§ C.R.S. § 1-5-402Primary election ballots

(1) No later than thirty-two days before the primary
election, the county clerk and recorder shall prepare a separate ballot for each political party. The
county clerk and recorder shall ensure that the ballots are printed in the following manner:
(a) The county clerk and recorder shall ensure that all official ballots are printed
according to the provisions of section 1-5-407; except that across the top of each ballot must be
printed the name of the political party for which the ballot is to be used.
(b) The positions on the ballot shall be arranged as follows: First, candidates for United
States senator; next, congressional candidates; next, state candidates; next, legislative candidates;
next, district attorney candidates; next, other candidates for district offices greater than a county
office; next, candidates for county commissioners; next, county clerk and recorder candidates;
next, county treasurer candidates; next, county assessor candidates; next, county sheriff
candidates; next, county surveyor candidates; and next, county coroner candidates. When other
offices are to be filled at the coming general election, the county clerk and recorder, in preparing
the primary ballot, shall use substantially the form prescribed by this section, stating the proper
designation of the office and placing the names of the candidates for the office under the name of
the office.
(2) Repealed.
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Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 1-6-401 (2) as it existed prior to
1992.
(2) This section was amended by initiative in 2016. 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