Colorado § 1-40-110 Warning - ballot title

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-40-110 — Warning - ballot title

Colorado § 1-40-110

Title 01Elections

Art.Initiative and Referendum

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-40-110 (2026).

Text

(1)At the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, the following: WARNING: IT IS AGAINST THE LAW: For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is eligible to vote on the measure. DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE. Before signing this petition, you are encouraged to read the text or the title of the proposed initiative or referred measure. You ar

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(1) At the top of each page of every initiative
or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the
secretary of state, the following:

WARNING:

IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:

For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than
his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same
measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is
eligible to vote on the measure.

DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU
MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE.

Before signing this petition, you are encouraged to read the text or the title of the
proposed initiative or referred measure.

You are also encouraged to read the fiscal summary that is included at the
beginning of this petition.

By signing this petition, you are indicating that you want this measure to be
included on the ballot as a proposed change to the (Colorado
constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). If a sufficient number of registered
electors sign this petition, this measure will appear on the ballot at the November
(year) election.

(2) The ballot title for the measure shall then be printed on each page
following the warning.

(3) For a petition section for a measure to be valid, the fiscal summary
prepared in accordance with section 1-40-105.5 must be printed on the first page of
an initiative petition section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 682, � 1, effective May 4. L. 95: IP(1) amended, p. 433, � 8, effective May 8. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 1622, � 7, effective August 2. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1326), ch. 258, p. 1172, � 8, effective May 15. L. 2015: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 15-1057), ch. 198, p. 678, � 5, effective March 26, 2016. L. 2020: (1) and (3) amended, (HB 20-1416), ch. 232, p. 1126, � 4, effective November 1.