Colorado § 1-7.5-107.5 Counting mail ballots

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-7.5-107.5 — Counting mail ballots

Colorado § 1-7.5-107.5

Title 01Elections

Art.Mail Ballot Elections

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-7.5-107.5 (2026).

Text

The election officials at the mail ballot
counting place may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to
them by the designated election official for tabulation. Counting of the mail ballots
may begin fifteen days prior to the election, and counties with more than ten
thousand active electors as of the date of the previous general election must begin
no later than four days prior to the election, and continue until counting is
completed. The election official in charge of the mail ballot counting place shall
take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures,
and no information concerning the count shall be released by the election officials
or watchers until after 7 p.m. on election day.

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The election officials at the mail ballot
counting place may receive and prepare mail ballots delivered and turned over to
them by the designated election official for tabulation. Counting of the mail ballots
may begin fifteen days prior to the election, and counties with more than ten
thousand active electors as of the date of the previous general election must begin
no later than four days prior to the election, and continue until counting is
completed. The election official in charge of the mail ballot counting place shall
take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures,
and no information concerning the count shall be released by the election officials
or watchers until after 7 p.m. on election day.

Legislative History

Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 777, � 59, effective May 20. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1336), ch. 261, p. 1198, � 6, effective August 5. L. 2023: Entire section amended, (SB 23-276), ch. 399, p. 2389, � 35, effective June 6.