C.R.S. Section 1-40-123
Counting of votes

  • effective date
  • conflicting provisions

(1)

The votes on all measures submitted to the people shall be counted and properly entered after the votes for candidates for office cast at the same election are counted and shall be counted, canvassed, and returned and the result determined and certified in the manner provided by law concerning other elections. The secretary of state who has certified the election shall, without delay, make and transmit to the governor a certificate of election. The measure takes effect from and after the date of the official declaration of the vote by proclamation of the governor, but not later than thirty days after the votes have been canvassed, as provided in section 1 of article V of the state constitution.

(2)

A majority of the votes cast thereon adopts any measure submitted for a proposed law, and, in case of adoption of conflicting provisions, the one that receives the greatest number of affirmative votes prevails in all particulars as to which there is a conflict.

(3)

At least fifty-five percent of the votes cast thereon adopts any measure submitted for an amendment to the state constitution; except that a majority of the votes cast thereon adopts any measure submitted for an amendment to the state constitution that only repeals in whole or in part any provision of the state constitution. In the case of adoption of conflicting provisions, the one that receives the greatest number of affirmative votes prevails in all particulars as to which there is a conflict.

Source: Section 1-40-123 — Counting of votes - effective date - conflicting provisions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-01.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

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

Current through Fall 2025

§ 1-40-123. Counting of votes's source at colorado​.gov