C.R.S. Section 1-7.5-114.5
Replacement ballots

  • ballots for new electors
  • ballots for electors who updated their records

(1)

An eligible elector may obtain a replacement ballot if the ballot that was originally mailed to the elector was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or for some other reason not received by the elector. To obtain a replacement ballot by mail, the elector shall make a request to the county clerk and recorder for a replacement ballot no later than the eighth day before an election. The county clerk shall not mail a replacement ballot to the elector making the request if the clerk has already received a ballot for that election from the elector making the request.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Commencing on the fifteenth day before the election, the county clerk and recorder shall deliver any ballot that must be sent by mail to the United States postal service within two business days after processing a registration application or an update to a voter registration record that requires a new ballot to be sent to an elector.

(b)

Commencing on the eleventh day before the election, the county clerk and recorder shall mail all mail ballots to electors by first class mail.

(c)

Commencing on the eighth day before an election, the county clerk and recorder shall deliver to the United States postal service any ballot that must be sent by mail within two business days after receiving a registration application or an update to a voter registration record that results in the issuance of an original or a replacement mail ballot to an elector.

(d)

Any county clerk who receives information from the United States postal service or any other third party indicating that ballots have been lost, stolen, or will, for any reason, not be timely delivered to electors, shall report the issue to the secretary of state.

Source: Section 1-7.5-114.5 — Replacement ballots - ballots for new electors - ballots for electors who updated their records, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-01.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

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

Current through Fall 2025

§ 1-7.5-114.5. Replacement ballots's source at colorado​.gov