Colorado § 1-2-216 Change of address

Colorado Statutes

§ 1-2-216 — Change of address

Colorado § 1-2-216

Title 01Elections

Art.Qualifications and Registration of Electors

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-2-216 (2026).

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(1)Any eligible elector who has moved within the state may have his or her residence changed on the registration record by submitting a letter or form furnished by the county clerk and recorder, either by mail, in person, or through the online voter registration system established pursuant to section 1-2-202.5. The letter or form for the change must include the elector's new residence address, mailing address if different from the residence address, old address, printed name, birth date, last four digits of the elector's social security number, if the elector wishes to state them, and signature and the date.

(2)Any address change made on the same form or personal letter as a change or withdrawal of affiliation or name change shall be accepted by the county clerk and recorder if

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(1) Any eligible elector who has moved within
the state may have his or her residence changed on the registration record by
submitting a letter or form furnished by the county clerk and recorder, either by
mail, in person, or through the online voter registration system established pursuant
to section 1-2-202.5. The letter or form for the change must include the elector's
new residence address, mailing address if different from the residence address, old
address, printed name, birth date, last four digits of the elector's social security
number, if the elector wishes to state them, and signature and the date.

(2) Any address change made on the same form or personal letter as a
change or withdrawal of affiliation or name change shall be accepted by the county
clerk and recorder if the form or personal letter is signed indicating that the elector
intended to make the change or withdrawal indicated on the form or in the personal
letter.

(3) Any eligible elector who is unable to write may request assistance from
the county clerk and recorder, and the county clerk and recorder shall sign the
form, witnessing the elector's mark, or the elector may have his or her mark
attested to by any other person on a prescribed form or personal letter, if the
request is not made at the office of the county clerk and recorder.

(4) (a) Any eligible elector may complete a change of address form stating,
under penalty of perjury, that the elector moved before the election and that, on the
day of the election, the elector will be living at the new address in the new precinct.
Such change of address forms must be submitted as follows:

(I) By appearing in-person at a voter service and polling center or clerk and
recorder's office in the county in which the elector resides, at any time during which
the voter service and polling center or office is open;

(II) By submitting, on or before the eighth day before an election, an
electronic change of address form through the online voter registration system
established pursuant to section 1-2-202.5; or

(III) By submitting by mail a change of address form that is received by the
elector's county clerk and recorder no later than the close of business on the eighth
day before any election.

(b) The election judges shall allow the registered elector to cast the ballot
for their current residence.

(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)

(5) Repealed.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 651, � 2, effective January 1, 1993. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1399, � 18, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1152, � 8, effective July 1; (1) and (4) amended, p. 1758, � 17, effective January 1, 1995. L. 95: (4) amended, p. 823, � 12, effective July 1. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 1736, � 14, effective July 1. L. 97: (4)(a) and (5) amended, p. 473, � 7, effective July 1. L. 99: (4)(a) amended, p. 758, � 8, effective May 20. L. 2005: (3) amended, p. 1395, � 7, effective June 6; (3) amended, p. 1430, � 7, effective June 6. L. 2007: (4)(c) amended, p. 1776, � 5, effective June 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1216), ch. 165, p. 728, � 1, effective August 5; (4)(a) amended, (HB 09-1018), ch. 158, p. 682, � 1, effective August 5. L. 2010: (4)(a) amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 194, p. 829, � 3, effective May 5. L. 2012: (4)(a) amended, (HB 12-1292), ch. 181, p. 677, � 4, effective May 17. L. 2013: (1) and (4) amended and (5) repealed, (HB 13-1303), ch. 185, p. 692, � 15, effective May 10.