§ 1-3-102 — Precinct caucuses

Colorado § 1-3-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Political Party Organization

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(1) (a) (I) Precinct committeepersons and
delegates to county assemblies must be elected at precinct caucuses that must be
held in a public place or in a private home that is open to the public during the
caucus in or proximate to each precinct at a time and place to be fixed by the
county central committee or executive committee of each political party. The
precinct caucuses must be held in each even-numbered year on a date no earlier
than the first Tuesday in March and no later than the first Saturday after the first
Tuesday in March. The county central committee shall notify the secretary of state
and the clerk and recorder of each county in the state of the precinct caucus date
on or before January 2 of the year in which the election is held.

(II) and (III) Repealed.

(b) Any private home in which a precinct caucus is to be held shall be
accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the rules of the county
central committee or executive committee of each political party. The rules shall
specify guidelines for determining whether a private home is accessible to persons
with disabilities for purposes of this subsection (1) and for determining
controversies regarding such accessibility.

(2) (a) The participants at the precinct caucus shall also elect two precinct
committeepersons. Any person eighteen years of age or older, or a person sixteen
years of age or older who is preregistered to vote, may be a candidate for the office
of precinct committeeperson if he or she has been a resident of the precinct for
twenty-two days and has been affiliated with the political party holding the
precinct caucus for a period of at least twenty-two days preceding the date of the
precinct caucus; except that any person who has attained the age of eighteen
years, has attained the age of sixteen years and has preregistered to vote, or who
has become a naturalized citizen during the twenty-two days immediately
preceding the precinct caucus may be a candidate for the office of precinct
committeeperson even though he or she has been affiliated with the political party
for less than twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system.
The two people receiving the highest number of votes at the caucus for precinct
committeeperson are elected as the precinct committeepersons of the precinct. If
two or more candidates for precinct committeeperson receive an equal and the
second highest number of votes, or if three or more candidates receive an equal and
the highest number of votes, the election must be determined by lot by those
candidates. All disputes regarding the election of precinct committeepersons are
determined by the credentials committees of the respective party assemblies. The
names of the committeepersons elected must be certified to the county assembly
of the political party by the officers of the caucus. The presiding officer and
secretary of the county assembly shall file a certified list of the names and
addresses, by precinct, of those persons elected as precinct committeepersons
with the county clerk and recorder within four days after the date of the county
assembly.

(b) Within ten days after the boundaries of an existing precinct are changed
or a new precinct is created, the members of the party county central committee
vacancy committee shall select members to fill the vacancies for precinct
committeepersons.

(c) Repealed.

(d) The person elected as committeeperson at the caucus shall assume the
office immediately following the caucus. Causes for removal of the elected
committeeperson from office shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(I) In the case of removal by the credentials committee at the county
assembly, the person does not meet the qualifications for committeeperson;

(II) In the case of removal by the county central committee, the person has
moved from the precinct or has changed affiliation.

(III) Repealed.

(3) and (4) Repealed.

(5) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a participant at a precinct
caucus may participate remotely, including casting the participant's vote by email,
mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party's
rules.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 315, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 81: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, (2)(c) and (2)(d) added, and (3) and (4) repealed, pp. 304, 309, �� 1, 12, effective January 1, 1982. L. 82: (2)(a) amended, p. 216, � 1, effective February 19. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 248, � 3, effective July 1. L. 90: (1) amended, p. 303, � 3, effective June 8. L. 91: (2)(a) amended, p. 618, � 29, effective May 1. L. 92: Entire article amended, p. 665, � 3, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2)(c) and (2)(d)(III) repealed, p. 1404, � 28, effective July 1. L. 94: (2)(a) amended, p. 1768, � 23, effective January 1, 1995. L. 95: (2)(a) amended, p. 828, � 24, effective July 1. L. 98: (1) amended, p. 633, � 4, effective May 6. L. 99: (1) and (2)(a) amended, p. 761, � 16, effective May 20; (1) amended, p. 100, � 1, effective August 4; (2)(d)(II) amended, p. 159, � 6, effective August 4. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1001, � 2, effective August 8. L. 2002: (1)(a) amended, p. 132, � 2, effective March 27. L. 2005: (1)(a)(I) amended, p. 1398, � 12, effective June 6; (1)(a)(I) amended, p. 1433, � 12, effective June 6. L. 2007: (1)(a)(I) amended and (1)(a)(III) added, p. 1988, � 3, effective August 3. L. 2011: (1)(a)(I) amended, (SB 11-189), ch. 243, p. 1062, � 2, effective May 27. L. 2016: (2)(a) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 173, p. 574, � 26, effective May 18. Initiated 2016: (1)(a)(III) amended, Proposition 107, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 27, 2016. See L. 2017, p. 2820. L. 2019: (1)(a)(III) amended, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3009, � 13, effective August 2. L. 2020: (2)(a) amended, (HB 20-1289), ch. 2, p. 3, � 2, effective March 3. L. 2021: (1)(a)(I) and (2)(a) amended, (1)(a)(III) repealed, and (5) added, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1637, � 12, effective June 21.