C.R.S. Section 1-2-201
Registration required

  • deadlines
  • additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants

(1)

No person shall be permitted to cast a regular ballot at any election without first having been registered within the time and in the manner required by the provisions of this article. No charge shall be made for registration.

(2)

Each elector registering shall sign his or her name on the registration record or, if unable to write, shall make a personal mark or be provided assistance to make such a mark by the county clerk and recorder or any other person authorized by the county clerk and recorder or the elector. The elector shall answer the questions required by section 1-2-204 and shall complete the self-affirmation required by section 1-2-205.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Any other provisions of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, an elector is permitted to vote in any primary, presidential, general, coordinated, special legislative, municipal, congressional vacancy, special district, or other election if he or she timely registers to vote before or on the date of such election.

(b)

An elector may timely register to vote by:

(I)

Submitting an application through a voter registration drive no later than twenty-two days before the election; except that, if the twenty-second day before an election is a Saturday, Sunday, state legal holiday, or federal holiday recognized by the United States postal service, the elector is permitted to register on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, state legal holiday, or federal holiday recognized by the United States postal service;

(II)

Registering through a high school, in accordance with part 4 of this article 2;

(III)

Submitting an application through the mail, a voter registration agency, a local driver’s license examination facility, or the online voter registration system established pursuant to section 1-2-202.5 (7)(c), through the eighth day prior to an election; except that, if the eighth day before an election is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the elector is permitted to register on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;

(IV)

Appearing in-person at the elector’s county clerk and recorder’s office at any time during which registration is permitted at the office; or

(V)

Appearing in-person at a voter service and polling center pursuant to section 1-2-217.7 at any time during which the voter service and polling center is open, including on election day.

(4)

To receive a ballot by mail for an election conducted under this code, an elector must submit his or her voter registration application on or before the eighth day before the election.

(5)

An elector who submits a voter registration form and has not previously voted in the state shall:

(a)

Submit with the voter registration form a copy of identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5), the elector’s driver’s license number, or the last four digits of the elector’s social security number; or

(b)

Submit a copy of identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5) with the elector’s mail ballot in accordance with section 1-7.5-107 (3.5).

Source: Section 1-2-201 — Registration required - deadlines - additional identifying information to be provided by first-time registrants, 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
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-2-201’s source at colorado​.gov