C.R.S. Section 1-40-117
Statement of sufficiency

  • cure

(1)

After examining the petition:

(a)

If the petition proposes a law, the secretary of state shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures appears to have been submitted to certify the petition to the ballot; or

(b)

If the petition proposes an amendment to the state constitution, the secretary of state shall issue a statement as to whether a sufficient number of valid signatures from each state senate district and a sufficient total number of valid signatures appear to have been submitted to certify the petition to the ballot.

(2)

If the petition proposes an initiated law and was validated by random sample, the statement must contain the total number of signatures submitted and whether the number of signatures presumed valid was ninety percent of the required total or less or one hundred ten percent of the required total or more.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

If the secretary declares that the petition appears not to have a sufficient number of valid signatures, the statement issued by the secretary must specify the number of sufficient and insufficient signatures. The secretary shall identify by section number and line number within the section those signatures found to be insufficient and the grounds for the insufficiency. Such information shall be kept on file for public inspection in accordance with section 1-40-118.

(b)

Repealed.

(4)

During the review of a petition, the secretary of state shall notify the designated representatives of the proponents of any errors and insufficiencies regarding circulator affidavits. Upon the receipt of such a notification, the designated representatives of the proponents have five calendar days from the date of receipt of the notice to cure the errors and insufficiencies described in the notice. To cure a circulator affidavit, the designated representative of the proponents must provide the secretary of state with a new circulator affidavit that corrects the errors of the previously submitted affidavit.

Source: Section 1-40-117 — Statement of sufficiency - cure, 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

§ 1-40-117’s source at colorado​.gov