§ C.R.S. § 1-1-104Definitions

As used in this code, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Abstract of votes cast" means a certified record of the results in each election for
candidates for any office, ballot issue, or ballot question that the county clerk and recorder
certified for the ballot.
(1.1) "Address of record" means the elector's place of residence or the elector's
deliverable mailing address, if different from the elector's place of residence.
(1.2) "Affiliation" means an elector's decision to affiliate with either a political party or a
political organization, as defined in subsections (24) and (25) of this section.
(1.3) "Assembly" means a meeting of delegates of a political party, organized in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the political party, held for the purpose of
designating candidates for nominations.
(1.5) "Authorizing legislation" means the provisions of the state constitution or statutes
or of a local charter authorizing the existence and powers of a political subdivision and providing
for the call and conduct of the political subdivision's election.
(1.7) "Ballot" means the list of all candidates, ballot issues, and ballot questions upon
which an eligible elector is entitled to vote at an election.
(2) "Ballot box" means the locked and sealed container in which ballots are deposited by
eligible electors. The term includes the container in which ballots are transferred from a polling
location to the office of the designated election official and the transfer case in which electronic
ballot cards and paper tapes and the "prom" or any other electronic tabulation device are sealed
by election judges for transfer to the central counting center.
(2.1) "Ballot card" means the card, tape, or other vehicle on which an elector's votes are
recorded in an electronic or electromechanical voting system.
(2.3) "Ballot issue" means a state or local government matter arising under section 20 of
article X of the state constitution, as defined in sections 1-41-102 (4) and 1-41-103 (4),
respectively.
(2.5) "Ballot issue notice" means the notice which is required by section 20 (3)(b) of
article X of the state constitution and comprises the material between the notice title and the
conclusion of the summary of comments.
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(2.7) "Ballot question" means a state or local government matter involving a citizen
petition or referred measure, other than a ballot issue.
(2.8) "Confirmation card" means a communication mailed from a county clerk and
recorder to an elector pursuant to section 1-2-302.5 (2)(b)(III), 1-2-509 (3)(b)(III), or 1-2-605,
which card must:
(a) Be mailed to the elector's address of record;
(b) Be sent by forwardable mail;
(c) Comply with all relevant requirements of the federal "National Voter Registration
Act of 1993", 52 U.S.C. sec. 20501 et seq., as amended; and
(d) Include a postage-prepaid, preaddressed form by which the elector may verify or
correct his or her address information.
(3) (Deleted by amendment, L. 94, p. 1750, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.)
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1394, § 2, effective July 1, 1993.)
(5) "Congressional vacancy election" means an election held at a time other than the
general election for the purpose of filling a vacancy in an unexpired term of a representative in
congress.
(6) "Convention" means a meeting of delegates of a political party, organized in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the political party, held for the purpose of selecting
delegates to other political conventions, including national conventions, making nominations for
presidential electors, or nominating candidates to fill vacancies in unexpired terms of
representatives in congress or held for other political functions not otherwise covered in this
code.
(6.5) "Coordinated election" means an election where more than one political
subdivision with overlapping boundaries or the same electors holds an election on the same day
and the eligible electors are all registered electors, and the county clerk and recorder is the
coordinated election official for the political subdivisions.
(7) "County" includes a city and county.
(7.5) "Deliverable mailing address" means the elector's mailing address if different from
the elector's address of record as specified in accordance with section 1-2-204 (2)(f).
(8) "Designated election official" means the member of a governing board, secretary of
the board, county clerk and recorder, or other person designated by the governing body as the
person who is responsible for the running of an election.
(9) "District captain" or "district co-captain" means any registered elector who is a
resident of the district, is affiliated with a political party, and is designated or elected pursuant to
political party rules of the county.
(9.5) "District office of state concern" means those elective offices, involving
congressional districts or unique political subdivisions with territory in more than one county
and with their own enabling legislation, as identified by rules of the secretary of state based upon
the method for designating candidates for office and responsibility for identification and
qualification of candidates.
(9.6) "Driver's license" means any license, temporary instruction permit, or temporary
license issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor
vehicles and any identification card issued under part 4 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.
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(9.7) "Drop box" means a secure receptacle established to receive mail ballots twentyfour hours a day. The term does not include a mail ballot box maintained at a voter service and
polling center pursuant to section 1-5-102.9 (3)(l) or a drop-off location.
(9.8) "Drop-off location" means a location established for the receipt of mail ballots
under the supervision of a municipal clerk, election judges, a county clerk and recorder or a
member of the county clerk and recorder's staff, a designated election official, or another person
designated by the designated election official as required by this code. The term does not include
a mail ballot box maintained at a voter service and polling center pursuant to section 1-5-102.9
(3)(l) or a drop box.
(10) "Election official" means any county clerk and recorder, election judge, member of
a canvassing board, member of a board of county commissioners, member or secretary of a
board of directors authorized to conduct public elections, representative of a governing body, or
other person contracting for or engaged in the performance of election duties as required by this
code.
