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Colorado Statutes § 1-5-603 Adoption and payment for voting machines

⤴ Up to Article 5: Notice of and Preparation for Elections

Statute Text

(1) The governing body of any political subdivision may adopt for use at elections any kind of voting machine fulfilling the requirements for voting machines set forth in this part 6. These voting machines may be used at any or all elections held in the political subdivision for casting, registering, and counting votes. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the governing body of any political subdivision which adopts and purchases or leases voting machines shall provide for the payment of the purchase price or the rent in such manner as may be in the best interest of the political subdivision and may for that purpose provide for the issuance of interest-bearing bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations, which shall be a charge upon the county. The bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations may be made payable at such times, not exceeding ten years from the date of issue, as may be determined by the governing body but shall not be issued or sold at less than par.
(2)
(a) If the secretary of state certifies a voting system for use in an election using instant runoff voting in accordance with section 1-5-617 (1.5), the secretary of state shall, if possible, negotiate a single annual statewide license with the voting system provider to allow each county that uses the voting system to conduct elections using instant runoff voting. The secretary of state shall pay for the annual statewide license from the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b) .
(b) Each county that uses a voting system in an instant runoff voting election pursuant to a license obtained by the secretary of state in accordance with subsection (2)(a) of this section shall reimburse the secretary of state for its proportionate share of the cost of the annual statewide license for that year. The secretary of state shall invoice any county that uses the voting system in an instant runoff voting election for its share of the cost as a proportion of the number of registered active voters in all participating municipalities in that county compared to the total number of registered active voters in all participating municipalities in the state as determined by the secretary of state pursuant to this section.

History

Amended by 2022 Ch. 322 , § 8 , eff. 6/2/2022 .

Amended by 2021 Ch. 367 , § 5 , eff. 7/1/2022 .

L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 719, § 8, effective 1/1/1993 . L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 2017, § 1, effective June 1.

Editor's Note

This section is similar to former § 1-6-603 as it existed prior to 1992.

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