§ C.R.S. § 1-2-218Change of name

(1) Any eligible elector who has been registered in the
county and who subsequently has had a name change by any legal means may have his or her
name changed in the statewide voter registration system by:
(a) Appearing before the county clerk and recorder or at a voter service and polling
center at any time during which registration at those locations is permitted and submitting the
change on forms prescribed by the secretary of state;
(b) Sending a personal letter received by the county clerk and recorder at any time
during which registration is permitted; or
(c) Completing and submitting, on election day, to an election judge forms prescribed by
the secretary of state.
(2) The prescribed form or personal letter for the change must include the elector's
printed former legal name, printed present legal name, birth date, last four digits of the elector's
social security number, if the elector wishes to state them, and signature of present legal name
and the date. Prescribed forms shall be furnished by the county clerk and recorder upon oral or
written request by the elector.
(3) A name change shall not be made by anyone other than the elector.
Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and
2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
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1-2-218.5. Declaration of affiliation. (1) The declaration of affiliation of each
registered elector shall remain as recorded in the registration record until the elector changes or
withdraws his or her affiliation.
(2) Any eligible elector who has not declared an affiliation with a political party or
political organization must be designated on the registration records of the county clerk and
recorder as "unaffiliated". Any unaffiliated eligible elector may, but is not required to, declare a
political party affiliation when the elector desires to vote at a primary election, or the elector
may declare his or her political party or political organization affiliation at any other time during
which electors are permitted to register by submitting a letter or a form furnished by the county
clerk and recorder, by mail, in person, or online in accordance with section 1-2-202.5. An
unaffiliated eligible elector need not declare an affiliation to vote in a presidential primary
election.
November 8, 2016, and effective upon proclamation of the governor on December 27, 2016.
(2) (a) This section was amended by initiatives in 2016. The vote count on Proposition
107 at the general election held November 8, 2016, was as follows:
FOR: 1,701,599
AGAINST: 953,246
(b) The vote count on Proposition 108 at the general election held November 8, 2016,
was as follows:
FOR: 1,398,577
AGAINST: 1,227,117
Colorado in Proposition 108, see section 1 on p. 2822, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.