§ C.R.S. § 1-7-201Voting at primary election

(1) Any registered elector including a
preregistrant who is eligible under section 1-2-101 (2)(c), who has declared an affiliation with a
political party that is participating in a primary election and who desires to vote for candidates of
that party at a primary election shall show identification, as defined in section 1-1-104 (19.5),
write the registered elector's name and address on a form available at the voter service and
polling center, and give the form to one of the election judges.
(2) If the name is found on the registration list, the election judge having charge of the
list shall likewise repeat the elector's name and present the elector with the party ballot of the
political party affiliation last recorded.
(2.3) An eligible unaffiliated elector, including a preregistrant who is eligible under
section 1-2-101 (2)(c), is entitled to vote in the primary election of a major political party
without affiliating with that political party. To vote in a political party's primary election without
declaring an affiliation with the political party, any eligible unaffiliated elector shall declare to
the election judges the name of the political party in whose primary election the elector wishes to
vote. Thereupon, the election judges shall deliver the appropriate party ballot to the elector. In
addition, any eligible unaffiliated elector may openly declare to the election judges the name of
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the political party with which the elector wishes to affiliate and complete the necessary forms.
An eligible elector must separately date and sign or date and initial a declaration of affiliation
with a political party form in such manner that the elector clearly acknowledges that the
affiliation has been properly recorded. Thereupon, the election judges shall deliver the
appropriate party ballot to the eligible elector.
(3) Forms completed by eligible electors, as provided in subsection (1) of this section,
shall be returned with other election materials to the county clerk and recorder. If no challenges
have been made, the forms may be destroyed pursuant to section 1-7-802.
(4) Party ballots shall be cast in the same manner as in general elections. An elector shall
not vote for more candidates for any office than are to be elected at the general election as
indicated on the ballot.
(5) Instead of voting for a candidate whose name is printed on the party ballot, an elector
may cast a write-in vote for any eligible candidate who is a member of the major political party
and who has filed an affidavit of intent of write-in candidacy pursuant to section 1-4-1101.
When no candidate has been designated by an assembly or by petition, a write-in candidate for
nomination by any major political party must receive at least the number of votes at any primary
election that is required by section 1-4-801 (2) to become designated as a candidate by petition.
(6) The provisions of subsections (1), (2), and (4) of this section shall not apply to a
primary election conducted as a mail ballot election pursuant to article 7.5 of this title.
FOR: 1,398,577
AGAINST: 227,117
Modernized Elections Act". For the short title and the legislative declaration, see sections 1 and
2 of chapter 185, Session Laws of Colorado 2013.
(2) For the declaration of the people of Colorado in Proposition 108, see section 1 on p.
2822, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
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(3) For the short title ("Colorado Votes Act") in HB 19-1278, see section 1 of chapter
326, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.