C.R.S. Section 1-7.5-103
Definitions


As used in this article 7.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Designated election official” means official as defined in section 1-1-104 (8).

(2)

“Election” means any election under the “Uniform Election Code of 1992” or the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”, article 10 of title 31, C.R.S.

(3)

“Election day” means the date either established by law or determined by the governing body of the political subdivision conducting the election, to be the final day on which all ballots are determined to be due, and the date from which all other dates in this article are set.

(3.5)

“Independent mail ballot election” has the meaning set forth in section 1-13.5-1102.

(4)

“Mail ballot election” means an election for which eligible electors receive ballots by mail and vote by mailing those ballots, depositing the ballots at, as applicable, drop-off locations or voter service and polling centers, or, as applicable, by voting at a voter service and polling center. The term does not include an independent mail ballot election.

(5)

“Mail ballot packet” means the packet of information provided by the designated election official to eligible electors in the mail ballot election and to persons preregistered to vote pursuant to section 1-2-101 (2) who will be eighteen years of age on the date of the mail ballot election. The packet includes the ballot, instructions for completing the ballot, a return envelope, and, if applicable, a secrecy envelope or sleeve.

(6)

“Political subdivision” means a governing subdivision of the state, including counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.

(7)

“Return envelope” means an envelope that is printed with spaces for the name and address of, and a self-affirmation to be signed by, an eligible elector voting in a mail ballot election, that contains a ballot for the elector, and that is designed to allow election officials, upon examining the signature, name, and address on the outside of the envelope, to determine whether the enclosed ballot is being submitted by an eligible elector who has not previously voted in that particular election.

(8)

“Secrecy envelope” means the envelope or sleeve used for a mail ballot election that contains the eligible elector’s ballot for the election, and that is designed to conceal and maintain the confidentiality of the elector’s vote until the counting of votes for that particular election.

Source: Section 1-7.5-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-01.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

1‑7.5‑101
Short title
1‑7.5‑102
Legislative declaration
1‑7.5‑103
Definitions
1‑7.5‑104
Mail ballot elections - applicability - optional for political subdivisions other than a county
1‑7.5‑104.5
Ballots and supplies for mail voting
1‑7.5‑105
Preelection process - rules
1‑7.5‑106
Secretary of state - duties and powers
1‑7.5‑106.5
Registration record - list of mail ballots
1‑7.5‑107
Procedures for conducting mail ballot election - primary elections - first-time voters casting a mail ballot after having registered by mail to vote - in-person request for ballot - return envelope requirements - repeal
1‑7.5‑107.2
Manner of early voting - securing ballots cast during early voting
1‑7.5‑107.3
Verification of signatures - rules
1‑7.5‑107.5
Counting mail ballots
1‑7.5‑108.5
Designation of inactive status in connection with mailing of mail ballots
1‑7.5‑109
Write-in candidates
1‑7.5‑110
Challenges
1‑7.5‑113
Voting at group residential facilities
1‑7.5‑113.5
Voting at county jails or detention centers
1‑7.5‑114
Watchers at voter service and polling centers
1‑7.5‑114.5
Replacement ballots - ballots for new electors - ballots for electors who updated their records
1‑7.5‑115
Emergency voting - replacement ballots - electronic transfer - rules - definition
1‑7.5‑201
Appointment of election judges for counting mail ballots
1‑7.5‑202
Hours a counting place open for receiving and counting mail ballots
1‑7.5‑203
Delivery of mail ballots to supervisor judge
1‑7.5‑204
Preparing to count mail ballots - rejections
1‑7.5‑205
Counting mail ballots
1‑7.5‑206
Paper ballots or electronic system
1‑7.5‑207
Voter verification - mail ballot information
1‑7.5‑208
Certificate of mail ballots cast - survey of returns
1‑7.5‑209
Preservation of rejected mail ballots
1‑7.5‑210
Maintenance of mail ballot election voting records - transmittal of such records to secretary of state
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-7.5-103’s source at colorado​.gov