Colorado § 1-5-906 Minority language sample ballots - county clerk

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-5-906 — Minority language sample ballots - county clerk

Colorado § 1-5-906

Title 01Elections

Art.Notice of and Preparation for Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-5-906 (2026).

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(1)The county clerk of any county that satisfies the criteria specified in section 1-5-905 (1) shall, in coordination with the secretary of state, create a minority language sample ballot in any minority language spoken in the county that satisfies the following:

(a)The minority language is spoken by at least two thousand citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey, and who speak the minority language at home; or

(b)The minority language is spoken by at least two and one-half percent of citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey,

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(1) The county
clerk of any county that satisfies the criteria specified in section 1-5-905 (1) shall, in
coordination with the secretary of state, create a minority language sample ballot
in any minority language spoken in the county that satisfies the following:

(a) The minority language is spoken by at least two thousand citizens in the
county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very well, as
defined by the United States bureau of the census American community survey, and
who speak the minority language at home; or

(b) The minority language is spoken by at least two and one-half percent of
citizens in the county age eighteen years or older who speak English less than very
well, as defined by the United States bureau of the census American community
survey, and who speak the minority language at home.

(2) The minority language sample ballot must include all of the same content
that is on the English language ballot.

(3) A county clerk that is required to create a minority language sample
ballot in one or more minority languages pursuant to this section shall provide such
minority language sample ballots for the general election held in November 2022,
and for each general election and statewide odd-year election thereafter.

(4) The minority language sample ballot must include the instructions for
every ballot style in the county. The county clerk is not required to create a sample
ballot for every ballot style in the county but may instead create one master
document containing all the candidates, questions, and instructions included on
every ballot style in the county. Instead of creating one master document, the
county clerk may choose to create a minority language sample ballot for each
ballot style in the county.

(5) The county clerk shall make the minority language sample ballot
available and accessible to electors in the county on the website of the county clerk
and at voter service and polling centers county-wide. The county clerk shall notify
all electors in the county via the mail ballot packet and in each language in which a
minority language sample ballot will be created that a minority language sample
ballot is available.

(6) A county clerk shall ensure that the translation provided for the minority
language sample ballot is performed by one or more qualified translators.