C.R.S. Section 1-2-102
Rules for determining residence


(1)

The following rules shall be used to determine the residence of a person intending to register or to vote in any precinct in this state and shall be used by election judges in challenge procedures:

(a)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. A principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which a person’s habitation is fixed and to which that person, whenever absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence, regardless of the duration of the absence. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a residence is a permanent building or part of a building and may include a house, condominium, apartment, room in a house, or mobile home. No vacant lot or business address shall be considered a residence.

(I.5)

If the residence of an elector is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable, due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, and the elector has the present intention of returning to the residence once it is habitable or returning to a newly constructed residence at the same address, the elector may continue to use the address of the destroyed or uninhabitable residence as the elector’s residence.

(II)

For the purpose of voter registration residence, a homeless elector shall identify a specific location within a county where the elector returns to regularly. This location may include a homeless shelter, a homeless services provider, a park, a campground, a vacant lot, a business address, or any other physical location. If the homeless elector’s registration residence does not include a mailing address, the elector shall also provide a mailing address.

(b)

In determining what is the principal or primary place of abode of a person, the following circumstances relating to the person shall be taken into account: Business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, age, marital status, residence of parents, spouse or civil union partner, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, existence of any other residences and the amount of time spent at each residence, and motor vehicle registration.

(c)

Repealed.

(d)

A person shall not be considered to have gained a residence in this state, or in any county or municipality in this state, while retaining a home or domicile elsewhere.

(e)

If a person moves to any other state with the intention of making it a permanent residence, that person is considered to have lost Colorado residence after twenty-two days’ absence from this state unless the person has evidenced an intent to retain a residence in this state by a self-affirmation executed pursuant to section 1-7.5-107 (3)(b.5).

(f)

After a person moves from one residence to another and has made the new residence his or her sole legal place of residence, the person is considered to have residence at the residence in this state to which the person moved.

Source: Section 1-2-102 — Rules for determining residence, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

1‑2‑101
Qualifications for registration - preregistration
1‑2‑102
Rules for determining residence
1‑2‑103
Military service - students - inmates - persons with behavioral or mental health disorders - confinement
1‑2‑104
Additional qualifications
1‑2‑201
Registration required - deadlines - additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants
1‑2‑202
Registration by county clerk and recorder
1‑2‑202.5
Online voter registration - online changes in elector information
1‑2‑203
Registration on Indian reservations
1‑2‑204
Questions answered by elector - rules
1‑2‑205
Self-affirmation made by elector
1‑2‑210
Registration for congressional vacancy elections
1‑2‑210.5
Registration of and voting by persons in custody of division of youth services - definitions
1‑2‑213
Registration at driver’s license examination facilities
1‑2‑213.3
Transfer of new voter registration records from department of revenue
1‑2‑213.5
State institutions of higher education - electronic voter registration option - information to students
1‑2‑215
Certificate of registration
1‑2‑216
Change of address
1‑2‑217.7
Registration on or immediately prior to election day - locations - rules - legislative declaration
1‑2‑218
Change of name
1‑2‑218.5
Declaration of affiliation
1‑2‑219
Changing or withdrawing declaration of affiliation
1‑2‑222
Errors in recording of affiliation
1‑2‑223
Names transferred when precinct boundaries changed
1‑2‑227
Custody and preservation of records
1‑2‑228
Residence - false information - penalty
1‑2‑301
Centralized statewide registration system - secretary of state to maintain computerized statewide voter registration list - county computer records - agreement to match information - definition
1‑2‑302
Maintenance of computerized statewide voter registration list - confidentiality
1‑2‑302.5
Change of address search - rules
1‑2‑303
Multiple registration - most recent date of registration determines precinct in which allowed to vote
1‑2‑305
Postelection procedures - voting history - definitions
1‑2‑401
Legislative declaration
1‑2‑402
Registration by high school deputy registrars - rules
1‑2‑403
Training and registration materials for high school deputy registrars - processing applications
1‑2‑501
Form for mail and agency registration - procedures for registration by mail for first-time electors - additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants
1‑2‑502
Form for agency registration
1‑2‑502.5
Transfer of voter registration information to secretary of state
1‑2‑502.7
Voter registration agencies - reports - transfer of records for voter registration
1‑2‑503
Availability of forms
1‑2‑504
Voter registration agencies
1‑2‑505
Services at voter registration agencies - services to persons with disabilities
1‑2‑506
Prohibitions
1‑2‑507
Transmittal of voter registration applications - when
1‑2‑508
Receipt of voter registration applications - effective dates - legislative intent
1‑2‑509
Reviewing voter registration applications - notification
1‑2‑510
Public disclosure of voter registration activities
1‑2‑511
Prosecutions of violations
1‑2‑601
Withdrawal of registration
1‑2‑602
Deceased electors
1‑2‑603
Notification that elector has moved and registered in different county
1‑2‑604
Cancellation of electors with multiple registrations
1‑2‑605
Canceling registration - procedures
1‑2‑606
Cancellation by reason of criminal conviction in federal court
1‑2‑701
Registration of voter registration drive - training - rules
1‑2‑702
Conducting a voter registration drive
1‑2‑703
Violations - penalties
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-2-102’s source at colorado​.gov