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1-13.5-1008. Delivery to judges

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Not later than 8:30 a.m. on the day of any local government election, the designated election official shall deliver to the election judges of one of the polling places of the local government, which polling place shall be selected by the designated election official, all the absentee voters’ ballot envelopes received up to that time, in sealed packages. The designated election official shall take a receipt for the packages, together with the list of absentee voters, or, in the designated election official’s discretion, the designated election official may elect to deliver the absentee voters’ envelopes received from electors and the list of absentee voters to the election judges of the polling place. The designated election official shall continue to deliver any envelopes that are received thereafter during that day up to and including 7 p.m. On the sealed packages must be printed or written, “This package contains . . . (number) absentee voters’ ballots.” With the envelopes, the designated election official shall deliver to one of the election judges all the books, records, and supplies as are needed for tabulating, recording, and certifying said absentee voters’ ballots.

 

Source: L. 2014: Entire article added, (HB 14-1164), ch. 2, p. 41, § 6, effective February 18.

Definition [Designated election official]

The secretary of state, a county clerk and recorder, or other election official as provided by article XXI of the state constitution. C.R.S. § 1-12-100.5.

Definition [Ballot]

(a) A federal write-in absentee ballot;

(b) A ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this article; or

(c) A ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this article.

(2) “Covered voter” means:

(a) A uniformed-service voter defined in paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of this section who is a resident of this state but who is absent from this state by reason of active duty and who otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;

(b) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this state and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;

(c) An overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in this state had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements; or

(d) An overseas voter who was born outside the United States, is not described in paragraph (b) or (c) of this subsection (2), and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements if the last place where a parent, legal guardian, spouse, or civil union partner of the voter was, or under this article would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this state.

C.R.S. § 1-8.3-102.

Definition [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.