§ C.R.S. § 1-4-601Designation of candidates for primary election - definition

(1) (a)
Assemblies of the major political parties may make assembly designations of candidates for
nomination on the primary election ballot. Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this
section, an assembly shall be held no later than seventy-three days preceding the primary
election.
(b) Repealed.
(1.5) To be named as a candidate for designation by assembly, a person must provide
notice in writing as follows no less than thirty days before the assembly, unless otherwise
provided by party rules:
(a) A person seeking designation by a county assembly must provide notice to the
county chair;
(b) A person seeking designation by a multicounty district assembly must provide notice
to the multicounty district chair and the state chair;
(c) A person seeking designation by a single-county district assembly that is not a county
assembly must provide notice to the single-county district chair; and
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(d) A person seeking designation by the state assembly must provide notice to the state
chair.
(2) (a) An assembly must take no more than two ballots for party candidates for each
office to be filled at the next general election. Every candidate receiving thirty percent or more
of the votes of all duly accredited assembly delegates who are present and voting on that office
must be certified by affidavit of the presiding officer and secretary of the assembly. If no
candidate receives thirty percent or more of the votes of all duly accredited assembly delegates
who are present and voting, a second ballot must be cast on all the candidates for that office. If
on the second ballot no candidate receives thirty percent or more of the votes cast, the two
candidates receiving the highest number of votes must be certified as candidates for that office
by the assembly. The certificate of designation by assembly must state the name of the office for
which each person is a candidate and the candidate's name and address, must designate in not
more than three words the name of the political party which the candidate represents, and must
certify that the candidate has been a member of the political party for the period of time required
by party rule or by subsection (4) of this section if the party has no such rule. The candidate's
affiliation, as shown in the statewide voter registration system, is prima facie evidence of
political party membership. The certificate of designation must indicate the order of the vote
received at the assembly by candidates for each office, but no assembly shall declare that any
one candidate has received the nomination of the assembly. The certificate of designation must
be filed in accordance with section 1-4-604. If two or more candidates receiving designation
under this subsection (2) have received an equal number of votes, the order of certification of
designation is determined by lot by the candidates. The assembly shall select a vacancy
committee for vacancies in designation or nomination only.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a delegate may participate in the
assembly remotely, including casting the delegate's vote by e-mail, mail, telephone, or through
an internet-based application if allowed by the party's rules.
(3) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), no later than four days
after the adjournment of the assembly, each candidate designated by assembly shall file a written
acceptance with the officer with whom the certificate of designation is filed. This acceptance
may be transmitted by facsimile transmission. If the acceptance is transmitted by facsimile
transmission, the original acceptance must also be filed and postmarked no later than ten days
after the adjournment of the assembly. The acceptance shall state the candidate's name in the
form in which it is to appear on the ballot. The name may include one nickname, if the candidate
regularly uses the nickname and the nickname does not include any part of a political party
name. If an acceptance is not filed within the specified time, the candidate shall be deemed to
have declined the designation; except that the candidate shall not be deemed to have declined the
designation and shall be included on the primary ballot if late filing of an acceptance is caused
by the failure to timely file a certificate of designation or the failure to file such acceptance with
such certificate of designation, as required by section 1-4-604 (1)(a).
(b) The written acceptance of a candidate nominated by assembly for any national or
state office or for member of the general assembly, district attorney, or district office greater
than a county office shall be filed by the presiding officer or secretary of such assembly with the
certificate of designation of such assembly, as required by section 1-4-604 (1)(a). Nothing in this
paragraph (b) shall prohibit a candidate from filing an acceptance of nomination directly with the
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officer with whom the certificate of designation is filed following written notice of such filing by
the candidate to the presiding officer of the political party holding such assembly.
(4) (a) No person is eligible for designation by assembly as a candidate for nomination at
any primary election unless the person was affiliated with the political party holding the
assembly, as shown in the statewide voter registration system, no later than the first business day
of the January immediately preceding the primary election, unless otherwise provided by party
rules.
(b) Repealed.
(5) As used in this section, "political party" means a major political party as defined in
section 1-1-104 (22).