C.R.S. Section 31-4-502
Procedure

  • petition
  • signatures

(1)

The procedure to effect the recall of an elective officer of a municipality shall be as follows:

(a)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

A petition containing the requisite number of signatures under subsection (1)(d) of this section must be filed in the office of the municipal clerk, demanding an election of a successor to the officer named in the petition. Each petition must designate by name and address not less than three nor more than five persons, referred to in this section as the “committee”, who shall represent the signers thereof in all matters affecting the petition. The person designated as a member of the committee must be a registered elector of the municipality. The petition shall clearly indicate the name of the municipality and the name of the officer sought to be recalled. The petition must include the name of only one person to be recalled. The petition must contain a general statement, of not more than two hundred words, of the grounds on which the recall is sought, which statement is intended for the information of the electors of the municipality. The electors are the sole and exclusive judges of the legality, reasonableness, and sufficiency of the grounds assigned for recall, and the grounds are not open to review.

(II)

The signatures to a recall petition need not all be on one sheet of paper. At the top of each page shall be printed, in bold-faced type, the following:
WARNING:
IT IS AGAINST THE LAW:
For anyone to sign this petition with any name other than one’s own or to knowingly sign one’s 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. To be a registered elector, you must be a citizen of Colorado and registered to vote in (name of municipality).
Do not sign this petition unless you have read or have had read to you the proposed measure in its entirety and understand its meaning.

(b)

Directly following the warning in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) shall be printed in bold-faced type the following:
Petition to recall (name of person sought to be recalled) from the office of (title of office).

(c)

A recall petition shall not be circulated until it has been approved as meeting the requirements of this section as to form. The clerk shall approve or disapprove a petition as to form no later than the close of the second business day following submission of the proposed petition. The clerk shall mail or transmit electronically written notice of the clerk’s action to the officer sought to be recalled on the day that any such petition is approved.

(d)

A recall petition must be signed by registered electors entitled to vote for a successor of the incumbent sought to be recalled equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast for all candidates for that particular office at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality. If the person sought to be recalled holds an office that more than one person is required by law to fill, then the recall petition shall be signed by registered electors entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be recalled equal in number to twenty-five percent of the entire vote cast at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality for all candidates for the office, divided by the number of all officers elected to such office at the last preceding regular election held in the municipality even if the person sought to be recalled was elected at a different election.

Source: Section 31-4-502 — Procedure - petition - signatures, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑4‑101
Corporate authority vested 31‑4‑102
Mayor - qualifications and duties 31‑4‑103
Mayor - vacancy - appointment - mayor pro tem 31‑4‑104
Wards 31‑4‑105
Election of officers - terms 31‑4‑106
Councilman - residence - vacancies 31‑4‑107
Appointment of officers - terms 31‑4‑108
Expulsion from city council - vacancies in other offices 31‑4‑109
Compensation and fees of officers 31‑4‑110
City clerk - duties - city seal 31‑4‑111
City treasurer - powers and duties 31‑4‑112
Marshal or chief of police - duties 31‑4‑113
Terms of officers end upon adoption of charter 31‑4‑201
Authority to reorganize - rights and powers 31‑4‑202
Petition - election 31‑4‑203
Majority vote carries - when effective 31‑4‑204
Prior laws applicable - rights and liabilities continue 31‑4‑205
Council members - vacancies 31‑4‑206
Council members - nomination - election - compensation 31‑4‑207
Mayor - selection 31‑4‑207.5
Mayor - powers and duties 31‑4‑208
City attorney - municipal judge 31‑4‑209
Rules - business - journal 31‑4‑210
City manager - qualifications - removal 31‑4‑211
City manager - powers and responsibility 31‑4‑212
Council not to interfere 31‑4‑213
Duties of city manager 31‑4‑214
City manager sits in council - no vote 31‑4‑215
Administrative plan 31‑4‑216
Accounts of utilities 31‑4‑217
Publicity of records 31‑4‑218
Pay of officers and employees 31‑4‑219
Official bonds - waiver 31‑4‑301
Mayor - board of trustees - election - compensation 31‑4‑301.5
Change in number of trustees 31‑4‑302
Mayor - powers 31‑4‑303
Trustees to fill vacancy - mayor pro tem - clerk pro tem 31‑4‑304
Appointment of officers - compensation 31‑4‑305
Clerk - duties 31‑4‑306
Marshal or chief of police - powers and duties 31‑4‑307
Removal of officers - causes - notice 31‑4‑401
Oath or affirmation of officers - bonds - waiver - declaring office vacant 31‑4‑402
New bond 31‑4‑403
Lawful pay only for governing bodies 31‑4‑404
Not to be appointed to office 31‑4‑405
Emoluments not to be increased 31‑4‑406
Territorial corporations - compensation fixed by electors 31‑4‑407
Penalty for receiving illegal compensation 31‑4‑501
Officers subject to recall 31‑4‑502
Procedure - petition - signatures 31‑4‑503
Petition in sections - signing - affidavit - review - tampering with petition 31‑4‑504
Resignation - vacancy filled - election - ballot - nomination 31‑4‑504.5
Incumbent not recalled - reimbursement 31‑4‑505
Recall after six months - second petition 31‑4‑507
Powers of clerk and deputy
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-4-502’s source at colorado​.gov