Colorado § 1-7.5-105 Preelection process - rules

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7.5-105 — Preelection process - rules

Colorado § 1-7.5-105

Title 01Elections

Art.Mail Ballot Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7.5-105 (2026).

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(1)(a) The county clerk and recorder or designated election official responsible for conducting an election that is to be by mail ballot pursuant to section 1-7.5-104 (1) shall send a proposed election plan for conducting the mail ballot election to the secretary of state no later than ninety days prior to a nonpartisan election or, for any mail ballot election that is coordinated with or conducted by the county clerk and recorder, no later than one hundred ten days prior to the election. The proposed plan may be based on the standard plan adopted by the secretary of state by rule.

(b)For each general election, a county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall solicit public comment on the proposed locations for voter service and polling centers and drop boxes i

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(1) (a) The county clerk and recorder
or designated election official responsible for conducting an election that is to be
by mail ballot pursuant to section 1-7.5-104 (1) shall send a proposed election plan
for conducting the mail ballot election to the secretary of state no later than ninety
days prior to a nonpartisan election or, for any mail ballot election that is
coordinated with or conducted by the county clerk and recorder, no later than one
hundred ten days prior to the election. The proposed plan may be based on the
standard plan adopted by the secretary of state by rule.

(b) For each general election, a county clerk and recorder or designated
election official shall solicit public comment on the proposed locations for voter
service and polling centers and drop boxes in an election plan required pursuant to
subsection (1)(a) of this section. On or before the fifty-fifth day before the deadline
to submit the plan to the secretary of state, the county clerk and recorder or
designated election official shall post to the county clerk and recorder's website
the proposed locations for voter service and polling centers and drop boxes. The
county clerk and recorder shall accept public comments on the proposed locations
through the fortieth day before the deadline to submit the plan to the secretary of
state.

(1.3) The election plan required under subsection (1) of this section must
include, at a minimum:

(a) The address and hours of operation for each voter service and polling
center;

(b) The address and hours of operation for each ballot drop-off location,
including the location of each drop box;

(c) A throughput analysis for each designated voter service and polling
center that addresses:

(I) The number of electors anticipated at the center during its operation;

(II) If the center was used in a previous election, the wait times and number
of electors that used the center in the previous election; and

(III) The number of election judges, check-in stations, printers, and other
equipment that will be in use at the center;

(d) A copy of the mail ballot packet that will be used in the election;

(e) A copy of the signature card that will be used for in-person voting in
accordance with section 1-7-110;

(f) Copies of all forms that will be available or provided to electors to cure
deficiencies or errors during the election with the county-specific information filled
in;

(f.5) The information required by section 1-7.5-113.5 (2); and

(g) Such other information as the secretary of state may require.

(1.5) Repealed.

(2) (a) The secretary of state shall approve or disapprove the written plan for
conducting a mail ballot election, in accordance with section 1-7.5-106, within
twenty days after receiving the plan and shall provide a written notice to the
affected political subdivision.

(b) Repealed.

(c) The secretary of state may promulgate rules concerning the submission
and approval of election plans.

(3) The county clerk and recorder or designated election official shall
supervise the distribution, handling, and counting of ballots and the survey of
returns in accordance with rules promulgated by the secretary of state as provided
in section 1-7.5-106 (2) and shall take the necessary steps to protect the
confidentiality of the ballots cast and the integrity of the election.

(4) No elector information shall be delivered in the form of a sample ballot.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 753, � 10, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: (1) amended, p. 1423, � 83, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1166, � 40, effective July 1. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 840, � 61, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) and (2) amended, p. 922, � 1, effective May 17. L. 2009: (1.5) added and (2) amended, (HB 09-1015), ch. 259, p. 1184, � 5, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1) and (2)(a) amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 834, � 19, effective May 5; (2)(b) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2062, � 2, effective August 11. L. 2012: (1) and (1.5)(a) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 686, � 32, effective May 17. L. 2013: (1) and (3) amended and (1.5) and (2)(b) repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 726, � 84, effective May 10. L. 2019: (1) amended and (1.3) and (2)(c) added, (HB 19-1278), ch. 326, p. 3029, � 40, effective August 2. L. 2021: (1) and (2)(a) amended and (1.3)(f.5) added, (SB 21-250), ch. 282, p. 1648, � 37, effective June 21.