Colorado § 31-10-1524 Unlawfully giving or promising money

Colorado Statutes

§ 31-10-1524 — Unlawfully giving or promising money

Colorado § 31-10-1524

Title 31Government

Art.Municipal Election Code

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-10-1524 (2026).

Text

(1)It is unlawful for any person, directly, by himself, or through any other person:

(a)To pay, loan, or contribute or offer or promise to pay, loan, or contribute any money or other valuable consideration to or for any qualified or registered elector or to or for any other person to induce such elector to vote or refrain from voting at any municipal election, or to induce any registered elector to vote or refrain from voting at such election for any particular person, or to induce such elector to go to the polls or remain away from the polls at such election or on account of such qualified or registered elector having voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or having gone to the polls or remained away from the polls at such election; or

(b)To advance or pay

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(1) It is unlawful for any
person, directly, by himself, or through any other person:

(a) To pay, loan, or contribute or offer or promise to pay, loan, or contribute
any money or other valuable consideration to or for any qualified or registered
elector or to or for any other person to induce such elector to vote or refrain from
voting at any municipal election, or to induce any registered elector to vote or
refrain from voting at such election for any particular person, or to induce such
elector to go to the polls or remain away from the polls at such election or on
account of such qualified or registered elector having voted or refrained from
voting for any particular person or having gone to the polls or remained away from
the polls at such election; or

(b) To advance or pay or cause to be paid any money or other valuable thing
to or for the use of any other person with the intent that the same, or any part
thereof, be used in bribery at any municipal election or to knowingly pay or cause to
be paid any money or other valuable thing to any person in discharge or repayment
of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any such election.

(2) Each offense mentioned in subsection (1) of this section is a class 1
misdemeanor.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1073, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3254, � 527, effective March 1, 2022.