C.R.S. Section 1-7.5-202
Hours a counting place open for receiving and counting mail ballots

(1)

The election officials at the counting place may receive and prepare for tabulation mail ballots delivered and turned over to them by the county clerk and recorder or designated election official.

(2)

Counting of the mail ballots may begin fifteen days prior to the election, and counties with more than ten thousand active electors as of the date of the previous general election must begin no later than four days prior to the election, and shall continue until counting is completed.

(3)

The election officials in charge of the counting place shall take all precautions necessary to ensure the secrecy of the counting procedures, and no information concerning the count may be released by the election officials or watchers until after 7 p.m. on election day.

Source: Section 1-7.5-202 — Hours a counting place open for receiving and counting mail ballots, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 1-7.5-202’s source at colorado​.gov