Colorado § 1-6-111 Number of election judges

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-6-111 — Number of election judges

Colorado § 1-6-111

Title 01Elections

Art.Election Judges

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-6-111 (2026).

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(1)For partisan elections, the county clerk and recorder of a county with fifteen thousand or more active electors as of the date of the previous general election shall appoint at least three election judges to serve as judges for each voter service and polling center to perform the designated functions. The county clerk and recorder of a county with fewer than fifteen thousand active electors as of the date of the previous general election shall appoint at least two election judges to serve as judges for each voter service and polling center to perform the designated functions. In each voter service and polling center, notwithstanding any other provision of this article 6 and subject to the availability of election judges who meet the affiliation requirements of section 1-6-109

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(1) For partisan elections, the county
clerk and recorder of a county with fifteen thousand or more active electors as of
the date of the previous general election shall appoint at least three election
judges to serve as judges for each voter service and polling center to perform the
designated functions. The county clerk and recorder of a county with fewer than
fifteen thousand active electors as of the date of the previous general election shall
appoint at least two election judges to serve as judges for each voter service and
polling center to perform the designated functions. In each voter service and
polling center, notwithstanding any other provision of this article 6 and subject to
the availability of election judges who meet the affiliation requirements of section
1-6-109, of the election judges appointed to serve as voter service and polling
center judges pursuant to this subsection (1), there must be at least one election
judge from each major political party who is not a student election judge.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 98, p. 580, � 10, effective April 30, 1998.)

(3) When two election judges who are not of the same political affiliation are
present at the voter service and polling center, voting may proceed.

(4) For nonpartisan elections, the designated election official shall appoint
no fewer than two election judges to serve as judges for each voter service and
polling center to perform the designated functions.

(5) The designated election official and, for partisan elections, the county
clerk and recorder may appoint other election judges as needed to perform duties
other than voter service and polling center duties. These duties may include
inspecting ballots, duplicating ballots, and counting paper ballots. For partisan
elections, if the county clerk and recorder appoints election judges to perform
duties other than voter service and polling center duties, the county clerk and
recorder shall appoint two election judges to perform such duties. The two election
judges so appointed shall not be of the same political affiliation.

(6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)

(7) Where student election judges have been appointed by the county clerk
and recorder to serve in a particular voter service and polling center pursuant to
this article 6, no more than half of the total number of election judges serving in any
one polling location are permitted to be student election judges.

(8) Subject to the requirements of this article 6 regarding the number and
party affiliation of election judges, the county clerk and recorder or designated
election official may allow an election judge to work at a voter service and polling
center for a shift lasting less than an entire day; except that at least two judges of
different affiliations must be present at each voter service and polling center at all
times.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 727, � 8, effective January 1, 1993. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 580, � 10, effective April 30. L. 2000: (1) amended and (7) added, p. 1335, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2004: (6) amended, p. 1106, � 5, effective May 27. L. 2007: (6) amended and (8) added, p. 1977, � 21, effective August 3. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 716, � 56, effective May 10. L. 2018: (3), (4), (5), (7), and (8) amended, (SB 18-233), ch. 262, p. 1610, � 20, effective May 29. L. 2023: (1) amended, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, p. 2382, � 23, effective June 6.