Colorado § 31-10-305 Objections to nominations

Colorado Statutes

§ 31-10-305 — Objections to nominations

Colorado·Title 31 Government·Art. Municipal Election Code

All petitions of nomination and
affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of section 31-10-302,
as determined by the clerk, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case objection is made,
notice thereof shall be forthwith mailed to any candidate who may be affected
thereby. The clerk shall decide objections within at least forty-eight hours after the
same are filed, and any objections sustained may be remedied or defect cured upon
the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new petition within
three days after the objection is sustained, but in no event later than the sixty-fourth day before the day of election. The clerk shall pass upon the validity of all
objections, whe

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All petitions of nomination and
affidavits that are in apparent conformity with the provisions of section 31-10-302,
as determined by the clerk, are valid unless objection thereto is duly made in
writing within three days after the filing of the same. In case objection is made,
notice thereof shall be forthwith mailed to any candidate who may be affected
thereby. The clerk shall decide objections within at least forty-eight hours after the
same are filed, and any objections sustained may be remedied or defect cured upon
the original petition, by an amendment thereto, or by filing a new petition within
three days after the objection is sustained, but in no event later than the sixty-fourth day before the day of election. The clerk shall pass upon the validity of all
objections, whether of form or substance, and the clerk's decisions upon matters of
form shall be final. The clerk's decisions upon matters of substance shall be open to
review if prompt application is made, as provided in section 31-10-1401, but the
remedy in all cases shall be summary, and the decision of the district court shall be
final and not subject to review by any other court; except that the supreme court, in
the exercise of its discretion, may review any proceeding in a summary way.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1045, � 1, effective July 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 286, � 59, effective June 29. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 1176, � 14, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1708, � 5, effective July 1. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1130), ch. 230, p. 856, � 9, effective August 5.