Colorado § 1-40-109 Signatures required - withdrawal

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-40-109 — Signatures required - withdrawal

Colorado § 1-40-109

Title 01Elections

Art.Initiative and Referendum

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-109 (2026).

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(1)(a) No petition for any initiated law is of any force or effect, nor shall the proposed law be submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated law is signed by the number of registered electors required by section 1 (2) of article V of the state constitution.

(b)No petition for any initiated amendment to the state constitution is of any force or effect, nor shall the initiated amendment to the state constitution be submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated amendment to the state constitution is signed by the number of registe

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(1) (a) No petition for any
initiated law is of any force or effect, nor shall the proposed law be submitted to the
people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the polls, as is by law
provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated law is signed by
the number of registered electors required by section 1 (2) of article V of the state
constitution.

(b) No petition for any initiated amendment to the state constitution is of any
force or effect, nor shall the initiated amendment to the state constitution be
submitted to the people of the state of Colorado for adoption or rejection at the
polls, as is by law provided for, unless the petition for the submission of the initiated
amendment to the state constitution is signed by the number of registered electors
required by the state constitution who reside in each state senate district in
Colorado, so long as the total number of registered electors who have signed the
petition is at least the number of registered electors required by section 1 (2) of
article V of the state constitution. For purposes of this subsection (1)(b), the number
and boundaries of the state senate districts are those in existence, and the number
of registered electors in the state senate districts is those registered, at the time
the form of the petition is approved for circulation in accordance with section 1-40-113 (1)(a).

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 433, � 7, effective May 8, 1995.)

(3) Any person who is a registered elector may sign a petition for any ballot
issue for which the elector is eligible to vote. A registered elector who signs a
petition may withdraw his or her signature from the petition by filing a written
request for such withdrawal with the secretary of state at any time on or before the
day that the petition is filed with the secretary of state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 682, � 1, effective May 4. L. 94: (2) amended, p. 1180, � 73, effective July 1. L. 95: (2) and (3) amended, p. 433, � 7, effective May 8. L. 2009: (3) amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1172, � 7, effective May 15. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-152), ch. 169, p. 617, � 3, effective August 9.