§ C.R.S. § 1-2-201(untitled)

Registration required - deadlines - additional identifying information to be
provided by first-time registrants. (1) No person shall be permitted to cast a regular ballot at
any election without first having been registered within the time and in the manner required by
the provisions of this article. No charge shall be made for registration.
(2) Each elector registering shall sign his or her name on the registration record or, if
unable to write, shall make a personal mark or be provided assistance to make such a mark by
the county clerk and recorder or any other person authorized by the county clerk and recorder or
the elector. The elector shall answer the questions required by section 1-2-204 and shall
complete the self-affirmation required by section 1-2-205.
(3) (a) Any other provisions of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, an elector is
permitted to vote in any primary, presidential, general, coordinated, special legislative,
municipal, congressional vacancy, special district, or other election if he or she timely registers
to vote before or on the date of such election.
(b) An elector may timely register to vote by:
(I) Submitting an application through a voter registration drive no later than twenty-two
days before the election; except that, if the twenty-second day before an election is a Saturday,
Sunday, state legal holiday, or federal holiday recognized by the United States postal service, the
elector is permitted to register on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, state legal holiday,
or federal holiday recognized by the United States postal service;
(II) Registering through a high school, in accordance with part 4 of this article 2;
(III) Submitting an application through the mail, a voter registration agency, a local
driver's license examination facility, or the online voter registration system established pursuant
to section 1-2-202.5 (7)(c), through the eighth day prior to an election; except that, if the eighth
day before an election is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the elector is permitted to register
on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday;
(IV) Appearing in-person at the elector's county clerk and recorder's office at any time
during which registration is permitted at the office; or
(V) Appearing in-person at a voter service and polling center pursuant to section 1-2217.7 at any time during which the voter service and polling center is open, including on election
day.
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(4) To receive a ballot by mail for an election conducted under this code, an elector must
submit his or her voter registration application on or before the eighth day before the election.
(5) An elector who submits a voter registration form and has not previously voted in the
state shall:
(a) Submit with the voter registration form a copy of identification as defined in section
1-1-104 (19.5), the elector's driver's license number, or the last four digits of the elector's social
security number; or
(b) Submit a copy of identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5) with the elector's
mail ballot in accordance with section 1-7.5-107 (3.5).
Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter
185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.