(11) "Election records" includes accounting forms, certificates of registration, pollbooks,
certificates of election, signature cards, all affidavits, voter applications, other voter lists and
records, mail ballot return envelopes, voted ballots, unused ballots, spoiled ballots, replacement
ballots, key card access system logs, and video security surveillance recordings.
(12) "Elector" means a person who is legally qualified to vote in this state. The related
terms "eligible elector", "registered elector", and "taxpaying elector" are separately defined in
this section.
(13) "Elector registration information changes" means changes in the name, address, or
political affiliation of a registered elector which are allowed by the provisions of this code.
(13.5) "Electromechanical voting system" means a system in which an elector votes
using a device for marking a ballot card using ink or another visible substance and the votes are
counted with electronic vote-tabulating equipment. The term includes a system in which votes
are recorded electronically within the equipment on paper tape and are recorded simultaneously
on an electronic device that permits tabulation at a counting center. As used in part 6 of article 5
of this title, "electromechanical voting system" shall include a paper-based voting system.
(14) "Electronic vote-tabulating equipment" or "electronic vote-counting equipment"
means any apparatus that examines and records votes automatically and tabulates the result,
including but not limited to optical scanning equipment. The term includes any apparatus that
counts votes electronically and tabulates the results simultaneously on a paper tape within the
apparatus, that uses an electronic device to store the tabulation results, and that has the capability
to transmit the votes into a central processing unit for purposes of a printout and an official
count.
(14.5) "Electronic voting device" means a device by which votes are recorded
electronically, including a touchscreen system.
(15) Repealed.
(15.5) "Electronic voting system" means a system in which an elector votes using an
electronic voting device.
(16) "Eligible elector" means a person who meets the specific requirements for voting at
a specific election or for a specific candidate, ballot question, or ballot issue. If no specific
provisions are given, an eligible elector shall be a registered elector, as defined in subsection
(35) of this section.
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(16.5) "Federally accredited laboratory" means a laboratory certified under section 231
of the federal "Help America Vote Act of 2002", 52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq., or any successor
section.
(17) "General election" means the election held on the Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday of November in each even-numbered year.
(18) "Governing body" means a board of county commissioners, a city council, a board
of trustees, a board of directors, or any other entity which is responsible for the calling and
conducting of an election.
(18.5) "Group residential facility" means a nursing home, a nursing care facility licensed
pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25, a home for persons with intellectual and developmental
disabilities as defined in section 25.5-10-202, an assisted living residence licensed pursuant to
section 25-27-105, or a residential treatment facility for persons with behavioral or mental health
disorders.
(19) "Gubernatorial" means and refers to voting in general elections for the office of
governor.
(19.5) (a) "Identification" means:
(I) A valid Colorado driver's license, except a license issued under part 5 of article 2 of
title 42, C.R.S.;
(II) A valid identification card issued by the department of revenue in accordance with
the requirements of part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
(III) A valid United States passport;
(IV) A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector
issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government or of this
state, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or other political subdivision of this state;
(V) A valid pilot's license issued by the federal aviation administration or other
authorized agency of the United States;
(VI) A valid United States military identification card with a photograph of the eligible
elector;
(VII) A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or
other government document that shows the name and address of the elector;
(VIII) A valid medicare or medicaid card issued by the United States health care
financing administration;
(IX) A certified copy of a birth certificate for the elector issued in the United States;
(X) Certified documentation of naturalization;
(XI) A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued
by an institution of higher education in Colorado, as defined in section 23-3.1-102 (5), C.R.S.;
(XII) A valid veteran identification card issued by the United States department of
veterans affairs veterans health administration with a photograph of the eligible elector;
(XIII) A valid identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government
certifying tribal membership; or
(XIV) Any form of identification specified in subsections (19.5)(a)(I) to (19.5)(a)(XIII)
of this section that is in a digital format.
(b) Any form of identification indicated in paragraph (a) of this subsection (19.5) that
shows the address of the eligible elector shall be considered identification only if the address is
in the state of Colorado.
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(c) Verification that a voter is a resident of a group residential facility, as defined in
subsection (18.5) of this section, shall be considered sufficient identification for the purposes of
section 1-7-110 (1).
(d) Verification that a voter is a person committed to the department of human services
and confined and eligible to register and vote shall be considered sufficient identification of such
person for the purposes of section 1-2-210.5.
(19.7) "Instant runoff voting" means a ranked voting method used to select a single
winner in a race, as set forth in section 1-7-1003 (3).
(20) "Joint candidates" means the two candidates for the office of governor and the
office of lieutenant governor for whom one vote cast at any general election is applicable to both
offices.
(21) (Deleted by amendment, L. 93, p. 1394, § 2, effective July 1, 1993.)
(21.5) "Key card access system" means a system that controls physical entry into a room
or location by use of a radio frequency identification card or similar door access system and
produces a log that includes the name, date, and time that a person enters the room or area.
(22) "Major political party" means any political party that at the last preceding
gubernatorial election was represented on the official ballot either by political party candidates
or by individual nominees and whose candidate at the last preceding gubernatorial election
received at least ten percent of the total gubernatorial votes cast.
(22.5) "Major political party affiliation" means an elector's decision to affiliate with a
major political party, as defined in subsection (22