Colorado Statutes § 1-2-502.5 Transfer of voter registration information to secretary of state

(1) Subject to compliance with all applicable federal laws and regulations, the department of health care policy and financing shall provide to the secretary of state, on a schedule established by the secretary of state, electronic records containing the full name, date of birth, residence address, deliverable mailing address if different from the residence address, and county of residence for each registered and unregistered eligible elector who applies for medical assistance as defined in section 25.5-4-103 (13) ; except that the department of state shall not use the record of a person who is a program participant in the "Address Confidentiality Program Act", part 21 of article 30 of title 24 , for voter registration purposes.

(2) If available, the department of health care policy and financing shall also provide, for each eligible elector, an electronic copy of the elector's signature and the eligible elector's valid Colorado driver's license or identification card number or the last four digits of the elector's social security number.

(3) Upon receiving the electronic record for an unregistered eligible elector that includes all of the information in subsection (1) of this section and either the elector's valid Colorado driver's license or identification card number or the last four digits of the elector's social security number in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, the secretary of state shall provide the information to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the elector resides. Upon receipt of a record, the county clerk and recorder shall determine if the record is complete for the purposes of voter registration. If the record is not complete, the county clerk and recorder shall send to the person's address of record, by nonforwardable mail, notice that the person has not been registered to vote and stating the additional information required to register. If the person provides the additional information, the person is registered to vote effective on the date of the person's application with the department of health care policy and financing. If the person does not provide the additional information necessary to make his or her application complete and accurate within twenty-four months after the notification is mailed pursuant to this subsection (3), the person's registration is canceled.

(4) If the record is complete for purposes of voter registration, the county clerk and recorder shall send to the person's address of record, by nonforwardable mail, notice that the person has been registered to vote and a postage paid preaddressed return form by which the person may:

(5) A notice mailed under subsection (4) of this section must include an explanation, in both English and Spanish, of the eligibility requirements to register to vote, and a statement that, if the person is not eligible, the person should decline to register using the preaddressed return form.

(6) The notice provided under subsection (4) of this section must include a statement that, if a person declines to register to vote, the fact that the person has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration statistics purposes, and a statement that, if the person remains registered to vote, the office at which the person was registered will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration statistics purposes.

(7)

(7.5)

(8) After the twenty-day period described in subsection (7) of this section passes, the registration information of a person registered pursuant to this section, including the fact that the person was registered through a voter registration agency, becomes a registration record that must be maintained and made available for public inspection in accordance with section 1-2-227 . Information relating to the return of a notice form by a person declining to be registered and information relating to the specific agency at which a person was registered pursuant to this section is not a public record subject to inspection and shall not be used for any purpose other than voter registration statistics.

(9) This section does not preclude the state from complying with its obligations under the federal "National Voter Registration Act of 1993", 52 U.S.C. sec. 20501 et seq., as amended; the federal "Voting Rights Act of 1965", 52 U.S.C. sec. 10101 et seq., as amended; the federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002", 52 U.S.C. sec. 20901 et seq., as amended; or any other applicable federal laws.