Colorado § 1-7-504 Spoiled ballot or ballot card

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7-504 — Spoiled ballot or ballot card

Colorado § 1-7-504

Title 01Elections

Art.Conduct of Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7-504 (2026).

Text

In polling locations in which voting is
on a ballot or ballot card, no person, except an election judge as authorized by the
designated election official, shall remove a spoiled ballot or ballot card from the
polling location before the close of the polls. Any eligible elector who spoils a ballot
or ballot card may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in
all, upon returning each spoiled ballot or ballot card. The spoiled ballots or ballot
cards thus returned shall be immediately canceled and shall be preserved and
returned to the designated election official as provided in section 1-7-701. Nothing
in this section prohibits an elector from obtaining a replacement ballot pursuant to
section 1-7.5-107.

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In polling locations in which voting is
on a ballot or ballot card, no person, except an election judge as authorized by the
designated election official, shall remove a spoiled ballot or ballot card from the
polling location before the close of the polls. Any eligible elector who spoils a ballot
or ballot card may successively obtain others, one at a time, not exceeding three in
all, upon returning each spoiled ballot or ballot card. The spoiled ballots or ballot
cards thus returned shall be immediately canceled and shall be preserved and
returned to the designated election official as provided in section 1-7-701. Nothing
in this section prohibits an elector from obtaining a replacement ballot pursuant to
section 1-7.5-107.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 746, � 9, effective January 1, 1993. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 722, � 73, effective May 10.