C.R.S. Section 31-10-201
Qualifications of municipal electors

(1)

Every person who has attained the age of eighteen years possessing the following qualifications is entitled to register to vote at all municipal elections:

(a)

He is a citizen of the United States.

(b)

The person is a resident of the municipal precinct and has resided in this state for twenty-two days immediately preceding the election at which the person offers to vote. In order to vote in a municipal election conducted under this article, a person must be a registered elector. An otherwise qualified and registered elector who moves from the municipal election precinct where registered to another precinct within the same municipality is permitted to cast a ballot for an election at the polling place in the precinct where registered.

(2)

No person confined in any public prison is entitled to register or to vote at any regular or special election. Every person who was a qualified elector prior to such imprisonment and who is released by pardon or by having served his full term of imprisonment shall be vested with all the rights of citizenship except as otherwise provided in the state constitution.

(3)

The judges of election, in determining the residence of a person offering to vote, shall be governed by the following rules, so far as they may be applicable:

(a)

The residence of a person is the principal or primary home or place of abode of a person. Principal or primary home or place of abode is that home or place in which his habitation is fixed and to which a person, whenever he is absent, has the present intention of returning after a departure or absence therefrom, regardless of the duration of absence. In determining what is a principal or primary place of abode of a person, the following circumstances relating to such person may be taken into account: Business pursuits, employment, income sources, residence for income or other tax purposes, age, marital status, residence of parents, spouse, and children, if any, leaseholds, situs of personal and real property, and motor vehicle registration.

(b)

A person shall not be considered to have lost his residence if he leaves his home and goes into another state or territory or another county or municipality of this state merely for temporary purposes with an intention of returning.

(c)

A person shall not be considered to have gained a residence in this state or in any municipality in this state while retaining his home or domicile elsewhere.

(d)

If a person moves to any other state or territory with the intention of making it his permanent residence, he shall be considered to have lost his residence in the municipality from which he moved.

(e)

If a person moves from one municipality in this state to any other municipality in this state with the intention of making it his permanent residence, he shall be considered and held to have lost his residence in the municipality from which he moved.

(f)

If the residence of a person is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable, due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, and the person has the present intention of returning to the residence once it is habitable or returning to a newly constructed residence at the same address, the person may continue to use the address of the destroyed or uninhabitable residence as the person’s residence for purposes of this section. The residence given for motor vehicle registration and for state income tax purposes may be different from the address given for voting purposes pursuant to this subsection (3)(f).

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

For the purpose of voting and eligibility to office, no person is deemed to have gained a residence by reason of his presence or lost it by reason of his absence while in the civil or military service of this state or of the United States, nor while a student at any institution of higher education, nor while kept at public expense in any public prison or state institution unless the person is an employee or a member of the household of an employee of such prison or institution.

(b)

The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) notwithstanding, no person otherwise qualified under the provisions of this article shall be denied the right to vote at any municipal election solely because he is a student at an institution of higher education if such student, at any time when registration is provided for by law, files with the county clerk and recorder a written affidavit under oath, in such form as may be prescribed, that he has established a domicile in this state, that he has abandoned his parental or former home as a domicile, and that he is not registered as an elector in any other municipality of this state or of any other state. The fact that such affidavit has been filed shall be noted in the registration book.

(c)

No provisions of this subsection (4) shall apply to the determination of residence or nonresidence status of students for any college or university purpose.

