§ 31-10-606 — Preparing to vote

Colorado § 31-10-606

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

Text

(1) Any registered elector desiring to vote
shall write his name and address on a form available at the polling place and shall
give the form to one of the judges of election, who shall thereupon announce the
same clearly and audibly. If said elector is unable to write, he may request
assistance from one of the judges of election, and such judge must sign the form
and witness the elector's mark. The form to be available shall be in substance: I, ....,
who reside at ...., am a registered elector of this precinct and desire to vote at this ....
election. Date ...... If the name is found on the registration book or the registration
list by the election judge having charge thereof, he shall likewise repeat the name,
and said elector shall be allowed to enter the immediate voting area. If the name is
not found on the registration book or the registration list by the election judge, such
election judge, if practicable and not unduly disruptive to the election process, shall
attempt to contact the county clerk and recorder's office, by telephone or
otherwise, to request oral verification of the elector's registration in that precinct;
and, if such oral verification is received by such election judge from the county
clerk and recorder's office, such election judge shall record such verification on a
form to be provided by the clerk and shall likewise repeat the elector's name, and
said elector shall be allowed to enter the immediate voting area. After it is
determined that the elector is duly registered, the election official in charge of the
pollbook shall write upon the pollbook the name of such elector and, in precincts
using paper ballots, the number of the ballot given to such elector.

(2) Besides the election officials, not more than four voters in excess of the
number of voting booths or voting machines shall be allowed within the immediate
voting area at one time.

(3) The completed signature forms shall be returned with other election
materials to the clerk. If no challenges have been made, the forms may be
destroyed after forty-five days.

(4) If the judges are using the registration book and the registered elector's
signature does not appear on his or her registration record, said elector shall show
documentation of his or her registration and sign his or her registration record
before being allowed to vote. If said elector is unable to write, he or she may
request assistance from one of the judges of election, and such judge shall sign the
registration record and witness said elector's mark.

(5) In precincts using paper ballots, an election judge shall give the
registered elector one, and only one, ballot, which shall be removed from the
package of ballots by tearing the same along the perforated line between the stub
and duplicate stub. Before delivering such ballot to said elector, the judge of
election having charge of the ballots shall endorse his initials on the duplicate stub,
and said judge shall enter the date and the number of said ballot on the registration
book or registration list opposite the name of said elector.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1049, � 1, effective July 1. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 1177, � 17, effective July 1. L. 81: (1) and (5) amended, p. 1503, � 20, effective July 1. L. 91: (4) amended, p. 640, � 86, effective May 1. L. 2014: (4) amended, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 61, � 19, effective February 18.