§ C.R.S. § 1-5-203Certification of ballot

(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(c) of this
section, no later than sixty days before any primary election, and no later than fifty-seven days
before any general or odd-year November election or congressional vacancy election, the
secretary of state shall deliver by electronic transmission and registered mail to the county clerk
and recorder of each county a certificate in writing of the ballot order and content for each
county, as follows:
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(I) For general elections, the certificate shall specify the national and state officers and
the district officers of state concern for whom some or all of the eligible electors of the county
are entitled to cast ballots at the general election. The certificate shall include the name and party
or other designation of each candidate for whom some or all of the eligible electors of the county
are entitled to cast ballots and for whom a petition or certificate of nomination has been filed
with the secretary of state, the name and party of each candidate nominated at the primary
election for a national or state office or a district office of state concern, and the order of the
ballot and the ballot content for the election. With regard to the election of members to the
general assembly, the notice shall also specify the district number and the names of the members
whose terms of office will expire.
(II) For primary elections, the certificate shall specify the offices for which nominations
are to be made. The notice shall include a certified list of persons for whom certificates of
designation or petitions have been filed with the secretary of state and the office for which each
person is a candidate, together with the other details mentioned in the certificates of designation
or petitions, and the order of the ballot for the primary election.
(III) For any election at which one or more ballot issues or ballot questions are to be
submitted to the eligible electors of the entire state, the secretary of state shall certify the order of
ballot and ballot content with respect to such ballot issues or ballot questions to the county clerk
and recorder of each county of the state.
(b) The secretary of state shall be solely responsible for the accuracy of the information
contained in the certificate.
(c) Repealed.
(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1626, § 4, effective June 7, 2002.)
(3) (a) No later than sixty days before any election, the designated election official of
each political subdivision that intends to conduct an election shall certify the order of the ballot
and ballot content. Such certification shall be delivered to the county clerk and recorder of each
county that has territory within the political subdivision if the election is coordinated with the
clerk and recorder. The order of the ballot and ballot content shall include the name and office of
each candidate for whom a petition has been filed with the designated election official and any
ballot issues or ballot questions to be submitted to the eligible electors.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1626, § 4, effective June 7, 2002.)
(c) The state or a political subdivision that issues a certificate pursuant to this subsection
(3) shall be solely responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in the certificate.
Any error that can be corrected pursuant to the provisions of section 1-5-412 shall be corrected
at the expense of the political subdivision whose designated election official issued the defective
certificate or, at the expense of the state, if the secretary of state issued the defective certificate.
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Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 1-6-202 as it existed prior to 1992.
(2) Subsection (1)(c)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(c), effective December
31, 2020. (See L. 2020, p. 87.)