§ 31-10-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 31-10-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 31: Government
• Art.: Municipal Election Code

Text

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Clerk means the clerk of the municipality who is the custodian of the
official records of the municipality or any person delegated by the clerk to exercise
any of his powers, duties, or functions.

(2) Election official means any clerk, election commission, judge of
election, or municipal governing body engaged in the performance of election
duties as required by this article.

(3) Electronic voting system means any ballot card electronic voting
system meeting the requirements set forth in section 1-5-615, C.R.S.

(3.5) Permanent absentee voter means an eligible elector who applies to
receive a ballot by mail for every polling place election and whose name is placed
on the list pursuant to section 31-10-1002.

(4) Pollbook means the list of voters to whom ballots are delivered or who
are permitted to enter a voting machine booth for the purpose of casting their votes
at a municipal election. Names shall be entered in the pollbook in the order in which
the ballots are delivered at the polls or in the order in which voters are permitted to
enter a voting machine booth for the purpose of casting their votes.

(5) Population means population as determined by the latest federal
census.

(6) Registration book means all of the registration records for each general
election precinct arranged alphabetically according to surnames and bound
together in book form.

(7) Registration list means the list of registered electors of each municipal
election precinct prepared by the county clerk and recorder from the county
registration books in accordance with section 31-10-205.

(8) Registration record means the record on which is entered the official
registration and identification of an individual elector and a list of the elections at
which he has voted since the date of registration.

(8.5) Residence means the principal or primary home or place of abode of a
person as set forth in section 31-10-201 (3).

(9) Voter means a registered elector who has presented himself at a
polling place to vote in any regular or special election.

(10) Voting machine means any device fulfilling the requirements for voting
machines set forth in part 4 of article 7 of title 1, C.R.S., regarding its use,
construction, procurement, and trial.

(11) Watcher means a registered elector of the municipality whose name
has been submitted to the clerk and then certified by the clerk to the appropriate
election judges to serve at the polling place with the right to remain inside the
polling place from at least fifteen minutes prior to the opening of the polls until
after the completion of the count of votes cast at the election and the certification
of the count by the judges. Each watcher has the right to maintain a list of voters as
the names are announced by the judges and to witness each step in the conduct of
the election.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1039, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: (8.5) amended, p. 279, � 4, effective June 7. L. 80: (3) and (10) amended, p. 414, � 21, effective January 1, 1981. L. 81: (2) amended, p. 1498, � 1, effective July 1. L. 91: (6) and (8) amended, p. 640, � 83, effective May 1. L. 95: (3) amended, p. 856, � 97, effective July 1. L. 2009: (3) amended, (SB 09-292), ch. 369, p. 1978, � 107, effective August 5. L. 2014: (3.5) added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 59, � 13, effective February 18.