Colorado § 1-7-110 Preparing to vote in person

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7-110 — Preparing to vote in person

Colorado § 1-7-110

Title 01Elections

Art.Conduct of Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-110 (2026).

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(1)(a) When an elector appears in person to vote, a signature card containing the elector's name and residential address, as they appear in the statewide voter registration system created in section 1-2-301, shall be completed. Unless an elector is registering for the first time or updating the elector's voter registration information, the elector shall not be required to provide any information on the signature card in addition to the elector's name, residential address, and signature.

(b)Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, an eligible elector desiring to vote in person shall show his or her identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5), verify the information that appears on the signature card, sign the signature card, and give the signature card to one

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(1) (a) When an elector appears in
person to vote, a signature card containing the elector's name and residential
address, as they appear in the statewide voter registration system created in
section 1-2-301, shall be completed. Unless an elector is registering for the first
time or updating the elector's voter registration information, the elector shall not
be required to provide any information on the signature card in addition to the
elector's name, residential address, and signature.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, an eligible elector
desiring to vote in person shall show his or her identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5), verify the information that appears on the signature card, sign the
signature card, and give the signature card to one of the election judges. An eligible
elector who is unable to write may request assistance from one of the election
judges, who shall also sign the signature card and witness the eligible elector's
mark. The signature card must provide:

I, ....................., affirm under penalty of perjury that I am a United States citizen and an
eligible elector; I have been a Colorado resident for at least twenty-two days
immediately before this election; I am registered to vote at my sole legal place of
residence; I will be at least eighteen years of age on election day; and this is the
only ballot I have voted in this election.

(2) If the eligible elector shows his or her identification within the meaning of
section 1-1-104 (19.5) and the elector's name is found on the registration list or,
where applicable, the property owner's list by the election judge in charge, the
judge in charge of the pollbook or list shall enter the eligible elector's name, and
the eligible elector shall be allowed to enter the immediate voting area. Besides the
election officials, no more than four electors more than the number of voting booths
shall be allowed within the immediate voting area at one time.

(2.5) If the elector's qualification to vote is established by the completion of
an affidavit, and if the affidavit contains all of the information required in
subsection (1) of this section, then the designated election official shall consider the
affidavit the signature card.

(3) The election judges shall return the signed signature cards with other
election materials to the designated election official.

(4) An eligible elector who is unable to produce identification may cast a
provisional ballot in accordance with article 8.5 of this title.

(5) [ Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (5) on or after
January 1, 2026, see the editor's note following this section. ] An eligible elector
who does not reside within the county but wishes to vote at a polling location is
entitled to receive a ballot or replacement ballot that contains the names of
candidates for statewide federal and state offices and statewide ballot issues and
ballot questions. The secretary of state shall certify the content of the ballot to the
county clerk and recorder.

(6) A registered elector who will not have been a Colorado resident for at
least twenty-two days immediately before a presidential general election may cast
a provisional ballot, in accordance with article 8.5 of this title 1, that includes only a
vote for president and vice president in that general election.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 735, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 94: (2.5) added, p. 1163, � 34, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1) and (2) amended and (4) added, p. 1277, � 2, effective April 22. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1053, � 5, effective May 21; (2) amended, p. 1357, � 16, effective May 28. L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 1404, � 25, effective June 6; (4) amended, p. 1439, � 25, effective June 6. L. 2007: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1978, � 25, effective August 3. L. 2013: (1) amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 719, � 63, effective May 10. L. 2014: (1), (2.5), and (3) amended, (SB 14-161), ch. 160, p. 561, � 13, effective May 9. L. 2019: (5) added, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3028, � 36, effective August 2. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1647, � 34, effective June 21. L. 2024: (6) added, (SB 24-210), ch. 468, p. 3251, � 24, effective June 6. L. 2025: (5) amended, (SB 25-001), ch. 178, p. 746, � 7, effective August 6.