or withdraw the elector's affiliation may do so by
completing and signing a prescribed request for the change or withdrawal and
filing it with the county clerk and recorder or by submitting a personal letter written
by the elector to the county clerk and recorder at any time up to and including the
twenty-second day preceding a primary election; except that, if the twenty-second
day before the primary election is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the change
or withdrawal applies if made by the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or
legal holiday. The prescribed form or personal letter for the change must include
the elector's printed name, address within the county, birth date, the last four digits
of the elector's social security number, if the elector wishes to state it, and
signature, the date, the elector's previous affiliation status, and the requested
change in affiliation status. A prescribed form must be furnished by the county
clerk and recorder upon the elector's oral or written request. Upon receiving the
request, the county clerk and recorder shall change the elector's affiliation on his
or her registration record. If the affiliation is withdrawn, the designation on the
elector's registration record must be changed to unaffiliated. If an elector
changes affiliation, the elector is entitled to vote, at any primary election, only the
ballot of the political party to which the elector is currently affiliated. A change or
withdrawal of affiliation may not be made by anyone other than the elector.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a declaration or change of affiliation
made by an unaffiliated elector in accordance with this section must be deferred if
the elector has already been mailed a primary election ballot packet. The deadline
by which the elector must declare, change, or withdraw an affiliation as specified in
this subsection (1) only applies to a primary election and does not apply to a general
or coordinated election.

(2) Any declaration, change, or withdrawal of affiliation made on the same
form or personal letter as an address or name change shall be accepted by the
county clerk and recorder if the form or personal letter is dated and signed so that
it is clearly indicated that the elector intended to make the change or withdrawal
indicated on the form or in the personal letter. An elector who is unable to write
may request assistance from the county clerk and recorder, and the county clerk
and recorder shall sign the form, witnessing the elector's mark or, on a personal
letter, the elector shall have his or her signature attested to by a notary public.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 652, � 2, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1401, � 21, effective July 1. L. 99: (1) amended, p. 158, � 4, effective August 4. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 1309, � 3, effective April 22. L. 2016: (1) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 571, � 15, effective May 18. L. 2018: (1) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1605, � 6, effective May 29. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1634, � 8, effective June 21.