C.R.S. Section 31-2-220
Warning on petition

  • signatures
  • affidavits
  • circulators

(1)

At the top of each page of a petition to initiate the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a municipal home rule charter, including the formation of a new charter commission, must be printed, in plain red letters no smaller than the impression of ten-point, bold-faced type, the following:
WARNING:
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:
For anyone to sign any petition with any name other than his or her own or to knowingly sign his or her name more than once for the same measure or to sign such petition when not a registered elector.
DO NOT SIGN THIS PETITION UNLESS YOU ARE A
REGISTERED ELECTOR:
Do not sign this petition unless you have read or had read to you the text of the proposal in its entirety and understand its meaning.

(2)

Any such petition shall be signed only by registered electors by their own signatures to which shall be attached the residence addresses of such persons, including street and number, if any, city or town, and the date of signing the same. To each such petition shall be attached an affidavit of the person who circulated the petition stating the affiant’s address, that the affiant is eighteen years of age or older, that the affiant circulated the said petition, that each signature thereon was affixed in the affiant’s presence, that each signature thereon is the signature of the person whose name it purports to be, that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the affiant each of the persons signing said petition was at the time of signing a registered elector, and that the affiant has not paid or will not in the future pay and that the affiant believes that no other person has so paid or will pay, directly or indirectly, any money or other thing of value to any signer for the purpose of inducing or causing such signer to affix the signer’s signature to such petition. No petition shall be accepted for filing that does not have attached thereto the affidavit required by this section.
(3)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 792, § 7, effective August 2, 2000.)(4) The clerk shall inspect timely filed petitions and attached affidavits to ensure compliance with subsection (2) of this section. Such inspection may consist of an examination of the information on the signature lines for patent defects, a comparison of the information on the signature lines with a list of registered electors provided by the county, or any other method of inspection reasonably expected to ensure compliance with subsection (2) of this section.

Source: Section 31-2-220 — Warning on petition - signatures - affidavits - circulators, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑2‑101
Petition to district court 31‑2‑102
Incorporation election 31‑2‑103
Approval of incorporation election 31‑2‑104
Organization of new city or town 31‑2‑105
Incorporation complete - first ordinances - when effective 31‑2‑106
Legal incorporation - validation - dedication of public property 31‑2‑107
Adoption of home rule charter upon incorporation 31‑2‑108
Continued county services 31‑2‑109
Assessment - taxes - collection 31‑2‑201
Short title 31‑2‑202
Legislative declaration 31‑2‑203
Definitions 31‑2‑204
Initiation of home rule 31‑2‑205
Election on formation of charter commission and designation of members 31‑2‑206
Charter commission 31‑2‑207
Charter election - notice 31‑2‑208
Filings - effect 31‑2‑209
Special procedure for adopting a charter upon incorporation 31‑2‑210
Procedure to amend or repeal charter 31‑2‑211
Elections - general 31‑2‑212
Initiative, referendum, and recall 31‑2‑213
Determination of population 31‑2‑214
Time limit on submission of similar proposals 31‑2‑215
Conflicting or alternative charter proposals 31‑2‑216
Change in classification of municipalities 31‑2‑217
Vested rights saved 31‑2‑218
Finality 31‑2‑219
Additional petition requirements 31‑2‑220
Warning on petition - signatures - affidavits - circulators 31‑2‑221
Form of petition - representatives of signers 31‑2‑222
Ballot 31‑2‑223
Affidavit - evidence - protest procedure 31‑2‑225
Unlawful acts - penalty 31‑2‑301
Procedure 31‑2‑302
Petition - election 31‑2‑303
Notice of election 31‑2‑304
Ballot 31‑2‑305
Election of officers - terms 31‑2‑306
No similar proposal for one year 31‑2‑307
Property remains vested - rights - cumulative remedy 31‑2‑308
Duty of county treasurer - sale - redemption 31‑2‑309
Ordinances remain effective 31‑2‑401
Petition to change name 31‑2‑402
Name filed with secretary of state 31‑2‑403
Secretary to keep alphabetical list 31‑2‑404
Notice of hearing on petition 31‑2‑405
Hearing postponed 31‑2‑406
Secretary to give notice 31‑2‑407
Change does not affect liability
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-2-220’s source at colorado​.gov