§ 31-10-608 — Disabled voter - assistance

Colorado § 31-10-608

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

Text

(1) If, at any regular or special
election, any voter declares under oath to the judges of election of the precinct
where he is entitled to vote that, by reason of blindness or other physical disability
or inability to read or write, he is unable to prepare his ballot or operate the voting
machine without assistance, he is entitled, upon his request, to receive the
assistance of any one of the judges of election or, at his option, of any qualified
elector of the precinct selected by the disabled voter. No person other than a judge
of election in the precinct is permitted to enter the polling booth as an assistant to
more than one voter.

(2) A notation shall be made in the pollbook opposite the name of each voter
thus assisted stating that the voter has been assisted.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1051, � 1, effective July 1. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 1504, � 22, effective July 1.