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Colorado Statutes § 1-13-201 Interfering with or impeding registration

⤴ Up to Article 13: Election Offenses

Statute Text

Any person who intentionally interferes with or impedes the registration of electors, whether by act of commission or by failure to perform any act or duty imposed or required for the proper administration of parts 2 and 3 of article 2 of this title 1, or who knowingly permits or encourages another to do so upon conviction shall be punished as provided in section 1-13-111 . A person who collects a voter registration application from an eligible elector for mailing or delivery to the county clerk and recorder and who fails to mail or deliver the application to the proper county clerk and recorder within five business days after the application is signed is guilty of a violation of this section; except that this section shall not apply to a voter registration drive circulator or voter registration drive organizer, who shall be subject to the penalties described in part 7 of article 2 of this title 1.

History

Amended by 2021 Ch. 462 , § 10 , eff. 3/1/2022 .

L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 430, § 1, effective 1/1/1981 . L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 1425, § 54, effective June 6; entire section amended, p. 1460, § 54, effective June 6. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1116), ch. 839, p. 839, § 27, effective May 5.

Editor's Note

(1) This section is similar to former § 1-13-108 as it existed prior to 1980.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.

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