§ C.R.S. § 1-5-908State assistance to counties for implementation costs

Subject to available
resources, the state shall endeavor to provide financial assistance to counties that are subject to
the requirements of this part 9 to offset the costs incurred by the counties in complying with this
part 9.
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(e) Provide protection against abuse, including tampering, fraudulent use, and illegal
manipulation by electors, election officials, or any other individual or group; and
(f) Provide uninterrupted and reliable internet availability for the purpose of casting
votes via the internet by the electors.
(2) The secretary of state shall implement the internet-based voting system so that each
designated or coordinated election official of a county or other political subdivision participating
in the pilot program shall:
(a) Assure that each absent uniformed services elector serving outside the United States
who logs in to vote via the internet is eligible and registered to vote;
(b) Verify that each elector who logs in to vote via the internet is the same person who is
registered and qualified to vote;
(c) Verify that the votes of the electors transmitted to the election officials via the
internet are private and secure and have not been viewed or altered by sites that lie between the
voting location and the vote-counting destination;
(d) Verify that all votes cast via the internet by electors were cast by 7 p.m. mountain
standard time on the day of the election; and
(e) Verify that all votes cast via the internet by electors were indeed counted and
attributed correctly to the elector who cast the vote.
(3) The secretary of state may by rule promulgated in accordance with article 4 of title
24, C.R.S., establish procedures necessary to implement this article.
(4) There is hereby created in the state treasury the internet-based voting pilot program
fund to provide for the direct and indirect costs associated with implementing this article. The
fund consists of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the fund and any gifts,
grants, and donations to the fund from private or public sources for the purposes of this article.
All private and public funds received through gifts, grants, and donations shall be transmitted to
the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to
annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of state for the purposes
specified in this article. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund at the
end of any fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or
any other fund.
(5) Repealed.
Colorado Revised Statutes 2024
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front of this volume and the editor's note following the title heading. Former C.R.S. section
numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated in 1992. For a
detailed comparison of this article for 1980 and 1992, see the comparative tables located in the
back of the index.