§ C.R.S. § 1-2-101Qualifications for registration - preregistration

(1) Every person who is
eighteen years of age or older on the date of the next election and who has the following
qualifications is entitled to register to vote at all elections:
(a) The person is a citizen of the United States; and
(b) The person has resided in this state twenty-two days immediately prior to the election
at which the person intends to vote.
(2) (a) (I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a)(I) is effective until January
1, 2025.] Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, upon satisfactory proof of age, every
person who is otherwise qualified to register and is sixteen years of age or older but will not
have reached eighteen years of age by the date of the next election may preregister and update
his or her preregistered information by any means authorized in this article for persons eighteen
years of age or older. Upon reaching eighteen years of age, the person is automatically
registered.
(2) (a) (I) [Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a)(I) is effective January 1,
2025.] Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, upon satisfactory proof of age, every
person who is otherwise qualified to register and is fifteen years of age or older but will not have
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reached eighteen years of age by the date of the next election may preregister and update the
person's preregistered information by any means authorized in this article for persons eighteen
years of age or older. Upon reaching eighteen years of age, the person is automatically
registered.
(II) Repealed.
(b) The registration requirements of section 1-2-201 apply to a person preregistering to
vote under this subsection (2).
(c) A person preregistered under this subsection (2) who is seventeen years of age on the
date of a primary election or presidential primary election and who will be eighteen years of age
on the date of the next general election is entitled to vote in the primary election or presidential
primary election.
(3) Repealed.
July 1, 2014. (See L. 2013, p. 677.)
Const.; for voting age for electors, see § 1 of art. VII, Colo. Const., and article XXVI of the
Constitution of the United States; for registration of citizens residing outside the United States,
see article 8.3 of this title; for offenses relating to unlawful qualification as a taxpaying elector,
see § 1-13-202.
(2) In 2013, subsection (1)(b) was amended by the "Voter Access and Modernized
Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter
185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
(3) For the short title ("Colorado Votes Act") in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter
326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
(4) For the legislative declaration in HB 19-1266, see section 1 of chapter 283, Session
Laws of Colorado 2019.