§ C.R.S. § 1-5-705Accessible voter interface devices - minimum requirement

A voting system
must include at least one accessible voter interface device installed at each polling location that
meets the requirements of this part 7.
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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1-5-706. Ballot access for voters with a disability - definition. (1) The secretary of
state shall establish procedures to enable a voter with a disability to independently and privately
mark a ballot or use an electronic voting device that produces a paper record using nonvisual
access, low-vision access, or other assistive technology in order for the voter to vote in a mail
ballot election pursuant to article 7.5 of this title 1. The procedures shall include a method, to be
determined by the secretary of state, by which a voter with a disability may request such a ballot.
(1.5) In addition to the procedures specified in subsection (1) of this section, the
secretary of state shall establish an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a
disability may request and return a ballot.
(2) (a) A voter with a disability who requests that a ballot and balloting materials be sent
to the voter by electronic transmission may choose electronic mail delivery or, if offered by the
voter's jurisdiction, other electronic means. The designated election official in each jurisdiction
charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting
materials to the voter using the means of transmission chosen by the voter.
(b) If a ballot application from a voter with a disability arrives after the jurisdiction
begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with
distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit them to the voter within seventy-two
hours after the receipt of the application.
(c) A voter with a disability who receives a ballot pursuant to this subsection (2) may
print and return the ballot or may return the ballot by electronic transmission if the voter affirms
the voter is an eligible person in accordance with subsection (2)(d) of this section. To be valid, a
ballot returned by a voter pursuant to this subsection (2) must include a signed affidavit or a
copy of an acceptable form of identification as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5) and must be
received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on the day
of the election.
(d) As used in this section, "eligible person" means an individual who, regardless of any
other disability:
(I) Is blind;
(II) Has a visual impairment or perceptual or reading disability that cannot be improved
to give visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such impairment
or disability and so is unable to read or mark a ballot to substantially the same degree as a person
without an impairment or disability; or
(III) Is otherwise unable, through physical disability, to hold, mark, or manipulate a
ballot or to focus or move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading or
marking a ballot.
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1-5-801. Acquisition of voting systems - voter-verified paper record. (1) On and
after June 6, 2005, a political subdivision shall not acquire a voting system unless the voting
system is capable of producing a voter-verified paper record of each elector's vote.
(2) A political subdivision shall not acquire a voting device that has been retrofitted to
comply with this part 8 unless the voting device has been certified by the secretary of state.