C.R.S. Section 1-2-502.5
Transfer of voter registration information to secretary of state

(1)

Subject to compliance with all applicable federal laws and regulations, the department of health care policy and financing shall provide to the secretary of state, on a schedule established by the secretary of state, electronic records containing the full name, date of birth, residence address, deliverable mailing address if different from the residence address, and county of residence for each registered and unregistered eligible elector who applies for medical assistance as defined in section 25.5-4-103 (13); except that the department of state shall not use the record of a person who is a program participant in the “Address Confidentiality Program Act”, part 21 of article 30 of title 24, for voter registration purposes.

(2)

If available, the department of health care policy and financing shall also provide, for each eligible elector, an electronic copy of the elector’s signature and the eligible elector’s valid Colorado driver’s license or identification card number or the last four digits of the elector’s social security number.

(3)

Upon receiving the electronic record for an unregistered eligible elector that includes all of the information in subsection (1) of this section and either the elector’s valid Colorado driver’s license or identification card number or the last four digits of the elector’s social security number in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, the secretary of state shall provide the information to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides. Upon receipt of a record, the county clerk and recorder shall determine if the record is complete for the purposes of voter registration. If the record is not complete, the county clerk and recorder shall send to the person’s address of record, by nonforwardable mail, notice that the person has not been registered to vote and stating the additional information required to register. If the person provides the additional information, the person is registered to vote effective on the date of the person’s application with the department of health care policy and financing. If the person does not provide the additional information necessary to make his or her application complete and accurate within twenty-four months after the notification is mailed pursuant to this subsection (3), the person’s registration is canceled.

(4)

If the record is complete for purposes of voter registration, the county clerk and recorder shall send to the person’s address of record, by nonforwardable mail, notice that the person has been registered to vote and a postage paid preaddressed return form by which the person may:

(a)

Decline to be registered as an elector; or

(b)

Affiliate with a political party; and

(c)

Provide a signature if, at the time the elector applied for medical assistance, the person did not use a Colorado driver’s license or identification number and did not provide an electronic copy of their signature. The form must include information on how the elector can upload a signature electronically.

(5)

A notice mailed under subsection (4) of this section must include an explanation, in both English and Spanish, of the eligibility requirements to register to vote, and a statement that, if the person is not eligible, the person should decline to register using the preaddressed return form.

(6)

The notice provided under subsection (4) of this section must include a statement that, if a person declines to register to vote, the fact that the person has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration statistics purposes, and a statement that, if the person remains registered to vote, the office at which the person was registered will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration statistics purposes.
(7)(a)(I) If a notice provided under subsections (3) and (4) of this section is returned as undeliverable within twenty days after the county clerk and recorder mails the notice, the person’s registration is canceled and the person is deemed to have never registered. If the notice is returned as undeliverable after twenty days after the county clerk and recorder mails the notice, the person’s registration is marked inactive.

(II)

Notwithstanding subsection (7)(a)(I) of this section, if a person votes in an election after the transfer of the person’s record but before the notice is returned as undeliverable, the person’s registration shall not be canceled or marked inactive.

(b)

If a notice provided under subsection (4) of this section is not returned within twenty days, or if the person returns the form and provides a signature but does not affiliate with a party, the person is registered as of the date of the person’s application with the department of health care policy and financing and the person shall be marked as unaffiliated.

(c)

If a person returns the form provided under subsection (4) of this section and declines to be registered, including if the person returns the form and both declines to be registered and also affiliates with a party or provides a signature for registration, the person’s registration is canceled and the person is deemed to have never registered; except that, if the person has voted in an election, the returned form is of no effect and the person remains registered as of the date of the person’s application with the department of health care policy and financing.

(d)

If a person returns the form provided under subsection (4) of this section and affiliates with a party, the person is registered as of the date of the person’s application with the department of health care policy and financing and the person’s affiliation shall be marked effective as of the date the affiliation information was received.

(e)

If a person returns the form without selecting any option, the returned form is of no effect. The person is registered as of the date of the person’s application with the department of health care policy and financing and shall be marked as unaffiliated.

(7.5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Subject to compliance with all applicable federal laws and regulations, the department of health care policy and financing shall provide to the secretary of state, on a schedule established by the secretary of state, notice of any registered elector who informs the department of a change of name or address. Upon receiving notice of the change of name or address, the secretary of state shall provide the information to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides.

(b)

The county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides shall change the registration record of the elector to reflect the change of name and address, mark the registration record as “active”, and send to the elector’s address of record, by forwardable mail, notice of the change, a postage paid preaddressed return form by which the elector may verify or correct the information, and information on how the elector can return a signature or upload a signature electronically if the elector does not have a signature on file.

(c)

If the elector returns the form described in subsection (7.5)(b) of this section and indicates that the change was in error, the appropriate county clerk and recorder shall immediately correct the elector’s previously updated information in the statewide voter registration database.

(8)

After the twenty-day period described in subsection (7) of this section passes, the registration information of a person registered pursuant to this section, including the fact that the person was registered through a voter registration agency, becomes a registration record that must be maintained and made available for public inspection in accordance with section 1-2-227. Information relating to the return of a notice form by a person declining to be registered and information relating to the specific agency at which a person was registered pursuant to this section is not a public record subject to inspection and shall not be used for any purpose other than voter registration statistics.

(9)

This section does not preclude the state from complying with its obligations under the federal “National Voter Registration Act of 1993”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20501 et seq., as amended; the federal “Voting Rights Act of 1965”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 10101 et seq., as amended; the federal “Help America Vote Act of 2002”, 52 U.S.C. sec. 20901 et seq., as amended; or any other applicable federal laws.

Source: Section 1-2-502.5 — Transfer of voter registration information to secretary of state, 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

§ 1-2-502.5’s source at colorado​.gov