§ 1-7.5-201 — Appointment of election judges for counting mail ballots

Colorado § 1-7.5-201

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 01: Elections
• Art.: Mail Ballot Elections

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(1) If
the county clerk and recorder or designated election official has mailed or
delivered mail ballots to five hundred or more electors, the county clerk and
recorder or designated election official shall appoint, in addition to the voter service
and polling center judges appointed to staff voter service and polling centers
described in section 1-7.5-107, at least three counting judges, not more than two of
whom shall be from any one major political party. For each additional five hundred
mail ballots so mailed or delivered, the county clerk and recorder or designated
election official may appoint additional counting judges as needed.

(2) In all political subdivisions in which electronic or electromechanical
voting systems are used, the county clerk and recorder or designated election
official, for each five hundred mail ballots mailed or delivered, may appoint, in
addition to the voter service and polling center judges appointed to staff voter
service and polling centers as described in section 1-7.5-107, five counting judges,
not more than three of whom shall be from any one major political party in a
partisan election.

(3) In political subdivisions to which this section applies and in the event that
only two major political parties are represented, the county clerk and recorder or
designated election official shall make the appointments so that one major political
party is represented by a majority of election judges on the mail ballot receiving
board and the other major political party is represented by a majority of election
judges on the mail ballot counting board. The county clerk and recorder or
designated election official shall appoint those electors certified by the county
party chairpersons of the major political parties to the county clerk and recorder as
mail ballot receiving judges and mail ballot counting judges. If an elector certified
by a major political party is not willing or able to serve, then the major political
party that certified the elector may certify a replacement judge to the county clerk
and recorder. If the major political parties do not certify a sufficient number of mail
ballot receiving and counting judges, the county clerk and recorder may appoint a
sufficient number of qualified electors to serve as mail ballot receiving and
counting judges.

(4) In all political subdivisions to which this section applies, where the county
clerk and recorder or designated election official has appointed one or more
student election judges pursuant to article 6 of this title, the student election judge
shall be appointed to serve as a judge for the purpose of counting mail ballots
pursuant to this section; except that the student election judge need not satisfy any
party affiliation required of election judges by this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 737, � 92, effective May 10.