(1)In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of
the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members
pursuant to this section.
(2)Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (2), a board of county
commissioners may pass a resolution increasing its membership to five members
and designating not fewer than two of the methods of election set forth in
subsection (5) or (6) of this section. The resolution shall be referred to the
registered electors of the county at a general election. If a majority of votes cast
are in favor of the referred resolution, the board of county commissioners shall take
such action as is necessary to assure that the increased number of county
commissioners are elected at the next genera
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(1)
In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of
the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members
pursuant to this section.
(2) Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (2), a board of county
commissioners may pass a resolution increasing its membership to five members
and designating not fewer than two of the methods of election set forth in
subsection (5) or (6) of this section. The resolution shall be referred to the
registered electors of the county at a general election. If a majority of votes cast
are in favor of the referred resolution, the board of county commissioners shall take
such action as is necessary to assure that the increased number of county
commissioners are elected at the next general election according to the procedure
for election contained in the referred resolution which received the largest number
of votes cast.
(3) (a) In the alternative, a petition signed by at least eight percent of the
total number of qualified electors of a county voting for all candidates for the office
of secretary of state at the last preceding general election shall be sufficient to
place on the ballot at a general election the question of whether to increase the
membership to five members with a designation of not fewer than two of the
methods of election set forth in subsection (5) or (6) of this section.
(b) If a majority of the votes cast on a question placed on the ballot pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) are in favor of increasing the membership, the
board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution increasing the membership
to five members and providing for the election of the increased number of county
commissioners at the next general election according to the procedure for election
specified in such question which received the largest number of votes cast.
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1269, � 1, effective May 22, 1994.)
(5) (a) If three county commissioners are to be resident in districts and two
elected by the voters of the whole county, they shall be elected as set forth in this
subsection (5). Members resident in districts elected pursuant to this subsection (5)
may be elected by the voters of the whole county or may be elected only by voters
resident in the district from which the member runs for election.
(b) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is
held in 1976 or any fourth year thereafter, two members resident in districts and
one at-large member shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one
at-large member shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election,
and two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected to
four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, three members, two
resident in districts and one at large, shall be elected at the general elections which
occur each four years after the first general election following such resolution, and
two members, one resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected at the
general election which occurs two years after the first general election following
such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.
(c) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is
held in 1978 or any fourth year thereafter, two members, one resident in a district
and one at large, shall be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one at-large member shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election,
and three members, two resident in districts and one at large, shall be elected to
four-year terms at said next general election. Thereafter, two members, one
resident in a district and one at large, shall be elected at the general elections
which occur each four years after the first general election following such
resolution, and three members, two resident in districts and one at large, shall be
elected at the general election which occurs two years after the first general
election following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.
(d) Prior to March 1 of the election year, the board of county commissioners
shall designate the at-large position from which a commissioner is to be elected to
a two-year term to fill a vacancy described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection
(5).
(6) (a) If five county commissioners resident in districts are to be elected,
they shall be elected as set forth in this subsection (6). Members elected pursuant
to this subsection (6) may be elected by the voters of the whole county or may be
elected only by voters resident in the district from which the member runs for
election.
(b) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is
held in 1982 or any fourth year thereafter, two members resident in districts shall
be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one member resident in a district
shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and three
members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said next
general election. Thereafter, two members resident in districts shall be elected at
the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election
following such resolution, and three members resident in districts shall be elected
at the general election which occurs two years after the first general election
following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.
(c) If the first general election after the voters' approval of such increase is
held in 1984 or any fourth year thereafter, three members resident in districts shall
be elected to four-year terms at said election, and one member resident in a district
shall be elected to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and two
members resident in districts shall be elected to four-year terms at said next
general election. Thereafter, three members resident in districts shall be elected at
the general elections which occur each four years after the first general election
following such resolution, and two members resident in districts shall be elected at
the general election which occurs two years after the first general election
following such resolution and every fourth year thereafter.
(d) The board of county commissioners shall designate the district from
which a commissioner is to be elected to a two-year term to fill a vacancy described
in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection (6).
(7) Signature requirements governing petitions for a race involving a seat on
the board of county commissioners for the next four calendar years immediately
following an election at which the voters have approved an increase in the number
of county commissioners from three to five under this section are specified in
section 1-4-801 (2)(e), C.R.S., for major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (2), C.R.S., for candidates who do not wish to affiliate with a major political
party. Following the first four calendar years after such a change in the
membership of the board of county commissioners has been approved by the
voters, the signature requirements for a petition for a county commissioner
candidate must follow the procedures specified in section 1-4-801 (2)(a), C.R.S., for
major political party candidates, and section 1-4-802 (1)(c)(VI), C.R.S., for candidates
who do not wish to affiliate with a major political party, as applicable.