C.R.S. Section 1-4-602
Delegates to party assemblies

  • definition

(1)(a)(I) Except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(IV) of this section, county assemblies must be held no later than twenty-one days after precinct caucuses. The county central committee or executive committee shall fix the number of delegates from each precinct to participate in the county assembly pursuant to the procedure for the selection of delegates contained in the state party central committee’s bylaws or rules. The persons receiving the highest number of votes at the precinct caucus shall be the delegates to the county assembly from the precinct. If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes for the last available place in the election of delegates to county assemblies at the precinct caucuses, the delegate must be determined by lot by the candidates. Except as provided in subsections (2) and (6) of this section, delegates to all other party assemblies shall be selected by the respective county assemblies from among the members of the county assemblies pursuant to the state party central committee’s bylaws or rules.

(II)

and (III) Repealed.

(IV)

If allowed by the party’s rules, a county assembly may be held on the same day as precinct caucuses on a date allowed pursuant to section 1-3-102 (1)(a)(I). The county central committee or executive committee shall notify the secretary of state and the clerk and recorder of each county of the decision on or before January 2 of the year in which the election will be held.

(b)

In determining the number of delegates from precincts which have been created or split since the previous general election, the county central committee or executive committee may allocate delegates based on the number of registered voters affiliated with the political party, pursuant to the state party central committee’s bylaws or rules.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

In each state senatorial and representative district comprised of a portion of one county only, persons elected at precinct caucuses as delegates to the county assemblies shall serve also as delegates to the senatorial and representative district assemblies.

(b)

In each state senatorial and representative district comprised of one or more whole counties and a portion of one or more counties or comprised of portions of two or more counties, the number of delegates to the senatorial and representative district assemblies shall be apportioned among the counties by the party’s senatorial or representative central committee according to the vote in the county or portion of a county for that party’s candidate for governor or president in the last general election, pursuant to the state party central committee’s bylaws or rules.

(3)

All questions regarding the qualifications of any delegate or the conduct of any precinct caucus at which the delegates were voted on shall be determined by the credentials committees of the respective party county, representative, and senatorial assemblies.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

All places established for holding precinct caucuses shall be designated by a sign conspicuously posted no later than twelve days before the precinct caucuses. The sign shall be substantially in the following form: “Precinct caucus place for precinct no. ......” The lettering on the sign and the precinct number shall be black on a white background with all letters and numerals at least four inches in height. Any precinct caucus subsequently removed and held in a place other than the place stated on the sign is null and void.

(b)

Repealed.

(5)

As used in this section, “delegate” means a person who is a registered elector, has been a resident of the precinct for twenty-two days prior to the caucus, and has been affiliated with the political party holding the caucus for at least twenty-two days, as shown in the statewide voter registration system; except that any registered elector who has attained the age of eighteen years during the twenty-two days immediately preceding the caucus or any registered elector who has become a naturalized citizen during the twenty-two days immediately preceding the caucus may be a delegate even though the elector has been affiliated with the political party for less than twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system. A delegate who moves from the precinct where registered during the twenty-one days prior to any caucus is ineligible to serve as a delegate from that precinct.

(6)

In each state senatorial and representative district comprised of all or parts of more than one county, persons elected at precinct caucuses as delegates to the county assemblies from precincts within the senatorial or representative district shall also serve as delegates to the senatorial and representative district assemblies if the senatorial or representative district central committee, by resolution adopted prior to the holding of the precinct caucuses in the year for which the resolution is to be effective, chooses to have the delegates to its district assembly in that year elected as provided in this subsection (6); except that selection of delegates under this subsection (6) shall be in conformance with the procedure established in the state party central committee’s bylaws or rules. As a part of the resolution, the senatorial or representative central committee may determine the total number of delegate votes to be cast at the senatorial or representative district assembly, apportion them by county among the portions of the district which lie in separate counties upon an equitable basis determined by party bylaws or rules, and, upon the basis of the apportionment, determine the factor necessary to apportion equally among the delegates from the precincts within the district in each county the total votes to be cast by delegates from the portion of the district lying within that county.

(7)

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a participant at a county assembly may participate remotely, including casting the participant’s vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through an internet-based application if allowed by the party’s rules.

