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Colorado Statutes § 1-4-904 Signatures on the petitions

⤴ Up to Article 4: Elections - Access to Ballot by Candidates

Statute Text

(1) Every petition shall be signed only by eligible electors.
(2)
(a) For petitions to nominate candidates from a major political party in a partisan election, each signer must be affiliated with the major political party named in the petition and shall state the following to the circulator: That the signer has been affiliated with the major political party named in the petition for at least twenty-two days as shown in the statewide voter registration system and that the signer has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.
(b) Petitions to nominate candidates from a minor political party or unaffiliated candidates in a partisan election may be signed by any eligible elector who has not signed any other petition for any other candidate for the same office.
(3) Unless physically unable, all electors shall sign their own signature and shall print their names, their respective residence addresses, including the street number and name, the city or town, the county, and the date of signature. Each signature on a petition shall be made, to the extent possible, in black ink.
(4) Any person, except a circulator, may assist an elector who is physically unable to sign the petition in completing the information on the petition as required by law. On the petition, immediately following the name of the disabled elector, the person providing assistance shall sign, provide the person's address, and state that the assistance was given to the disabled elector.

History

Amended by 2021 Ch. 282 , § 20 , eff. 6/21/2021 .

Amended by 2016 Ch. 173 , § 32 , eff. 5/18/2016 .

L. 92: Entire part R&RE, p. 688, § 7, effective 1/1/1993 . L. 93: (1) amended, p. 34, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 765, § 28, effective May 20. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1626, § 3, effective June 7. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1311, § 8, effective April 22. L. 2016: (2)(a) amended, (SB 16-142), ch. 577, p. 577, § 32, effective May 18.

Editor's Note

(1) This section is similar to former § 1-4-603 (3) as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) Section 85 of chapter 282 (SB 21-250), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to elections conducted on or after June 21, 2021.

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