§ C.R.S. § 1-2-605Canceling registration - procedures

(1) (a) Correspondence by mail from
the county clerk and recorder to a registered elector of a county must include, at a minimum, the
elector's name and address.
(b) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), if correspondence
described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) is returned by the United States postal service as
undeliverable, the county clerk and recorder shall mark the elector's registration record
"Inactive" and mail the elector a confirmation card.
(II) If correspondence described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) is returned by the
United States postal service as undeliverable and the elector's registration record is already
marked "Inactive", the county clerk and recorder shall not modify the record and may not mail
the elector a confirmation card.
(c) If an elector's confirmation card is not returned to the county clerk and recorder as
undeliverable, the county clerk and recorder shall not change the elector's registration record.
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(2) Repealed.
(3) Any registered elector whose registration record is marked "Inactive" is eligible to
vote in any election where registration is required if the elector meets all other requirements.
(4) A county clerk and recorder shall mark an "Inactive" elector's registration record as
"Active" if:
(a) The elector updates his or her registration information; or
(b) The elector votes in an election conducted by a county clerk and recorder or an
election for which the registration information has been provided to the clerk and recorder; or
(c) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)
(d) The elector completes, signs, and returns a confirmation card or change of address
card.
(5) If an active elector's mail ballot is returned to the county clerk and recorder by the
United States postal service as undeliverable, the county clerk and recorder shall mark the
elector's registration record "Inactive" and send to the elector a confirmation card by which the
elector may verify or correct the address information. If the elector verifies that he or she has
moved within the state, the county clerk and recorder shall forward the address information to
the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the voter resides to update the elector's
registration record with the new address. If the elector verifies that he or she has moved outside
the state, the county clerk and recorder shall cancel the elector's registration record. If the elector
fails to respond, the county clerk and recorder shall leave the registration record of that elector
marked "Inactive".
(6) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)
(7) If an elector whose registration record is marked "Inactive" fails to update his or her
registration record, fails to respond to any confirmation card, and fails to vote in any election
conducted by the county clerk and recorder during the time period that includes two consecutive
general elections since the elector's registration record was marked "Inactive", the county clerk
and recorder shall cancel the elector's registration record. Nothing in this section allows an
elector's registration record to be canceled solely for failure to vote.
(8) No later than ninety days following any general election, the county clerk and
recorder shall furnish to the county chairperson of each major political party a list containing the
names, addresses, precinct numbers, and party affiliations of the electors whose registration
records were canceled pursuant to this section.
(9) to (11) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)
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Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-2-224 as it existed prior to 1997.
Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and
2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.