Source: Section 1-4-602 — Delegates to party assemblies - definition, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses
1‑4‑102
Methods of placing names on primary ballot
1‑4‑103
Order of names on primary ballot
1‑4‑104
Party nominees
1‑4‑104.5
Primary election canceled - when
1‑4‑105
Defeated candidate ineligible
1‑4‑201
Time of holding general election
1‑4‑202
United States senators
1‑4‑203
Representatives in congress
1‑4‑204
State and district officers
1‑4‑205
County commissioners
1‑4‑206
Other county officers
1‑4‑301
Time of holding presidential elections
1‑4‑302
Party nominations to be made by convention
1‑4‑304
Presidential electors
1‑4‑305
Compensation
1‑4‑401
Time of congressional vacancy elections
1‑4‑401.5
Special congressional vacancy election - continuity in representation - rules
1‑4‑402
Nominations of political party candidates
1‑4‑403
Nomination of unaffiliated candidates for congressional vacancy election
1‑4‑404
Nomination and acceptance of candidate
1‑4‑501
Only eligible electors eligible for office
1‑4‑502
Methods of nomination for partisan candidates
1‑4‑503
Method of nomination for nonpartisan candidates
1‑4‑504
Documents are public records
1‑4‑601
Designation of candidates for primary election - definition
1‑4‑602
Delegates to party assemblies - definition
1‑4‑603
Designation of major political party candidates by petition
1‑4‑604
Filing of petitions and certificates of designation by assembly - legislative declaration
1‑4‑605
Order of names on primary ballot
1‑4‑701
Party nominations to be made by convention
1‑4‑702
Nominations of candidates for general election by convention
1‑4‑801
Designation of party candidates by petition
1‑4‑802
Petitions for nominating minor political party and unaffiliated candidates for a partisan office
1‑4‑803
Petitions for nominating school district directors
1‑4‑805
Petitions for nominating municipal candidates in coordinated elections
1‑4‑806
Preregistrants eligible to sign petitions
1‑4‑901
Designation of petition
1‑4‑902
Form of petition
1‑4‑903
Approval of petition
1‑4‑904
Signatures on the petitions
1‑4‑905
Circulators - requirements - affidavits - notarization - training
1‑4‑905.5
Petition entities - requirements - violations - definitions
1‑4‑906
Candidate’s acceptance
1‑4‑907
Filing of petition
1‑4‑908
Review of petition - signature verification - notification - cure - rules
1‑4‑909
Protest of designations and nominations
1‑4‑911
Review of a protest
1‑4‑912
Cure - rules
1‑4‑1001
Withdrawal or disqualification from candidacy
1‑4‑1002
Vacancies in major party designation up to the sixty-eighth day before primary election day
1‑4‑1003
Vacancies in major party designation occurring between the sixty-seventh day before a primary election and the earliest day to mail primary election ballots
1‑4‑1004
Vacancies in major party designation occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail primary election ballots through primary election day
1‑4‑1005
Vacancies in major party nomination occurring from the day after primary election day through the earliest day to mail general election ballots
1‑4‑1006
Vacancies in major party nomination occurring from the day after the earliest day to mail general election ballots through general election day
1‑4‑1007
Vacancies in minor party designation or nomination
1‑4‑1008
Vacancies in unaffiliated designation or nomination
1‑4‑1009
Vacancies in school district director nomination
1‑4‑1010
Vacancies in office occurring from the sixty-eighth day prior to primary election day through the earliest day to mail general election ballots
1‑4‑1011
Vacancies of joint gubernatorial candidates - process for filling vacancy in nomination for office of lieutenant governor
1‑4‑1012
Remote participation in vacancy committee meetings
1‑4‑1101
Write-in candidate affidavit of intent
1‑4‑1102
Time of filing affidavit
1‑4‑1103
Write-in votes for governor, president
1‑4‑1201
Declaration
1‑4‑1202
Definitions
1‑4‑1203
Presidential primary elections - when - conduct
1‑4‑1204
Names on ballots
1‑4‑1205
Write-in candidate affidavit for presidential primary
1‑4‑1206
Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns
1‑4‑1207
Election results - certification - pledging of delegates
1‑4‑1301
Formation of minor political party
1‑4‑1302
Petition to qualify as a minor political party
1‑4‑1303
Qualifications to nominate by constitution or bylaws
1‑4‑1304
Nomination of candidates
1‑4‑1305
Disqualification of minor political party
1‑4‑1401
Legislative declaration
1‑4‑1402
Applicability of part
1‑4‑1403
Referral of question in single-county judicial districts
1‑4‑1404
Referral of question in multiple-county judicial districts
1‑4‑1405
Coordinated or general election ballot
1‑4‑1406
County clerk and recorder designated election official - certification of results to secretary of state
1‑4‑1407
Initiative - petition
1‑4‑1408
Prior actions not affected
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Current through Fall 2024

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