C.R.S. Section 1-13-113
Interference with distribution of election material


During the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election, any person who prevents, hinders, or interferes with the lawful distribution of any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, handbill, yard sign, or other written material relating to any candidate for election for any office or relating to any issue that is to be submitted to the electors in any election, or any person who removes, defaces, or destroys any lawfully placed billboard, sign, or written material from any premises to which it was delivered upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111. Any person found guilty of removing, defacing, or destroying any billboard, sign, or written material shall pay the cost of replacement. The owner of the premises, an authorized agent of the owner, or any person charged with enforcement of any state law, ordinance, or regulation may remove any billboard, sign, or written material without penalty when placed without permission or authorization of the owner of such premises, or in violation of state law or county or municipal ordinance or regulation, or which is in place at any time other than during the period beginning forty-five days before and ending four days after any election.

Source: Section 1-13-113 — Interference with distribution of election material, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

1‑13‑101
District attorney or attorney general to prosecute
1‑13‑102
Sufficiency of complaint - judicial notice
1‑13‑103
Immunity of witness from prosecution
1‑13‑104
Perjury
1‑13‑105
False certificates by officers
1‑13‑106
Forgery
1‑13‑107
Violation of duty
1‑13‑109
False or reckless statements relating to candidates or questions submitted to electors - penalties - definitions
1‑13‑110
Wagers with electors
1‑13‑111
Penalties for election offenses
1‑13‑112
Offenses relating to mail ballots
1‑13‑113
Interference with distribution of election material
1‑13‑114
Failure to comply with requirements of secretary of state
1‑13‑201
Interfering with or impeding registration
1‑13‑202
Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector
1‑13‑203
Procuring false registration
1‑13‑205
County clerk and recorder signing wrongful registration
1‑13‑207
Signature on registration record is proof of oath
1‑13‑208
Deputy county clerk and recorder - influencing party affiliation
1‑13‑209
High school deputy registrar - influencing party affiliation
1‑13‑301
Fraud at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
1‑13‑302
Fraudulent voting in precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
1‑13‑303
Other offenses at precinct caucus, assembly, or convention
1‑13‑401
Bribery of petition signers
1‑13‑402
Tampering with nomination papers - nomination petitions
1‑13‑403
Defacing of petitions other than nominating petitions
1‑13‑601
Tampering with notices or supplies
1‑13‑701
Interference with election official - intimidation or retaliation against election official
1‑13‑702
Interfering with watcher
1‑13‑703
Tampering with statewide voter registration system, registration list, or pollbook
1‑13‑704
Unlawfully permitting to vote
1‑13‑704.5
Voting by persons not entitled to vote - penalty
1‑13‑705
Personating elector
1‑13‑706
Delivering and receiving ballots at polls
1‑13‑707
Inducing defective ballot
1‑13‑707.5
Tampering with ballot box
1‑13‑708
Tampering with voting equipment
1‑13‑708.5
Elected officials not to handle electronic or electromechanical voting equipment or devices
1‑13‑709.5
Residence - false information - penalty
1‑13‑709.6
Residence - conspiring to give false information - penalty
1‑13‑710
Voting twice - penalty
1‑13‑711
Interference with voter while voting
1‑13‑712
Disclosing or identifying vote
1‑13‑713
Intimidation
1‑13‑714
Electioneering - removing and return of ballot - definition
1‑13‑715
Liquor in or near voter service and polling center
1‑13‑716
Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of election records
1‑13‑717
Penalty for destruction of supplies
1‑13‑718
Release of information concerning count
1‑13‑719
Employer’s unlawful acts
1‑13‑720
Unlawfully giving or promising money or employment or facilitating the trading of votes
1‑13‑721
Receipt of money or jobs
1‑13‑723
Penalty for neglect of duty - destruction of ballots - breaking seal
1‑13‑724
Unlawfully carrying a firearm at a polling location or drop box - exception - legislative declaration
1‑13‑801
Mailing other materials with mail ballot
1‑13‑802
Delivery of a mail ballot outside county clerk and recorder’s office
1‑13‑803
Offenses relating to voting by mail ballot
1‑13‑804
Duty to report lost, stolen, or late ballots - penalty
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-13-113’s source at colorado​.gov