C.R.S. Section 1-40-110
Warning

  • ballot title

(1)

At the top of each page of every initiative or referendum petition section shall be printed, in a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, the following:
WARNING:
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:
For anyone to sign any initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to knowingly sign a petition when not a registered elector who is eligible to vote on the measure.
DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A REGISTERED ELECTOR AND ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ON THIS MEASURE. TO BE A REGISTERED ELECTOR, YOU MUST BE A CITIZEN OF COLORADO AND REGISTERED TO VOTE.
Before signing this petition, you are encouraged to read the text or the title of the proposed initiative or referred measure.
You are also encouraged to read the fiscal summary that is included at the beginning of this petition.
By signing this petition, you are indicating that you want this measure to be included on the ballot as a proposed change to the (Colorado constitution/Colorado Revised Statutes). If a sufficient number of registered electors sign this petition, this measure will appear on the ballot at the November (year) election.

(2)

The ballot title for the measure shall then be printed on each page following the warning.

(3)

For a petition section for a measure to be valid, the fiscal summary prepared in accordance with section 1-40-105.5 must be printed on the first page of an initiative petition section.

Source: Section 1-40-110 — Warning - ballot title, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

1‑40‑101
Legislative declaration 1‑40‑102
Definitions 1‑40‑103
Applicability of article 1‑40‑104
Designated representatives 1‑40‑105
Filing procedure - review and comment meeting - amendments - filing with secretary of state 1‑40‑105.5
Initial fiscal impact statement - definition 1‑40‑106
Title board - meetings - ballot title - initiative and referendum - definitions 1‑40‑106.5
Single-subject requirements for initiated measures and referred constitutional amendments - legislative declaration 1‑40‑107
Rehearing - appeal - fees - signing 1‑40‑108
Petition - time of filing 1‑40‑109
Signatures required - withdrawal 1‑40‑110
Warning - ballot title 1‑40‑111
Signatures - affidavits - notarization - list of circulators and notaries 1‑40‑112
Circulators - requirements - training 1‑40‑113
Form - representatives of signers 1‑40‑114
Petitions - not election materials - no bilingual language requirement 1‑40‑115
Ballot - voting - publication 1‑40‑116
Validation - ballot issues - random sampling - rules 1‑40‑117
Statement of sufficiency - cure 1‑40‑118
Protest 1‑40‑119
Procedure for hearings 1‑40‑120
Filing in federal court 1‑40‑121
Designated representatives - expenditures related to petition circulation - report - penalty - definitions 1‑40‑122
Certification of ballot titles 1‑40‑123
Counting of votes - effective date - conflicting provisions 1‑40‑124
Publication 1‑40‑124.5
Ballot information booklet 1‑40‑125
Mailing to electors 1‑40‑126
Explanation of effect of “yes/for” or “no/against” vote included in notices provided by mailing or publication 1‑40‑126.5
Explanation of ballot titles and actual text of measures in notices provided by mailing or publication 1‑40‑130
Unlawful acts - penalty 1‑40‑131
Tampering with initiative or referendum petition 1‑40‑132
Enforcement 1‑40‑133
Retention of petitions 1‑40‑134
Withdrawal of initiative petition 1‑40‑135
Petition entities - requirements - definition 1‑40‑136
Bills enacted in the second regular session of the seventy-second general assembly that include an act subject to petition clause - legislative declaration
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-40-110’s source at colorado​.gov