Colorado § 1-5-105 Restrictions

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-5-105 — Restrictions

Colorado § 1-5-105

Title 01Elections

Art.Notice of and Preparation for Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-105 (2026).

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(1)[ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred feet of any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located or within one hundred feet of a drop box, except that of the conduct of the election at the polling location, drop-off location, or drop box.

(2)No polling location or drop-off location shall be located in a room in which any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors are being served; except that a polling location or drop-off location may be located within a multi-use building as specified in subsection (4) of this section, in which intoxicating malt, spiritous, or vinous liquors are ser

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(1) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this
subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this
section. ] No election-related activity may be conducted within one hundred feet of
any building in which a polling location or drop-off location is located or within one
hundred feet of a drop box, except that of the conduct of the election at the polling
location, drop-off location, or drop box.

(2) No polling location or drop-off location shall be located in a room in which
any intoxicating malt, spirituous, or vinous liquors are being served; except that a
polling location or drop-off location may be located within a multi-use building as
specified in subsection (4) of this section, in which intoxicating malt, spiritous, or
vinous liquors are served, so long as the polling location or drop-off location is in a
separate area of the multi-use facility from where such liquors are being served.

(3) The polling locations or drop-off locations shall be in public locations
wherever possible. A private location may be used only when no appropriate public
location is available.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section and section 1-13-714,
when a polling location or drop-off location is within a multi-use building such as a
shopping mall or county office building, the building is considered the room in
which ballots are cast, any waiting room or hall where electors wait to vote, as well
as a primary corridor where electors walk to an interior polling location or drop-off
location, and the designated exterior door to the multi-use building in which the
polling location or drop-off location is located.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 701, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1408, � 42, effective July 1. L. 95: (4) added, p. 836, � 48, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 708, � 33, effective May 10. L. 2023: (2) amended, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, p. 2379, � 16, effective June 6. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 745, � 3, effective August 6.