Source: Section 31-10-201 — Qualifications of municipal electors, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑10‑101
Short title 31‑10‑102
Definitions 31‑10‑102.5
Acts and elections conducted pursuant to provisions which refer to qualified electors 31‑10‑102.7
Applicability of the “Uniform Election Code of 1992” 31‑10‑102.8
Active military or overseas voters - timely mailing, casting, and receipt of ballot - definition 31‑10‑103
Computation of time 31‑10‑104
Powers of clerk and deputy 31‑10‑105
Election commission 31‑10‑106
Copies of election laws and manual provided 31‑10‑108
Special elections 31‑10‑109
Submission of question on regular election date for municipalities 31‑10‑201
Qualifications of municipal electors 31‑10‑202
Submission of question to qualified taxpaying electors - oath 31‑10‑203
Registration required 31‑10‑204
Municipal clerk as deputy county clerk and recorder 31‑10‑205
Registration lists 31‑10‑206
Delivery and custody of registration book or list 31‑10‑207
Questions answered by elector 31‑10‑208
Change of address 31‑10‑301
Electors eligible to hold municipal office 31‑10‑302
Nomination of municipal officers 31‑10‑303
Withdrawal from nominations 31‑10‑305
Objections to nominations 31‑10‑306
Write-in candidate affidavit 31‑10‑401
Appointment of election judges 31‑10‑402
Number of judges 31‑10‑403
Certificates of appointment 31‑10‑404
Acceptances 31‑10‑405
Vacancies 31‑10‑406
Removal of judges 31‑10‑407
Oath of judges 31‑10‑408
Compensation of judges 31‑10‑409
Compensation for delivery of election returns and other election papers 31‑10‑501
Clerk to give notice 31‑10‑501.5
Ballot issue notice 31‑10‑502
Establishing precincts and polling places 31‑10‑503
Judges may change polling places 31‑10‑504
Number of voting booths or voting machines 31‑10‑505
Arrangement of voting machines or voting booths and ballot boxes 31‑10‑506
Election expenses to be paid by municipality 31‑10‑507
Election may be canceled - when 31‑10‑601
Hours of voting 31‑10‑602
Watchers at municipal elections 31‑10‑603
Employee entitled to vote 31‑10‑604
Judges open ballot box first 31‑10‑605
Judge to keep pollbook 31‑10‑606
Preparing to vote 31‑10‑607
Manner of voting in precincts which use paper ballots 31‑10‑608
Disabled voter - assistance 31‑10‑609
Spoiled ballots 31‑10‑610
Counting paper ballots 31‑10‑611
Tally sheets 31‑10‑612
Defective ballots 31‑10‑613
Judges’ certificate 31‑10‑614
Delivery of election returns, ballot boxes, and other election papers 31‑10‑615
Judges to post returns 31‑10‑616
Preservation of ballots and election records 31‑10‑617
Ranked voting methods 31‑10‑701
Use of voting machines 31‑10‑702
Judges to inspect machines 31‑10‑703
Sample ballots, ballot labels, and cards of instruction 31‑10‑704
Instructions to vote 31‑10‑705
Length of time to vote 31‑10‑706
Judge to watch voting machines 31‑10‑707
Clerk to supply seals for voting machines 31‑10‑708
Close of polls and count of votes 31‑10‑709
Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted 31‑10‑801
Use of electronic system 31‑10‑802
Sample ballots 31‑10‑803
Ballots - electronic voting 31‑10‑804
Preparation for use - electronic voting 31‑10‑805
Instructions to vote 31‑10‑806
Ballots 31‑10‑807
Distribution of ballots 31‑10‑808
Cards of instruction 31‑10‑809
Close of polls - count and seals in electronic voting 31‑10‑810
Electronic vote counting - test 31‑10‑811
Electronic vote counting - procedure 31‑10‑812
Election laws apply - separate absentee ballots permitted 31‑10‑901
Ballot boxes 31‑10‑902
Ballots 31‑10‑903
Ballots changed if candidate dies or withdraws 31‑10‑904
Printing and distribution of ballots 31‑10‑905
Substitute ballots 31‑10‑906
Cards of instruction 31‑10‑907
Definitions 31‑10‑908
Mail ballot elections - preelection process 31‑10‑909
Nomination of candidates in mail ballot elections 31‑10‑910
Procedures for conducting mail ballot election 31‑10‑910.3
Verification of signatures - signature verification devices - procedures - training - definitions 31‑10‑911
Counting mail ballots 31‑10‑912
Write-in candidate affidavit in mail ballot elections 31‑10‑913
Challenges 31‑10‑1001
When absent electors may vote 31‑10‑1002
Application for absentee voter’s ballot - permanent absentee voter status - ballot delivery - list of absentee voters 31‑10‑1003
Self-affirmation on return envelope 31‑10‑1004
Manner of absentee voting by paper ballot 31‑10‑1005
Absent voters’ voting machines - electronic voting systems 31‑10‑1006
Delivery to judges 31‑10‑1007
Casting and counting absentee ballots 31‑10‑1008
Challenge of absentee ballots - rejection - record 31‑10‑1010
Emergency absentee voting - definition 31‑10‑1101
No voting unless registered 31‑10‑1102
Right to vote may be challenged 31‑10‑1103
Challenge to be made by written oath 31‑10‑1104
Challenge questions asked voter 31‑10‑1105
Oath of challenged voter 31‑10‑1106
Refusal to answer questions or take oath 31‑10‑1201
Returns - canvass 31‑10‑1202
Imperfect returns 31‑10‑1203
Corrections 31‑10‑1204
Tie - lots - notice to candidates 31‑10‑1205
Statement - certificates of election 31‑10‑1206
Fees of municipal judge 31‑10‑1207
Recount 31‑10‑1301
Who may contest - causes 31‑10‑1302
District judge to preside - bond 31‑10‑1303
Filing statement - contents 31‑10‑1304
Summons - answer 31‑10‑1305
Trial and appeals 31‑10‑1306
Recount 31‑10‑1307
Judgment 31‑10‑1308
Ballot questions and ballot issues - how contested 31‑10‑1401
Controversies 31‑10‑1402
Correction of errors 31‑10‑1501
District attorney or attorney general to prosecute 31‑10‑1502
Sufficiency of complaint - judicial notice 31‑10‑1503
Immunity of witness from prosecution 31‑10‑1504
Penalties for election offenses 31‑10‑1505
Payment of fines 31‑10‑1506
Perjury 31‑10‑1507
Forgery 31‑10‑1508
Tampering with nomination papers 31‑10‑1509
Bribery of petition signers 31‑10‑1511
Custody and delivery of ballots and other election papers 31‑10‑1512
Destroying, removing, or delaying delivery of ballots and other election papers 31‑10‑1513
Unlawfully refusing or permitting to vote 31‑10‑1514
Revealing how elector voted 31‑10‑1515
Violation of duty 31‑10‑1516
Unlawful receipt of money 31‑10‑1517
Disclosing or identifying vote 31‑10‑1518
Delivering and receiving ballots at polls 31‑10‑1519
Voting twice 31‑10‑1520
Voting in the wrong precinct 31‑10‑1521
Electioneering near polls 31‑10‑1522
Employer’s unlawful acts 31‑10‑1523
Intimidation 31‑10‑1524
Unlawfully giving or promising money 31‑10‑1525
Corrupt means of influencing vote 31‑10‑1526
Interference with voter while voting 31‑10‑1528
Inducing defective ballot 31‑10‑1529
Personating elector 31‑10‑1530
Altering posted abstract of votes 31‑10‑1531
Wagers with electors 31‑10‑1532
Tampering with notices or supplies 31‑10‑1533
Tampering with registration book, registration list, or pollbook 31‑10‑1534
Tampering with voting machine 31‑10‑1535
Interference with election official 31‑10‑1536
Unlawful qualification as taxpaying elector 31‑10‑1537
Absentee voting 31‑10‑1538
Article to be liberally construed 31‑10‑1539
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