1-12-208. Unexpired terms less than ninety days
Overview of Statute
For elective offices, officers appointed to fill a vacancy will serve unexpired terms lasting less than ninety days after an election. The successor elected will assume office after the expiration of the unexpired term and a determination of the successor’s qualifications.
Statute
No person shall be elected to fill a vacancy in an elective office when the unexpired term is, at the time of the election, less than ninety days. In such case, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall continue to hold the office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until the successor elected at the election is duly qualified.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 802, § 15, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 1-12-107 as it existed prior to 1992.
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- Ballot Access
- Vacancies in Office
1. Definition for Person
Any natural person, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, political party, or other organization or group of persons. Section 2(11) of article XXVIII of the state constitution.
2. Definition for Section
A bound compilation of initiative forms approved by the secretary of state, which shall include pages that contain the warning required by section 1-40-110 (1), the ballot title, the abstract required by section 1-40-110 (3), and a copy of the proposed measure; succeeding pages that contain the warning, the ballot title, and ruled lines numbered consecutively for registered electors’ signatures; and a final page that contains the affidavit required by section 1-40-111 (2). Each section shall be consecutively prenumbered by the petitioner prior to circulation.
3. Definition for Election
Any election under the “Uniform Election Code of 1992” or the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S. C.R.S. § 1-7.5-103.