§ 1-4-701 — Party nominations to be made by convention

Colorado § 1-4-701

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates

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(1) Any convention of
delegates of a political party or any committee authorized by resolution of the
convention may nominate candidates for vacancies to unexpired terms of
representatives in congress and for presidential electors and also may select
delegates to national political conventions.

(2) (a) The certificate of nomination shall contain the name of the office for
which each person is nominated and the person's name and address and shall
designate, in not more than three words, the political party which the convention or
committee represents.

(b) No certificate of nomination shall contain the names of more candidates
for any office than there are offices to fill. If any certificate does contain the names
of more candidates than there are offices to fill, only those names which come first
in order on the certificate and are equally numbered with the number of offices to
be filled shall be taken as nominated. No person shall sign more than one
certificate of nomination for any office.

(c) When the nomination is made by a committee, the certificate of
nomination shall also contain a copy of the resolution passed at the convention
which authorized the committee to make the nomination.

(d) In the case of presidential electors, the names of the candidates for
president and vice president may be added to the name of the political party in the
certificate of nomination.

(3) Certificates of nomination shall be received and filed with the secretary
of state no later than sixty days before the general or congressional vacancy
election.

(4) Any person nominated in accordance with this section by any of the major
political parties shall be deemed to have accepted the nomination unless the
candidate files with the secretary of state a written declination of the nomination
no later than four days after the adjournment of the convention. The declination
may be transmitted by facsimile transmission no later than four days after the
adjournment of the convention. If the declination is transmitted by facsimile
transmission, the original declination must also be filed and postmarked no later
than ten days after the adjournment of the convention.

Legislative History

Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 329, � 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 85: (3) amended, p. 248, � 6, effective July 1. L. 88: (4) amended, p. 1429, � 1, effective June 11. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 683, � 6, effective January 1, 1993. L. 99: (3) and (4) amended, p. 764, � 23, effective May 20. L. 2012: (4) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 680, � 12, effective May 17.